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Hydro's new aluminium line in Germany
Issued at 2015-01-28
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Hydro started construction Monday, January 5, of a new, modern automotive production line for lightweight car body sheet at its plant in Grevenbroich, Germany.
The EUR 130 million investment will boost Hydro's annual capacity for aluminium car body sheet from 50,000 tonnes today to 200,000 tonnes.
Hydro is also investing EUR 45 million at its Neuss primary plant, adding a large facility to shred, sort and recycle used aluminum products, in particular used beverage cans.
The new car body sheet production line in Grevenbroich is expected to start operations in the second half of 2016.
Source: Aluplanet
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