Spectro Alloys, a Midwest based recycler of aluminum, announced approximately $10 million in plant upgrades to be completed in early 2022. The projects include a new warehouse and pollution control equipment, enabling progress towards it’s long term sustainability objectives.
Founded in 1973, Spectro turns what’s used into what’s new by recycling aluminum for regional die casters and foundries. The recycled material is then made into new products.
Spectro Alloys broke ground on a new 70,000 sq.ft. building in Rosemount, Minnesota in September. The modern warehouse will significantly reduce truck traffic while streamlining the production, shipping and receiving processes for safety and efficiency.
The building, which will be completed in the spring of 2022, will be optimized for solar power and will utilize process heat to reduce energy consumption. The project will also include trees and native prairie landscaping around the facility.
Completed in August, over $3 million in equipment and baghouse upgrades have enhanced Spectro’s process automation and controls and expanded the company’s environmental benefits. Baghouses are traditionally attached to furnaces within plant environments to capture and clean emissions. While these air filtration systems are standard for the recycling process, Spectro’s new equipment improves emissions control well beyond industry standards.
Published in the December 2021 Edition
