Investments Plan
Important investments have been implemented since 2019:
- New twin chamber melting furnace
- New WAGSTAFF Rapid Fill casting table for Φ178/203 billets
- Upgrade of the batch homogenization furnace (FH5) & corresponding cooling tunnel facility
- New billet batch lifter
- New reverse osmosis water purifying unit to support the new needs of the casting machine
- New ALSCAN unit (Hydrogen analyzer), from HOESCH to support the new needs in the casting machine
- New liquid aluminium transfer crusibles & natural gas preheaters
- Yard upgrade for storage capabilities expansion & new warehouse construction
- Shredding/Sorting line upgrade with the addition of a new TOMRA Xray separator
- New 6.5m3 TRF (Tilting Rotary Furnace)
- New integrated information system for the modernization of maintenance, purchasing and commercial activities
Investments in Development
The ongoing investments aimed at increasing the factory's productivity focus on:
- In the configuration of a new yard for the storage of raw materials and the construction of a new warehouse for the management of consumables
- In the upgrade of the cutting and sorting line of raw materials with an increase in capacity and the acquisition of the ability to separate & remove Zn/Cu.
- In the new integrated information system implemented in collaboration with the IT department. of Metlen for the modernization of management by EP.AL.ME. of PYA processes/procedures, production, maintenance, quality control, purchasing of raw materials and the commercial team of EP.AL.ME.
