Alcan Inc. (Alcan) is the parent company of an international group involved in many aspects of the aluminum, engineered products and packaging industries. Alcan's activities include bauxite mining, alumina refining, production of specialty alumina, alumin Alcan Inc. is the parent company of an international group involved in many aspects of the aluminum and packaging industries. The bauxite, alumina and specialty chemicals segment is comprised of worldwide activities related to bauxite mining, alumina refining and the production of specialty chemicals. The primary metal segment includes its smelting operations, power generation and production of primary value-added ingot in the form of sheet ingot, extrusion billet, rod and foundry ingot, as well as engineering services and trading operations for alumina and aluminum. The rolled products Americas and Asia segment produces aluminum sheet and light gauge products. The rolled products Europe segment produces aluminum sheet, plate and foil stock. The engineered products segment produces fabricated aluminum products, including wire and cable, components. The packaging segment consists of Alcan's worldwide food flexible, foil, specialty, pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging businesses.SO 14001 registered company.