# Hydro Sunndal invests NOK 60 million in new casting furnace

Hydro decided to invest NOK 60 million in a new casting furnace at Hydro Sunndal, increasing capacity for special alloys by 35,000 tonnes per year for the building and automotive industries.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-10-04
- Where: Sunndal, Norway
- Value: $7.00M (60.0M NOK)
- Starts operating: Q1 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 35,000 tonnes per year
- Products: special alloys, low-carbon aluminium
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Hydro Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/1478.md)

## Sources

- [hydro.com](https://www.hydro.com/no/global/media/news/2021/hydro-sunndal-investerer-i-utvidet-kapasitet/), 2021-10-04: "Vi er glade for denne beslutningen, som styrker Hydro Sunndals fleksibilitet i markedet og fremmer økt forbruk av lav-karbon aluminium."

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