Novelis Establishes New Recycling System for Automotive Industry

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Novelis, Inc. – the Atlanta-based rolled aluminium producer announced that it has established a recycling system with one of its customers in automotive industry in Lower Bavaria, Germany.

The company press release said that it has been taking automotive aluminium scrap as input from BMW Group's Dingolfing production plant at its facilities for recycling. The production scrap is being transformed back to high-quality products by making use of a unique alloy separation technique. The company also operates recycling systems with other leading automobile manufacturers including Ford Motor Company, Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo, it noted.

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The recycling technique remelts the aluminium scrap, which is then alloyed and pressed into ingots. The ingots are then processed into aluminium sheets at Novelis’ production plants. The new recycling technique leads to savings of approximately 95% of carbon emissions, Novelis claimed.

Michael Hahne, Vice President Automotive, Novelis Europe noted that the recycling partnerships with automotive industry leaders are aimed at creating a sustainable supply chain that preserves the value of aluminium and reduce greenhouse gases. The company has increased the recycled content in its products from 33% in 2011 to 61% as of now, he added.