# Novelis invests $180M to expand Changzhou plant and adds Shanghai customer solution center

Novelis is investing $180 million to double capacity at its Changzhou, Jiangsu plant, adding 100,000 metric tons of annual heat-treated aluminum sheet capacity, and will establish a customer solution center in Shanghai by H2 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-12-21
- Where: Changzhou, Jiangsu; Shanghai, China
- Value: $180.0M
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 metric tons per year of heat-treated aluminum sheet
- Products: aluminum flat-rolled 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

- [chinadaily.com.cn](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/21/WS5c1c53bca3107d4c3a00212f.html), 2018-12-21: "China's demand for aluminum flat-rolled products will increase from the current level of about 10 percent of the global automotive aluminum market to 25 percent by 2025."

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