, which provides empty cans to the beverage industry. The remaining third of the plant’s capacity will make aluminum sheet for the automotive industry.can-sheet production for years in favor of higher-margin aluminum for pickup-truck beds, trunk lids and other components, as auto makers switched to lighter-weight aluminum from steel to improve fuel economy. The U.S. market for cans was mostly flat between 2010 and 2018, executives said.
Of the new beverages introduced in the U.S. market in recent years, three-quarters are sold in cans, including flavored carbonated water, wine, energy drinks and drinks mixed with liquor, Novelis said. Novelis said the Alabama plant will cost about $2.5 billion and is expected to start operations in 2025. The plant will eventually employ up to 1,000 people. Mr. Fisher said the plant will be built with the expectation that it will be expanded within a few years of opening.
“This is a huge relief for us to see further investment,” said Dan Fisher, Ball’s chief executive, about the Alabama plant. “We’ll need at least one more facility this size, if not two, to keep pace with the growth by 2030.”
With all the uneducated south americans in this country we need more manufacturing jobs. There are only so many landscaping jobs
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