Kentucky Aluminum Processors breaks ground in the Bluegrass State

A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for a joint venture aluminum scrap melt shop facility in Russellville, Kentucky, being funded by Tri-Arrows Aluminum (TAA) and Tennessee Aluminum Processors (TAP).

According to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the new Kentucky Aluminum Processors facility represents a $40 million investment in aluminum recycling on a 37-acre parcel in Russellville that will create 75 Kentucky jobs.

“Each company that chooses to locate a new project here in the commonwealth brings with them quality jobs and opportunities for Kentuckians," Beshear says. "Our manufacturing industry is one of the largest sectors in the state and continues to grow because of quality companies like Kentucky Aluminum Processors choosing and trusting what we have to offer.”

The TAA and TAP plant will convert dross and scrap materials from TAA’s nearby Logan Aluminum casting center into molten aluminum and sows. Those newly melted materials will then be returned to the casting facility at Logan Aluminum in Russellville or shipped to other customer facilities.

“We are excited to expand our aluminum recycling capabilities with a new, state-of-the-art facility located centrally in a region experiencing tremendous growth in the aluminum sector," says Jared Sweeney, CEO of TAP. "We have been very impressed by the accommodating and efficient probusiness atmosphere encountered while working on this project with representatives of Russellville, Logan County and the commonwealth of Kentucky.”

Founded in 1981, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee-based TAP provides secondary aluminum recycling services to customers in the aluminum industry's transportation, packaging, construction and aerospace segments. As a toll converter of aluminum scrap and dross, the company converts aluminum into recycled secondary ingot.