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Kentucky lands aluminum plant.


Kentucky Smelting smelting, in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace.  Technology Inc. (KST), a joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Toyota Tsusho Corporation (豊田通商), TYO: 8015 , based in Nagoya Japan, is the Sogo shosha (trading company) for the Toyota Group. It is one of the largest trading companies in Japan.  America Inc. and its parent company Toyota Tsusho Corp., headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, is locating a new 50,000-square-foot aluminum smelting facility in Bourbon County Bourbon County is the name of several counties in the United States:
  • Bourbon County, Kansas
  • Bourbon County, Kentucky
, Ky.

The location of Kentucky Smelting Technology in Paris, Ky., will allow the company to work in partnership with CMC/CLA, a manufacturer of aluminum wheels.

"Our long-standing relationship with Toyota Tsusho ensures that Kentucky Smelting Technology will be a welcome addition to our community," Frank Bellafato, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of OMC/CLA, says. "KST will be performing a vital operation for CMC/CLA in providing molten aluminum for our casting operations. We are expecting to expand our production of aluminum wheels in September to 1.5 million per year. With KST providing the aluminum, CMC/CLA can focus our activities on our core business of casting and finishing aluminum wheels," Bellafato says.
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Title Annotation:NONFERROUS; Kentucky Smelting Technology Inc
Publication:Recycling Today
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U6KY
Date:Apr 1, 2005
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