Aluminium producer to expand its plant with $8.3 million investment in Kentucky

Audubon Metals LLC, located in Henderson, Kentucky, is ready to expand its Henderson plant with $8.3 million investment. This would lead to the creation of 39 full-time jobs. The expansion will add production capacity to meet the growing market demand.

Governor of Kentucky Matt Bevin announced this latest investment on Friday. Bevin said that the expansion also further demonstrates the strength of Kentucky’s aluminium industry.

The company will construct 21,000-square-foot addition at its facility to house a fifth reverbatory furnace for aluminium smelting. The project will also include an extension of its ingot-casting line, expansion of its production storage building, and a new warehouse.

The company’s ingots are used in the production of automotive parts, lighting and metering equipment, appliances and small-engine components. Diecasting companies all over the Midwest use the products manufactured by the company.

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Audubon Metals president and CEO Jim Butkus said, “Since our Henderson, Ky. aluminium smelting operation began in 1996, Audubon Metals LLC has steadily grown its market share in providing quality products to the secondary aluminium die casting industry.”

“This project will expand and diversify our product mix, and give us the required capacity to grow and enter new markets.”