(Mataupu lona fa: 2A12 alumini alumini)

E oʻo lava i aso nei, o le 2A12 brand o loʻo avea pea ma se pele o le aerospace. E maualuga le malosi ma le palasitika i tulaga faʻale-natura ma le faʻatupuina o le matua, faʻaaogaina lautele i le gaosiga o vaalele. E mafai ona gaosia i oloa semi-maea, e pei o papatusi manifinifi, mafiafia ipu, fesuiaʻi koluse-vaega ipu, faʻapea foʻi ma pa eseese, talaaga otooto, paipa, forgings, ma mate forgings, ma isi.

Talu mai le 1957, ua faʻamanuiaina e Saina le gaosia i totonu o le atunuʻu 2A12 alumini alumini e gaosia ai vaega autu o uta o ituaiga eseese o vaalele, e pei o le paʻu, vaeluaga o vaʻa, apaʻau apaau, vaega skeleton, ma isi. E fa'aaogaina fo'i e gaosia ai nisi vaega e le o amoina uta.

Faatasi ai ma le atinaʻeina o pisinisi vaalele, o loʻo faʻateleina foʻi oloa faʻapipiʻi. O le mea lea, ina ia mafai ai ona faʻafetaui manaʻoga o faʻataʻitaʻiga fou o vaalele, papatusi ma faʻamatalaga i le tulaga o le soifua matua, faʻapea foʻi ma nisi faʻamatalaga o ipu mafiafia mo le faʻalavelave faʻalavelave, ua faʻaleleia lelei ma faʻapipiʻiina mo le faʻaaogaina.