Hydro Opens New Recycling Center in Germany

The Europe-based Hydro has opened a new 50,000 metric ton remelting facility at its Alunorf plant in Neuss, Germany. Hydro is one of the largest aluminum companies in Europe. The addition brings Hydro’s total recycling capacity in Germany to around 150,000 metric tons. The cost of the new facility is €16.6 million Euro.

The new facility is the third furnace built by the company over the past three years. It was built as part of the new recycling center at Alunorf, the world’s largest aluminum remelting and rolling facility, which is a 50/50 joint venture between Hydro and Novelis’ aluminum rolling group.

The Hydro recycling center is more than 5,600 square meters, and creates 25 new jobs. The facility saves energy also by burning lacquer, as attached to the scrap metal, and directly using the emerging gas to power the remelting process.

The center stands out with numerous environmental features, such as a regenerative combustion system, most modern cleaning of exhaust gas, the complete re-utilization of process remains, and indoor scrap handling.