Hydro informed that casting operations at Hydro Husnes will be upgraded with new technology to produce more advanced products for the growing automotive aluminum forging market. Hydro will invest NOK 150 million with the aim of starting operations in 2020, with an annual planned output of 210,000 mt of aluminium semi-products. The newly developed in-house casting technology, ‘Low Pressure Casting’ (LPC) enables Hydro to provide materials with enhanced properties for various extrusion segments, where Hydro is already a major material supplier. After the upgrade, Hydro Husnes will also be able to offer materials for forging. (From a press release on April 10, 2019)