# Dajcor Aluminum starts renovation for first U.S. manufacturing plant in Hazard, Kentucky

Dajcor Aluminum Ltd. began a $19.6 million renovation of a former facility in Perry County, Kentucky, for its first U.S. manufacturing plant, expected to create 265 jobs. Production may begin by year-end 2019, with renovation completion in February 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-04
- Where: Perry County, Kentucky (Coalfields Industrial Park, near Hazard), United States
- Value: $19.6M
- Jobs: 265
- Starts operating: Feb 2020
- Status: under construction
- Products: extruded and fabricated aluminum products
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Dajcor Aluminum](https://endata.com/companies/20862.md)

## Sources

- [oneeastky.com](https://www.oneeastky.com/news-and-media/p/item/20396/gov-bevin-congressman-rogers-join-dajcor-aluminum-to-mark-start-of-facility-renovations-for-companys-first-us-manufacturing-plant), 2019-11-04: "The new Dajcor facility – and the 265 full-time jobs associated with the project – will have a substantial impact on the local economy"
- [lanereport.com](https://www.lanereport.com/118735/2019/11/dajcor-aluminum-breaks-ground-on-19-6m-plant-renovation-near-hazard/), 2019-11-05: "State and local officials and executives from Dajcor Aluminum Ltd. ceremonially began work Tuesday on a nearly $19.6 million renovation for the company's 265-job plant near Hazard."

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