Article: United Statees: Alcoa to Study Aluminum Designs With China s Comac for C919 Jet.

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Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it will study aluminum structural concepts, designs and alloys with the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China for the planemaker s new C919 jet. The shares rose the most in more than six months.

The technology cooperation agreement between the two companies is intended to help produce a globally competitive, high-performance, economical commercial airliner, New York- based Alcoa said in a statement today. The plane is expected to make its first flight in 2014 and enter service in 2016, the statement said.

Government-controlled Comac is trying to crack the duopoly Boeing Co. and ...

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