# Novelis breaks ground on $180 million expansion of automotive aluminum facility in Changzhou

Novelis has broken ground on a $180 million expansion of its automotive aluminum manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China, doubling production capacity of heat-treated aluminum sheet by 100,000 metric tons. The expansion is expected to create 160 jobs and be completed in 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-10-10
- Where: Changzhou, China
- Value: $180.0M
- Jobs: 160
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 100,000 metric tons per year
- Products: heat-treated aluminum sheet
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [investors.novelis.com](https://investors.novelis.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/138/novelis-breaks-ground-on-automotive-aluminum-facility-in-changzhou-china), 2018-10-10: "The $180 million investment will double the facility's production capacity of heat-treated aluminum sheet by 100,000 metric tons in order to better meet the growing demand for automotive aluminum in Asia."
- [jsnews.jschina.com.cn](http://jsnews.jschina.com.cn/cz/a/201810/t20181011_1962208.shtml), 2018-10-11: "总投资2.18亿美元、年产10万吨汽车车身专用高端铝板的诺贝丽斯新项目开工。"

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