Nordural, Iceland part of Century Aluminium has ordered Hertwich Engineering to supply a complete aluminium billet casthouse with zero greenhouse-gas emissions.
Hertwich Engineering will deliver two electrically heated holding casting furnaces, a vertical casting machine and an electrically heated continuous homogenizing plant for a yearly production of 150.000 metric tons of aluminium billets. As a System-Supplier Hertwich will also supply the automation of the casthouse. The homogenizing plant includes a Hertwich Ultrasonic inspection with a billet saw plant including band strapping system.
“We are pleased and honoured to be chosen by Nordural for supplying the complete casthouse, but even more we a proud to be an active partner in achieving lowest CO2-emissions per ton of aluminium billets and as such helping to achieve the global climate change goals” stated Gerold Keune, Managing Director of Hertwich Engineering.
Nordural operates an aluminium plant at Grundartangi, Iceland with a capacity of approx. 320.000 tons per year and is part of Century Aluminium. Through its strategic positioning between North America and Europe and CO2-neutral power generation in Iceland, Nordural can offer their green aluminium Natur-AlTM with reduced shipment times.
Hertwich Engineering, Austria designs and supplies complete casthouse and single equipment’s to the aluminium industry.