# Aleris opens $400M aluminum auto body sheet plant in Lewisport, Kentucky

Aleris announced the opening of its new aluminum automotive body sheet production facility in Lewisport, Kentucky, representing a $400 million investment. The company began shipping automotive products from the plant in November 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-16
- Where: Lewisport, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $400.0M
- Starts operating: 16 Nov 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: aluminum automotive body sheet
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Aleris](https://endata.com/companies/3656.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aleris-unveils-new-aluminum-automotive-body-sheet-production-facility-in-lewisport-kentucky-300557678.html), 2017-11-16: "The opening of our new automotive facility in Kentucky marks the completion of a significant piece of our strategic realignment, which includes expanding our capacity and capabilities to serve the automotive industry and other high value end uses."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.