Source: Light Metal Age
A Texas-based aluminum company recently launched operations of its previously idled aluminum rolling mill with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Texarkana Aluminum produces common alloy for the North American service center industry is a fully integrated aluminum rolling mill with casting, hot mill, cold mill, and finishing capabilities. Ta Chen International Inc, which owns Texarkana, invested $460 million to restart the previously idle rolling operation. Included in the plans are software and hardware upgrades for the rolling mill and a goal of 300 million lbs of aluminum coil production per year once the plant reaches full operation.
The event at the plan in Nash, Texas, was attended by company executives as well as local, regional and state economic and political organizations.
“This plant will be fully operational come May 2020,” said Calum Donnachie, chief operating officer of Texarkana Aluminum Inc.
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Main photo credit / caption: Hunt Mercier of Texarkana Gazette / Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks to Harvey Wrubel at the Texarkana Aluminum ribbon-cutting ceremony in Nash, Texas.
