Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions breaks ground in Kentucky
Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel Ltd., has broken ground on a production facility in Bowling Green, Ky. The plant will manufacture and sell aluminum bumper beam material and car frame material for the automotive industry in the U.S.
Fabrication operations will begin in the second half of 2017, and the melting to extrusion processes will begin in the second half of 2018.
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