Tennessee-based Kaiser Aluminum is taking measures to idle its soft alloys aluminum extrusions plant in Sherman, Texas.

Last week, Kaiser filed a United States Department of Labor Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice affecting 75 employees at the facility that estimates an employee layoff date of this July 11.

This week, the website of a Sherman-based television station is reporting a Kaiser spokesperson has confirmed the company intends to close the 60-year-old facility.

The writeup by KXII-TV says the future of the 194,000-square-foot facility has not yet been decided by Kaiser.

In 2022, a fire at the facility, as reported by Argus Media, was tied to the company’s soft alloy aluminum extrusions production process that uses scrap.

A product sheet posted to the Kaiser Aluminum website indicates it makes extruded soft alloys in several shapes, including tubes, pipes, rods and bars.

The Kaiser Sherman facility is about 50 miles from the aluminum extrusions plant in Commerce, Texas, that has received attention this decade from Norway-based Norsk Hydro. Both cities are northeast of Dallas.

Courtesy : Recyclingtoday.com