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Alcoa, Pittsburgh, USA, announces a multiyear agreement with Embraer, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in which Alcoa will supply aluminum sheet and plate for Embraer's new E2, the second generation of its E-Jets family of commercial aircraft, a narrow-body medium-range jet airliner. Embraer chose Alcoa's proprietary alloys for the E2 because of the combination of strength, corrosion resistance, and fatigue resistance that they offer.

The contract, valued at approximately $470 million, makes Alcoa the sole supplier for proprietary wing skins and fuselage sheet. Alcoa plate products are to be used in key applications such as wing ribs, fuselage frames, and other structures,. They are also part of the contract and will be featured on the E2 as well as Embraer's KC-390 military transport aircraft and executive jets.

Alcoa has developed most of the aluminum aerospace alloys to ever take flight, and every major new aircraft program incorporates Alcoa's product innovations. The Alcoa/Embraer partnership draws on the aerospace manufacturing capabilities of Alcoa's Global Rolled Products business, supplying Embraer from its plants in Davenport, Iowa, and Kitts Green, United Kingdom.

"Our partnership with Embraer is rooted in constant innovation, and this contract is further proof of that strength," says Mark Vrablec, President of Alcoa's Aerospace & Automotive Products business. "Our patented alloys enable us to support our customer's game-changing E2 program, and we're proud that Alcoa will fly with Embraer."

"Alcoa offers a good combination of technical expertise and industry leading material and capabilities," says Fernando Queiroz, Embraer Vice President, Supply Chain. "Embraer designed the E-Jets E2 commercial aircraft to be the best in its segment, and to do that we needed the best material in the business."

According to Embraer, the market segment that the new E2 program was designed to serve is projected to require 6350 new aircraft over the next 20 years. Embraer also stated that it has more than 50% market share by orders with the current E-Jet, and expects to maintain similar levels with the new E-Jets E2 aircraft.

Alcoa already supplies key parts for the P&W PurePower engines, including the forging for the first-ever aluminum fan blade.