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- In 1928, after buying back the stock he had sold to R.J. Reynolds to start U.S. Foil, R.S. Reynolds built the company's first aluminum foil plant and rolling mill in Louisville, and the Reynolds Metals Company was formed.
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The Reynolds Metals Company was founded in 1919 as the U.S. Foil Company in Louisville, Kentucky, by Richard S. Reynolds Sr., nephew of tobacco king R. J. Reynolds. Initially, the new company supplied lead and tin foil wrappers to cigarette and candy companies.
Jun 1, 2000 · PITTSBURGH — Alcoa Inc., the world’s biggest aluminum producer, completed the acquisition of Reynolds Metals Co. for $4.5 billion. Under conditions imposed by trade regulators, Alcoa must divest Reynolds’s 25% stake in a Longview, WA, smelter and all of Reynolds’s alumina-refinery holdings.
During the 1960s, Reynolds established other plants in Quebec. In 1981, it launched a major expansion and upgrading program for its Baie-Comeau smelter. In 1985 and in 1991, it added two series of potlines to its facilities, increasing its production capacity to over 400,000 metric tonnes a year.
Reynolds chose the location because of the abundant supply of competitively-priced hydropower and next-door customer General Motors. The Massena plant was an outgrowth of RMC's 1940 decision to become the nation's second producer of primary aluminum, a move hailed as "dramatic".
Jul 7, 2001 · When Alcoa, the world’s largest aluminum producer, acquired rival Reynolds Metals on May 9, 2000, it activated an ambitious global communications program that generated excitement about the merger on “Day One” and beyond.
Aug 12, 1999 · Just hours after three foreign rivals announced a $9 billion deal to form the world's largest aluminum company, industry leader Alcoa Inc. went public with an offer to buy Richmond-based Reynolds...
