# Samara Metallurgical Plant to expand aluminum strip capacity

Samara Metallurgical Plant (SMZ) will install a new melting-casting complex to increase aluminum strip production capacity by about 65,000 tonnes of flat ingots per year. Total investment exceeds 1.6 billion rubles, with implementation planned for 2025-2027.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2026-02-04
- Where: Samara, Russia
- Value: $17.5M (1.60B RUB)
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: 26 Feb 2026
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 65,000 tonnes per year of flat ingots
- Products: aluminum strip, flat ingots
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Samara Metallurgical Plant](https://endata.com/companies/69511.md)
- [NPC Magnitnoy Gidrodinamiki](https://endata.com/companies/90110.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [samara-metallurg.ru](https://www.samara-metallurg.ru/media/samarskiy-metallurgicheskiy-zavod-uvelichivaet-proizvodstvennye-moshchnosti/), 2026-02-04: "Выпуск алюминиевой ленты занимает значительную долю нашей производственной программы, спрос на нее стабильно растет благодаря экологичности и удобству продукта."
- [samara.mk.ru](https://samara.mk.ru/social/2026/02/26/smz-zapustil-novyy-proizvodstvennyy-uchastok-i-rasshiryaet-lineyku-produkcii.html), 2026-02-26: "Самарский металлургический завод ввёл в эксплуатацию новый участок по выпуску бесшовных алюминиевых труб малого диаметра."

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