Auto line starts rolling

The new large facility at the aluminium company Hydro´s plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, got started recently: Hydro is producing first coils for customers at automotive line 3 (AL 3). This follows weeks of trials on how the new machines for EDT rolling, continuous annealing and coating of high-end car body sheet are working as such and as joint operations. Now first orders have been produced and shipped to automotive suppliers. Furthermore, first strip from AL 3 were sent to car makers in order to qualify products from the new facility.   “To get this challenging, innovative installation going…