Since 2013, the U.S. aluminum industry has made great efforts and invested huge amounts of money to build automobile production lines to increase the production of high-end aluminum materials. From 2013 to 2017, the rough statistics of funds invested in this area reached US $ 2.3 billion, an increase of 1,500 directly employment position.
In 2017, the output value of the U.S. aluminum industry accounted for 1% of GDP and directly employed 161,000 employees. Between 2009 and 2016, demand for aluminum in the United States and Canada rose by 40% and continues to grow, especially in the automotive industry. The above US $ 2.3 billion investment in reconstruction and expansion refers only to the statistics of member companies of the Alcoa Association. The specific company and project investments are as follows:
In March 2017, Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products of Japan invested US $ 5.3 billion to expand the production capacity of Bowling Green (KY) Forging Company in Kentucky to increase the production of aluminum alloy forgings for automotive suspension systems. Meeting the growing needs of the automotive industry. The factory has about 600 employees.
In December 2016, Tri Arrows Alminum announced that it plans to invest $ 17.5 billion in the expansion and expansion of its North American rolling system to meet the automotive industry's growing demand for high-precision sheet and strip.
In September 2016, Kennedy Aluminum and Sanjian Aluminum will build a new project in Bowling Green, invest 15 billion U.S. dollars, and add 80 full-time jobs. Sanjian Aluminum is a subsidiary of United Aluminum Corporation of Japan (UACJ).
In August 2016, Kobelco Aluminnum Products & Extrusions InC. Broke ground on its $ 4.7 billion extrusion profile project, which will start production in 2019 and will recruit 110 employees.
In November 2015, Kobe Aluminnum Automotive products (KAAP) started production (NA) in North America, creating more than 100 jobs. The project invested $ 5.7 billion.
In November 2015, Kensal Aluminum and Constellium and Seefried properties announced that they would build an automotive product plant in Bartow County, Georgia, with an investment of $ 3.2 billion. 2019 Put into production annually, recruiting about 150 senior technicians.
Tri-Arrows Aluminnum and Logan Aluminum stated in October 2015 that it had a pre-investment of US $ 24 billion in the Logan Rolling Mill in Russellville, KY. The large-scale expansion will greatly increase the output of ABS, and it can recruit nearly 200 staff.
Alcoa (now Arconic) completed a major $ 30 billion renovation of the Iowa Davenport rolling mill in January 2014 to the fall of 2015. Recruiting 150 full-time staff. In November 2014, Alcoa added another $ 19 billion to the large-scale reconstruction and expansion of the aerospace strip production system at the Davenport Rolling Mill. In the fall of 2015, Alcoa completed a $ 30 billion technical transformation of Alcoa's rolling mill in Tennessee, adding approximately 200 full-time staff.
In March 2015, Kennedy Aluminum stated that it invested $ 40 million to expand the Michigan Van Buren automotive structure plant in Michigan.
In September 2014, Aleris decided to invest $ 40 billion in an unprecedented technological transformation of the Lewisport Rolling Mill in Kentucky, adding about 200 staff.
In the winter of 2013, Novelis Aluminum announced that it would invest $ 32 billion in the expansion of Oswego's rolling mill (Oswego), adding 200 permanent staff. The Oswego rolling mill is located in New York State.
In the period until 2025, the lightweighting process of American cars is in a period of rapid and continuous rise, and ABS consumption will increase significantly. Through the above-mentioned reconstruction and expansion, the production capacity of American ABS may increase by 400kt / a-700kt / a The production capacity of other products can also be increased by 50kt / a, which can meet the needs of the American automotive industry for aluminum.