Construction manager hired for Braidy aluminum rolling mill

Braidy Atlas will be the first Greenfield aluminum rolling mill built in the U.S. in 35 years. The facility will help meet the rapidly growing demand from automotive and aerospace industries for lightweight exposed sheet aluminum and will assist efforts to rebuild Appalachia.

Braidy Atlas broke ground on its fully integrated aluminum rolling mill in eastern Kentucky in June 2018 and expects its completion in 2020. The mill will be 2.5 million square feet under roof and create more than 1,000 construction jobs. The property is near I-64 to connect the mill site to some of the nation's largest auto-making and aerospace customers.

Once complete, Braidy Industries says it will have significant competitive advantages as the lowest cost producer of high-quality aluminum sheet and plate for the automotive industry, and ultra-high strength alloys for the aerospace industry. It will have a workforce of more than 600 at the plant with jobs averaging around $70,000 annually.

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