Aleris Corporation

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.aleris.com
Employees: 6,900
Employee growth: 0.0%

Aleris Corporation (formerly Aleris International) wants you to use your blue recycling bin so that it can turn its world green. The company's rolled and extruded products unit makes aluminum products for manufacturers operating in most major industries, while its recycling unit processes recycled aluminum, alloys, and other scrap metals. Aleris operates through more than 40 facilities across North America, Europe, and China. The company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010 and continued as a privately held company after initially filing to go public in 2009. It is owned primarily by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. Aleris' holding company, Aleris Corporation, filed to go public in 2011.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $4,826.4M
One year growth: 17.2%
Net income: $161.2M
Income growth: (94.9%)

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Steven J. (Steve) Demetriou
EVP and CFO: Sean M. Stack
SVP and CIO: Steven A. (Steve) Faas

Competitors:
Alcoa
Novelis
Reliance Steel