# Hydro to expand aluminum extrusion facility in Cressona, Pennsylvania

Hydro will invest over $100 million to expand its Cressona, Pennsylvania aluminum extrusion facility. The project includes a new 96,000-square-foot building, infrastructure improvements, and equipment modernization, creating 60 jobs and retaining 1,307.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-09-27
- Where: Cressona, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 60
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 96,000 square feet
- Products: extruded aluminum, high strength precision parts
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Hydro Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/1478.md)

## Sources

- [pressreleasepoint.com](https://www.pressreleasepoint.com/governor-wolf-announces-expansion-hydro-creation-60-new-jobs-schuylkill-county), 2018-09-27: "This state-of-the-art high performance press will enable us to make high strength precision parts for highly engineered applications, like the automotive industry."
- [lvb.com](https://lvb.com/aluminum-manufacturer-announces-100m-expansion-60-jobs-could-be-added/), 2018-09-28: "Hydro, a global supplier of extruded aluminum for the construction, transportation, infrastructure and energy industries, said it is investing $100 million to build a 96,000-square-foot facility next to its existing factory in Cressona."
- [skooknews.com](https://www.skooknews.com/2018/10/hydro-breaks-ground-on-facility.html), 2018-10-04: "Hydro plans to invest more than $100 million into the project, which is expected to create 60 new jobs over the next three years and retain a further 1,307 jobs."
- [magnoliareporter.com](https://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/local_business/article_c238c390-d2b2-11e8-9ab6-b7c721e10881.html), 2018-10-18: "Hydro plans to invest in two new aluminum extrusion presses to support the growing automotive, architectural and transportation markets in North America."

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