# Alucast completes £2.25M investment in machine shop and casting upgrade

Alucast completed a £2.25 million investment, opening a new 7,000 sq ft machine shop and upgrading casting capability to support automotive customers. The investment adds 20 CNC machines and 24 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-14
- Where: Black Country, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $2.90M (2.25M GBP)
- Jobs: 24
- Starts operating: 14 Oct 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 30% increase in capacity
- Products: lightweight castings, aluminum castings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Alucast](https://endata.com/companies/40108.md)

## Sources

- [man-group.co.uk](https://www.man-group.co.uk/alucast-targets-new-automotive-opportunities-with-2-25million-machine-shop-and-casting-investment/), 2019-10-14: "What it gives us is complete control of the machining process so that we can cast the part and machine it to the highest possible standard."

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