Constellium N.V. opens $32 million campus in White; employment goal of 150 by 2019.

May 12, 2017

Media release: Constellium N.V. held grand opening ceremonies for its plant in White on Thursday. Dedicated to the production of advanced aluminium automotive structural components and crash management systems, the 135,000-square-foot campus “is strategically located to supply automakers in the Southeast U.S. and may be expanded to 220,000 square feet to meet customers’ supply needs in the future.”

Constellium expects to have 150 employees in White by 2019.

Said Paul Warton, President of Constellium’s Automotive Structures & Industry business unit: “Being closer to our customers’ assembly plants will allow us to better serve automakers in their mission to make vehicles lighter and safer and to respond to the industry’s growing demand for aluminium structural parts.”

Background: The project represents a $20 million investment by Constellium and an additional $12 million investment by developer Seefried Properties, for a total project value of $32 million. It was built in the Highland 75 corporate/industrial park.