# Hydro breaks ground on aluminium recycling plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary

Hydro held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 1, 2022, for a new aluminium recycling plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. The facility will have an annual capacity of 90,000 tonnes, cost EUR 88 million, create about 80 jobs, and is expected to start production in Q1 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-09-02
- Where: Szekesfehervar, Hungary
- Jobs: 80
- Starts operating: Q1 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 90,000 tonnes per year
- Products: recycled aluminium, advanced aluminium alloys
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Norsk Hydro](https://endata.com/companies/7133.md)

## Sources

- [hydro.com](https://www.hydro.com/en/global/media/news/2022/new-aluminium-recycling-plant-in-hungary-breaks-ground/), 2022-09-02: "The groundbreaking ceremony on September 1 marks the construction of Hydro’s new aluminium recycling plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary."

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