# Arconic opens titanium casting expansion in Bestwig, creating 70 jobs

Arconic (Tital) opened a factory expansion in Bestwig for titanium investment castings for aerospace, nearly doubling production capacity. The expansion was completed in early 2017, with first phase production starting in Q2 2017 and second phase in Q2 2018. It created 70 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-09-26
- Where: Bestwig, Germany
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: Q2 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: nearly doubled production capacity for titanium investment castings
- Products: titanium investment castings for aerospace
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Arconic](https://endata.com/companies/8076.md)

## Sources

- [wp.de](https://www.wp.de/staedte/meschede-und-umland/article215415427/70-neue-arbeitsplaetze-bei-arconic-in-bestwig.html), 2018-09-26: "Wir haben erheblich in die Leistungsfähigkeit von Arconic Bestwig investiert, unsere Produktionskapazität für Titan-Feingussteile nahezu verdoppelt und modernste Fertigungsanlagen hinzugefügt, um den Erwartungen unserer Kunden besser gerecht zu werden."

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