Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions

Kobe Steel subsidiary KPEX held an opening ceremony for a new automotive extrusion plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Integrated production began in November 2018.

Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. has reached full capacity at its new facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and is undergoing a $42 million expansion that will add 90 jobs, bringing total employment to 220 and total investment to $95 million.

Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. announced a $42 million expansion of its Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, adding a melting furnace, extrusion press, and fabrication equipment, creating 90 new jobs.

Kobe Steel Ltd. will establish Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX) in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to manufacture aluminum extrusions for the automotive sector. Total investment is $46.7 million, creating 110 jobs.

KPEX, a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, awarded Almex a contract for an automatic-tilt reverberatory melting furnace and DC billet casting line for its new greenfield facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The plant will produce high-strength automotive aluminum extrusions.