Bill Text: TX HCR92 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the founding of Alcoa Inc.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Signed by the Governor [HCR92 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR92-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 92 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Fortune 500 company Alcoa Inc. is celebrating | ||
| the 125th anniversary of its founding in 2013, and this occasion | ||
| represents a fitting opportunity to recognize this pioneering | ||
| company for its contributions to the prosperity and technological | ||
| leadership of our state and nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1886, the inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered | ||
| an affordable way to smelt the semi-rare metal aluminum by passing | ||
| an electrical current through a bath of cryolite and aluminum | ||
| oxide; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hall and Alfred E. Hunt incorporated the | ||
| enterprise as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company on October 1, 1888, | ||
| and opened a small experimental plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; | ||
| by 1895, the company had opened a third factory, and it was renamed | ||
| the Aluminum Company of America in 1907; the name Alcoa was coined | ||
| in 1910 and adopted as the official corporate name in 1999; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the years since, Alcoa's innovative solutions | ||
| have revolutionized businesses from the aerospace and automotive | ||
| industries to consumer electronics and packaging, and the company's | ||
| leadership in sustainability and recycling has earned it | ||
| recognition as one of the Top Green Companies by BusinessWeek | ||
| magazine; it has also been featured for 10 years in a row in the Dow | ||
| Jones Sustainability Index; moreover, the Alcoa Foundation has | ||
| invested more than $550 million in local communities since its | ||
| founding in 1952; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Alcoa has had a presence in Texas since 1950, and it | ||
| runs major facilities in Rockdale, Point Comfort, Waco, Wichita | ||
| Falls, and San Antonio, in addition to several sales and warehouse | ||
| locations; the company currently employs more than 2,000 men and | ||
| women in the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For a century and a quarter, Alcoa has been a leader | ||
| in American research, manufacturing, and business, benefiting | ||
| communities and creating jobs and opportunities in Texas and across | ||
| the nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of Alcoa | ||
| Inc. and extend to the company's management and employees sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Alcoa as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| Legislature. | ||
| Farney | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 92 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 27, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 92 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 14, 2013, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
