Governor Andy Beshear was in southern Todd County Monday along with executives from Novelis to break ground on the aluminum producer’s $365 million recycling center.
The aluminum producer’s new center at its Guthrie facility is expected to create 140 jobs.
The new recycling center was announced in January, just over two months after the grand opening of the company’s automotive aluminum finishing plant in late October. That initial phase included a $300 million investment that created over 150 jobs.
In addition to its Todd County operations, Novelis maintains a 130-employee beverage can recycling facility in Berea that opened in 1989. The Madison County facility melts and casts ingots from 20% of the nation’s recycled beverage cans. Novelis also is an owner of Logan Aluminum, a joint venture with Tri-Arrows Aluminum Co., which is a top employer in Russellville.
Atlanta-based Novelis is the world’s largest aluminum recycler and the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum, with 33 advanced rolling and recycling facilities in nine countries.
