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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Fortune 500 company Alcoa Inc. is celebrating |
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the 125th anniversary of its founding in 2013, and this occasion |
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represents a fitting opportunity to recognize this pioneering |
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company for its contributions to the prosperity and technological |
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leadership of our state and nation; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1886, the inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered |
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an affordable way to smelt the semi-rare metal aluminum by passing |
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an electrical current through a bath of cryolite and aluminum |
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oxide; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hall and Alfred E. Hunt incorporated the |
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enterprise as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company on October 1, 1888, |
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and opened a small experimental plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; |
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by 1895, the company had opened a third factory, and it was renamed |
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the Aluminum Company of America in 1907; the name Alcoa was coined |
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in 1910 and adopted as the official corporate name in 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, In the years since, Alcoa's innovative solutions |
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have revolutionized businesses from the aerospace and automotive |
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industries to consumer electronics and packaging, and the company's |
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leadership in sustainability and recycling has earned it |
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recognition as one of the Top Green Companies by BusinessWeek |
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magazine; it has also been featured for 10 years in a row in the Dow |
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Jones Sustainability Index; moreover, the Alcoa Foundation has |
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invested more than $550 million in local communities since its |
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founding in 1952; and |
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WHEREAS, Alcoa has had a presence in Texas since 1950, and it |
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runs major facilities in Rockdale, Point Comfort, Waco, Wichita |
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Falls, and San Antonio, in addition to several sales and warehouse |
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locations; the company currently employs more than 2,000 men and |
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women in the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, For a century and a quarter, Alcoa has been a leader |
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in American research, manufacturing, and business, benefiting |
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communities and creating jobs and opportunities in Texas and across |
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the nation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of Alcoa |
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Inc. and extend to the company's management and employees sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Alcoa as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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Legislature. |
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Farney |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 92 was adopted by the House on March |
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27, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 92 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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14, 2013, by a viva-voce vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |