Novelis, Atlanta, has commissioned a $200 million expansion of its rolling operations in Oswego, N.Y. The expansion increases the company’s North American capacity for producing aluminum sheet for the automotive industry by 240,000 tons, five times the company’s existing capacity in the region.
Novelis began construction on two new high-performance aluminum processing lines for automotive applications at its Oswego facility in 2011, in response to escalating demand for automotive aluminum sheet in the United States. The company added more than 100 jobs at the Oswego plant as a result of the expansion.
The Novelis Oswego facility is an integrated recycling, hot rolling and cold rolling complex producing aluminum sheet for the beverage can, automotive, and building and construction industries. Producing more than a billion pounds of high-quality aluminum sheet each year, Oswego is the company’s largest, wholly-owned fabrication facility in North America. The plant currently employs approximately 850 people.
“This automotive expansion in North America is an important piece of our global strategy in a market that is experiencing explosive growth,” said Phil Martens, Novelis President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are aggressively increasing our capacity to produce automotive sheet worldwide and we are well-positioned to extend our leadership in this strategic market segment.”
