Aleris, headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, has announced plans to invest $70 million to install a new cold rolling mill at its Duffel, Belgium, facility. According to an Aleris press release, the sheet produced at the mill will be the widest currently available in the industry.
"We are making this investment to meet the increasing demand for aluminum auto-body sheet and support our customers as they address increasingly challenging emissions and fuel-efficiency requirements," says Roeland Baan, Aleris executive vice president and CEO, Europe and Asia. "This new cold mill, together with our existing capacity, will give us the flexibility to produce sheet ranging up to 2,200 millimeters.” He adds, “With the expanded capacity, we are well-positioned to meet a complete range of customer needs globally."
Aleris says it expects to start wide sheet shipments by the end of 2012.
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