Alro SA Appoints Sergey Takhiev as Head of Corporate Finance

Alro SA is a Romania-based company engaged in the manufacture of aluminum. The Company’s portfolio includes primary aluminum products, such as wire rod, billets, slabs, foundry alloys and ingots, as well as processed aluminum products, such as aluminum plates from soft, medium and hard alloys, including non heat-treated plates and heat-treated plates, sheets, coils, tread plates, embossed sheets and coils, corrugated and heat treated sheets and extrusions. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is also involved in the production of alumina and in the bauxite mining. The Company operates four main production units, including anode facility, electrolytic facility, cast house and processing plant, as well as ancillary and service units, such as electric current transformation and rectification unit, the metallurgical repairs unit, and the pot and furnace repair unit, among others. As of June 30, 2011, the Company’s subsidiaries included Alum SA, Conef SA and Vimetco Extrusion Srl.