Novelis has broken ground at its new automotive sheet finishing line at the Nachterstedt, Germany, facility. 

Erwin Mayr, senior vice president of Novelis and president of Novelis Europe, made the shovel turn with Reiner Haseloff, Prime Minister of the German Federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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The EUR62m (US$85.5m) expansion is in response to growing demand for aluminium automotive sheet for light-weight vehicle structures and body panels.

The new line will add 120,000 metric tons of annual capacity to the Nachterstedt plant’s automotive output. 

Novelis expects demand for aluminium automotive sheet in Europe to increase by an average of 15% per year during the next five years as carmakers focus on strategies to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions.

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