OREANDA-NEWS. In 2006, RUSAL expanded its sales geography, substantially increasing the number of its clients.

According to the press service of RUSAL, Europe remained the largest sales market with 33.5%.

At the same time RUSAL has significantly increased sales to Asia, which now account for 26% of group sales.

RUSAL customer base was expanded through signing contracts with 46 new companies operating in the fields of transportation, construction and packaging. These sectors consume 65% of RUSAL's products.

A focus on meeting customers' needs, cast-house modernisation and growth in alloy types (in 2006, RUSAL launched production of 35 new alloy types) enabled the company to increase the volume of cast-house, value-added products — a key area of business — by 14%.

The share of cast-house, value-added products as a percentage of overall production rose by 4% and reached 35% compared to 2005.