Allegheny Cast Metals, a start-up aluminum foundry operation, is moving its operations into the Titusville Opportunity Park, a formerly abandoned industrial site in Titusville, Pa.
“From the 1880’s until 1995, this 190-acre site was home to steel-making operations and other manufacturing activities,” Titusville Redevelopment Authority executive director Michael Allyn said. “Modern public health and environmental standards prevented the property from being productive again until the extent of contamination from historical industrial use was documented and then cleaned up.
“Beginning in the mid-1990’s, that process was accomplished under Pennsylvania’s Land Recycling Program, and now the property has met the goal of protecting the community and creating new jobs in Titusville.”
The company is expected to move 19 employees into the new facility this month. Within three years, Allegheny Cast Metals expects to employ more than 60 workers.
Armco, a steel company that operated on the property, donated the site to TRA in 1998 as part of an agreement facilitated by DEP. The site included an area that had been used to dispose of solid wastes from manufacturing, an area that had been owned by the City of Titusville and used to dispose of municipal trash, and several buildings where industrial contamination was documented.