Aluminum producer Novelis Inc., with global headquarters in Atlanta, has announced a closed-loop recycling partnership with Smart Press Shop (SPS), a joint venture between Porsche AG and Schuler Group that is based in Halle, Germany, that produces automotive body parts.
Novelis’ Nachterstedt, Germany, plant provides flat-rolled aluminum products to the Smart Press Shop and brings production scrap generated during SPS’ manufacturing process back to Nachterstedt to be recycled into new rolled sheet. Recycled aluminum requires 95 percent less energy to produce than primary aluminum, and the Novelis-SPS partnership is projected to reduce carbon emissions by up to 100,000 tons per year as a result, Novelis says in a news release about the partnership.Photo courtesy of Novelis SPS produces components for automotive exteriors, such as door panels and hood skins, and chose…
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