NEW YORK CITY (dpa-AFX) - Alcoa Inc. (AA) said it celebrated the launch of construction of its greenfield state-of-the-art aluminum lithium facility at a groundbreaking event attended by Lafayette employees, and community and state partners.
Adjacent to its existing plant, the $90 million, 115,000 square-foot expansion will produce more than 20,000 metric tons of aluminum lithium and be capable of casting round and rectangular ingot for rolled, extruded and forged applications.
The company said the expanded facility will create approximately 75 permanent high-value jobs, as well as approximately 150 additional jobs during the course of construction. Production of its first aluminum lithium is planned by the end of 2014.
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