Desuden tilbød Alcoa at afhænde Reynolds’ 50 %-andel i et tysk aluminiumoxidanlæg, som Reynolds ejer sammen med VAW, for at løseproblemerne i relation til aluminiumhydroxid, hvor den fusionerede enhed ville være blevet dominerendepå EØS-markedet.
In addition, Alcoa offered to divest Reynolds’ 50 %stake in a German alumina refinery controlled jointly with VAW to address competition concerns inrelation to commodity alumina hydrate, where the merging firms would have dominated the EEAmarket.