# KPEX awards Almex contract for furnace and casthouse at new Kentucky facility

KPEX, a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, awarded Almex a contract for an automatic-tilt reverberatory melting furnace and DC billet casting line for its new greenfield facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The plant will produce high-strength automotive aluminum extrusions.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-04-03
- Where: Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
- Status: under construction
- Products: high-strength automotive aluminum extrusions, bumper beams, car frames
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions](https://endata.com/companies/23305.md) (customer)
- [Almex](https://endata.com/companies/23306.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [lightmetalage.com](https://www.lightmetalage.com/news/industry-news/casthouse/kpex-orders-melting-furnace-new-extrusion-facility/), 2017-04-03: "KPEX awarded Almex with a contract for an automatic-tilt reverberatory melting furnace with close integration to the new Almex DC billet casting line at the Bowling Green plant."

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