# Novelis invests $180M in second phase of Changzhou plant

Novelis is investing $180 million in the second phase of its Changzhou, China plant, expected to be completed by end of 2019, doubling capacity to supply aluminum plates for electric vehicles including Tesla's Shanghai plant.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-05-23
- Where: Changzhou, Jiangsu, China, China
- Value: $180.0M
- Starts operating: Q4 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: double the annual output of 120,000 tons of aluminum plates
- Products: aluminum plates for vehicles
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [yabaoaluminum.com](http://www.yabaoaluminum.com/news/us-aluminum-giant-steps-up-investment-in-china-23630970.html), 2019-05-23: "Today, when there are clouds gathering over the u.s.-china economic and trade relations, our original intention of increasing investment in China remains unchanged."

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