US-based provider of aluminum extruded products, Aleris has opened a new cold rolling mill at its Duffel facility in Belgium to produce the automotive body sheet.
With completion of the facility, the company expects to address the increasing demand for wide automotive body sheet.
The company had announced the expansion in 2011 with investment of $70m.
Aleris chairman and chief executive officer Steve Demetriou said the company's investment in new capacity and an innovation center in Duffel, strengthens the development of solutions to help support its customers' future growth.
"As more of our automotive customers turn to aluminum as a solution to meet new fuel-efficiency standards, we believe our new cold mill will help us meet increased demand worldwide," Demetriou said.
The new facility will manufacture the wide auto body sheet, which reduces design limitations and improves productivity for automotive customers, according to the company.
