Grevenbroich. Industry benchmark and platform for excellence. Dr Stefan Kästner Plant Manager (1)

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1 Grevenbroich Industry benchmark and platform for excellence Dr Stefan Kästner Plant Manager (1)

Mastering safety, means to master processes We continuously improve HSE Focus on high risk incidents, awareness and employee involvement Special attention on contractor management and involvement Key

2 Mastering safety, means to master processes We continuously improve HSE Focus on high risk incidents, awareness and employee involvement Special attention on contractor management and involvement Key tools: near-miss reporting, training, WOC*, LOTO** and auditing Hydro TRI Rate *WOC = walk, observe, communicate. **LOTO = Lockout, a system to make sure all energy has been disconnected from machines during maintenance or inspections (2)

We campaign to raise awareness and establish safe

colleagues Annual Health and Safety week: Event with

for > 200 colleagues Near-miss reports and

3 We campaign to raise awareness and establish safe standards Safety at work info event for >1300 colleagues Annual Health and Safety week: Event with lots of info stations, tests, exercises, practising etc. Special courses, e.g. for drivers of forklift trucks Eye Catcher Campaigns for > 200 colleagues Near-miss reports and follow-up: > 5300 in 2014 Risk assessments: 1,500, triggering about 15,000 corrective measures (3)

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6 Unique «Aluminium triangle» utilizing logistical, cost and process synergies (6)

7 Grevenbroich: the largest finishing plant in the world Building our future on four strong pillars Litho Safety Foil Quality and technology leadership with strong cost focus Selective growth in future-oriented products Quality Production Performance Cost Focus Can Automotive (7)

8 Grevenbroich plant balance the factors of excellence People / Know-How highly educated operators and maintenance technicians skilled engineers in production maintenance and technical departments well developed organizational structure Operations at GV Processes mastering complex production processes highest standards for operational procedures and quality process innovations Assets adequate plant infrastructure excellent machinery highest standards for safety and environment Develop the clusters of excellence on a standardized GV-Norf-Rheinwerk platform (8)

9 Our products span worldwide Sales in thousand tonnes incl. Norf-deliveries Sales per region in %* 8% Europe 12% 8% 4% 68% South America North America Middle East Asia / Pacific Sales per market segment in %* 19% Packaging & Building 5% 32% Automotive Lithography 30% 14% General Engineering Foil * 2014 numbers (9)

10 Grevenbroich Plant Selective growth in future-oriented products Sales Litho sheets in kt % Sales aseptic liquid Foil in kt 50 +7% Sales Can End in kt % Sales Automotive in kt % (10)

11 Intimate cooperation with European industry leaders Most of these are served from our Grevenbroich base Our products Our customers Our position Litho Global reach Foil World market leader Can Leading position in Europe European reach Auto GE/ Building Leading position in Europe (11)

12 Grevenbroich Plant The Business System Creates culture and generate benefits Financial benefit > 270 trained + contributing! Prepare for Cont. Improvement > 650 trained + participating! all departments involved! ~250 in teamwork! (12)

Continuous improvement of KPI s in Grevenbroich supported by a structured Business System approach Productivity in kg/manhour +12% 2009

13 Continuous improvement of KPI s in Grevenbroich supported by a structured Business System approach Productivity in kg/manhour +12% Claim rate in % Delivery performance in % -5% +21% (13)

14 Grevenbroich: the largest finishing plant in the world Building our future on four strong pillars Litho Safety Foil Quality and technology leadership with strong cost focus Selective growth in future-oriented products Quality Production Performance Cost Focus Can Automotive (14)

15 World class know-how in foil production Leading global supplier for aseptic liquid foil More than 90 years of experience First liquid packaging foil in the world and first to make it 2 m wide First computer-integrated manufacturing foil line Strong focus on resource efficiency (15)

16 Foil production line Rolling, cutting and annealing (16)

17 Improving our resource efficiency in foil production Rolling oil consumption in tonnes Specific power consumption in MWh/mt (17)

18 Setting a new industry benchmark in energy efficiency First catalytic waste air purification on final annealing furnaces in the world (18)

19 Lithography production line Rolling, stretching and degreasing (19)

first aluminium lithographic sheet in the world and is market leader ever since State-of-the-art

20 Strengthening Litho Global market leader through technology lead and high efficient production First dedicated litho line in the world installed 1985, expansion lines built 1992 and 2005 Hydro produced first aluminium lithographic sheet in the world and is market leader ever since State-of-the-art asset base One step change per year Retain quality and technology leadership with strong cost focus (20)

line to raise recycled content and improve metal base Product innovation Hydro s brilliend offers cleaner

