EGA Spectro Alloys, which is 80% owned by Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), plans to continue growing its recycling operations with phase two of its recycling expansion. This announcement follows the recently grand opening of its 90,000 sq foot recycling facility.
“This marks a momentous time in Spectro’s 52-year history,” said Luke Palen, president of EGA Spectro Alloys. “Adding billets to our product line means that aluminum recycled at Spectro will be found in even more everyday things that shape our world — and we’re doing it with industry-leading technology and environmental performance.”
At its grand opening event, the company officially opened phase one of the 90,000-square-foot recycling plant expansion. This phase one expansion introduced the production of 120 million lbs per year of recycled aluminum billet — logs of aluminum up to 25 feet long — a new product for Spectro. This is an important product for the U.S. industry, as billet is used by extruders to manufacture profiles used in products like railings, window, and door trim, and structural components for cars, boats, airplanes, trailers, docks and more.
Phase two — located within the same plant — will include the installation of an additional scrap melting furnace with automated charging, stirring and skimming, and a homogenizer. It will grow Spectro’s total aluminum recycling capacity to 460 million pounds per year, and will add about 100 million pounds of annual billet capacity.
Metal from the expansion project will be sold under EGA’s recycled product brand RevivAL, a nod to the company’s 52-year legacy of giving used aluminum new life. The facility includes a new, world-class quality laboratory, which will help ensure customers receive the highest quality recycled aluminum at customers’ precise specifications in diverse industries across the country.
The phase two project is expected to be completed in 2027.