02.01.2025
International
The aluminum manufacturer Trimet continues to ramp up its production facilities. After numerous electrolysis furnaces at the Essen, Voerde and Hamburg sites have already been ramped up since the beginning of 2024, the remaining production areas are now following suit.
The aluminum plants in Essen and Hamburg are expected to be operating at full capacity again by mid-2025. Trimet expects full capacity operation in Voerde at the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year. The plant in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, has already put all furnaces back into operation. Trimet then plans to produce around 395,000 tons of primary aluminium per year at the three German sites, supplemented by a further 145,000 tons from France.
“As a regional producer of primary materials, we are taking our responsibility seriously and are preparing for the growing demand for aluminum in Germany and Europe,” says Philipp Schlüter, CEO of Trimet. According to him, Aluminum is “the metal of the future”, without which the green transformation will not succeed. “That is why we are consistently investing in the further development of our plants, not least to achieve our goal of climate-neutral aluminum production by 2045,” says Schlüter.
Trimet states that it has used the temporary shutdown to comprehensively modernize and expand its production facilities. Over the past two years, investments have been made in particular in the digitalization of the plants, the renewal of the power control systems and research into emission-free furnace technology. At the same time, the family-owned company has expanded its recycling and foundry capacities in order to meet the increasing demand for secondary aluminum.
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