# Handtmann to build €90M aluminium casting plant in Slovakia

Handtmann Light Metal Casting is building a new aluminium high-pressure die-casting plant in Kechnec, Slovakia, with an investment of €90 million. The plant will produce up to 800,000 clutch housings annually and start production in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-08
- Where: Kechnec, Slovakia, Slovakia
- Value: $99.0M (90.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 160
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 800,000 clutch housings per year
- Products: aluminium high-pressure die-cast clutch housings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Handtmann Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/36797.md)

## Sources

- [foundry-planet.com](https://www.foundry-planet.com/d/slk-handtmann-light-metal-casting-group-builds-a-new-production-plant-in-slovakia/), 2019-10-08: "The new building was necessitated by a major contract from an international automotive supplier."

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