The production facility at Pieve Emanuele is an integrated continuous casting, rolling and finishing operation, and the new line will recycle painted scrap aluminum into the metal needed to produce rolled aluminum sheet.
The painted scrap that is generated during the production processes in Novelis’ Italian operations, as well as other low-grade used aluminum from external sources, will be recycled into high quality rolled aluminum on the new equipment.
The lifecycle environmental benefits are significant as recycling aluminum uses only five percent of the energy required to make the metal from raw materials and avoids 95% of the greenhouse gases associated with primary aluminum production, the company said.
The aluminum sheet and coil produced at the facility is sold to distributors and end users in a number of industrial and construction markets.
Installation of the new line, which will include a double-chamber melting furnace, continuous casting line and ancillary equipment, will be completed by the end of next year.
