# Novelis breaks ground on $305M aluminum processing plant in Guthrie, Kentucky

Novelis broke ground on a $305 million aluminum processing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky, that will create 125 jobs producing automotive-grade aluminum sheet. The plant is expected to be operational by 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-14
- Where: Guthrie, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $305.0M
- Jobs: 125
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 200,000 metric tons per year
- Products: automotive-grade aluminum sheet
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Novelis](https://endata.com/companies/2475.md)

## Sources

- [newkentuckyhome.ky.gov](https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/05142018_Novelis), 2018-05-14: "Work began today on construction of Novelis’ 400,000-square-foot facility on a 150-acre greenfield site in Guthrie."
- [investors.novelis.com](https://investors.novelis.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/144/novelis-breaks-ground-on-automotive-aluminum-facility-in-kentucky), 2018-05-14: "The increased adoption of aluminum in cars, trucks and SUVs, coupled with more automotive manufacturing plants in the southeast makes Guthrie a strategic location to serve our customers."
- [wkms.org](https://www.wkms.org/business-economy/2018-05-14/aluminum-supplier-novelis-breaks-ground-on-305m-plant-in-todd-county), 2018-05-14: "An aluminum supplier broke ground Monday on a $305 million dollar processing plant in Todd County."

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