21 Strenghtening Can Global leader in quality & performance for end stock Strengthening product focus and process chain including aluminium triangle Grevenbroich-Rheinwerk-AluNorf Greening up our profile: New UBC line to raise recycled content and improve metal base Product innovation Hydro s brilliend offers cleaner surface and brighter, shiny appearance Production capacity increased by 40 per cent over the last five years (21)

22 Packaging and building production line Lacquering and cutting (22)

smooth ramp-up Excellent technology platform built up Hydro today positioned as preferred partner for

23 Boosting Automotive Leadership through innovation, service & quality First investment in automotive BIW capacity in 2008 Joint effort of Sales, Production, R&D and Technical Customer Service enabled smooth ramp-up Excellent technology platform built up Hydro today positioned as preferred partner for product developments New automotive line 3 under construction Quadrupling capacity in a world class set-up (23)

24 Automotive production line Rolling, cutting, annealing and stretching (24)

25 (25) Automotive Line 3 Investment

26 Automotive line 3 contributing to our aspiration «AL3» will become benchmark in the aluminium world Capacity boost to 200,000 tpy Significant reduction of C0 2 emissions (26)

manufacturers achieve a 5-7% fuel saving Each 1 kg of aluminium replacing mild steel,

27 Aluminium sheet for cars offers reduction of energy consumption and CO 2 emissions Lighter cars are more fuel efficient For 10% reduction in vehicle weight, car manufacturers achieve a 5-7% fuel saving Each 1 kg of aluminium replacing mild steel, cast iron or high strength steel in cars saves between kg GHG emissions Steel Aluminium (27)

28 Significant reduction of the specific energy consumption through new AL 3 line Current AL3 Gas consumption [kwh/t] ,5 % Electricity consumption [kwh/t] ,0 % Sustainable reduction of the carbon footprint (28)

29 Investing in developing our value chain Automotive line 3 «AL3» world class Capacity increase to 200,000 tpy Investment of 130 million 55 employees on the new line Ground-breaking in January 2015 Production start 2nd half 2016 (29)

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32 Dimensions and process speed: Main building: 210m long, 45m width Annealing line: 140m long, 18m high Speed max. 100m/min Skin pass mill: 30m long, Speed max. 400m/min Auxiliary buildings Scrap Annealing line Conveying line Surface treatment line Skin pass mill Auxiliary buildings Surface treatment line: 160m long 11m high Speed max. 100m/min High-Bay Storage: 100m long 30m high Coil unloading High- Bay Storage Coil transport / noise protection wall (32)

33 Electric discharge texturing (EDT) line 400 m/min Recoiler Pinch roll unit Quality of surface inspection Cross cut shear Skin pass mill Drum shear Leveller Uncoiler Trimming shear Scrap box Scrap box (33)

Surface topography of automotive sheet Mill

Advantages of EDT topography for car body

after painting closed structure > improvement

open - closed - directional - isotropic -

34 Surface topography of automotive sheet Mill Finish EDT - Electro Discharge Texturing Advantages of EDT topography for car body sheets: stochastic & isotropic > appearance after painting closed structure > improvement of tribological properties 100 µm 100 µm - open - closed - directional - isotropic - stochastic isotropic > same forming properties in all directions (34)

35 Annealing line 140 m/min Water / Air quench area Furnance area Dancer roll Tension bridle Delivery side strip accumulator Entry side strip accumulator Drum shear Recoiler Uncoiler 1 Pre-Bake furnance Levelflex Leveller 1 Uncoiler 2 Scrap box Leveller 2 Strip joiner (35)

36 Coating line 100 m/min Entry side strip accumulator Exit side strip accumulator Uncoiler 1 Leveller 1 Uncoiler 2 Deionised Acid / alkaline Desmutting rinsing cleansing Rinsing 1-3 Rinsing 4-5 No- Rinse Coater No-Rinse furnance Oiling Drum shear Recoiler Leveller 2 Strip joiner Tension bridle 1 & 2 Cooling roller Scrap box (36)

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Europe Building a Clean and Secure Society with Circular Economy 2050

Europe Building a Clean and Secure Society with Circular Economy 2050 Europe 2050 - Building a Clean and Secure Society with Circular Economy 2050 Thomas Mock Director Public Affairs, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH Berlin, 12 October 2017 The global and complete aluminium