Alcoa?s road tanker operates in Indonesia
Tuesday, March 29 2011 - 11:50 PM WIB
The first aluminum petroleum road tanker produced in Indonesia took to the highway recently made with Alcoa?s heavy gauge aluminum shate product and rolling on Alcoa aluminum truck wheels.
Alcoa is the world?s leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world?s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina
5182 RoadTanker ShateG1, a combined sheet and plate product of a specific thickness, was developed by Alcoa Mill Products Europe for road tankers that transport hazardous freight. PT. MECO INOXPRIMA, one of the largest suppliers of liquid propane gas (LPG) storage and LPG transport tanks in Indonesia, is the first company to produce the aluminum tank transporter in the country, the company said.
Meco is supplying the new aluminum petroleum road tanker to several customers, including oil and gas companies transporting PT. PERTAMINA?s fuel products.(alex)