Expansion of melting capacity in Belgium

Hertwich Engineering, a subsidiary of SMS Group, has received an order from Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde NV for the supply of an Ecomelt-PS200 multi-chamber melting furnace including a skimming machine. The plant with a melting capacity of 60,000 tons per year will be installed in the casthouse in Ghlin, Belgium. Commissioning is scheduled for the first half of 2019. By the acquisition of Sapa, Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde has considerably expanded the scope, presence and innovative competitive edge of its extrusion division. As a globally leading extrusion plant, it currently supplies more than 30,000 local and global customers in more than 40 countries. In Belgium the company employs around 850 people in their extrusion facilities in Raeren and Lichtervelde and in the aluminum casthouse in Ghlin.

Source: Wire Bulletin