# Novelis breaks ground on $218M automotive aluminum expansion in Changzhou

Novelis held a groundbreaking ceremony for its second-phase expansion at its Changzhou, China plant, investing $218 million to add a 100,000-tonne continuous annealing line, doubling automotive aluminum sheet capacity and creating about 160 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-10
- Where: Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $218.0M
- Jobs: 160
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 100,000 tonnes per year
- Products: automotive aluminum sheet
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [al.iyunhui.com](https://al.iyunhui.com/news-153590/), 2019-10-22: "得益于全球的汽车轻量化趋势，以及政府降低碳排放和鼓励电动汽车发展的政策，诺贝丽斯预计中国汽车用铝市场将在未来十年保持两位数增长。"

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