Novelis delivers aluminium ingots, coils and scrap

Rail is the most important means of transport for material deliveries between Novelis’ European production sites, accounting for 95% of intercompany shipments. Novelis has signed a contract with LINEAS to ensure the delivery of aluminium ingots, coils and scrap to Novelis’ European locations.

This marks a strategic partnership with LINEAS, a European rail freight operator, for the company’s European rail logistics network.

“In total, Novelis, in cooperation with LINEAS, moves over 1,000 trains per year across the rail network in Germany, ensuring freight transport between the company’s European production sites,” emphasised Roland Leder, Vice President of Supply Chain for Novelis Europe.

“Compared to road transport, rail transport is estimated to save approximately 78% of CO₂e emissions.”

Rail is the most important means of transport for material deliveries between Novelis’ European production sites, accounting for 95% of intercompany shipments.

Due to weight restrictions for truck transport, long aluminium ingots weighing up to 25 tons from Novelis’ Nachterstedt, Germany, plant, which is the largest aluminium recycling/casting plant in Europe, are mainly transported by rail and sent for further processing to the company’s Alunorf joint venture plant in Neuss, Germany, one of the largest aluminium rolling plants in the world.

The Novelis site in Göttingen, Germany, is the central hub for the company’s European rail logistics network, where trains are assembled to ensure optimal material distribution between all locations.

“Our long-standing cooperation with Novelis shows how rail freight can support large-scale industrial supply chains in a reliable and sustainable way,” said Alban François, COO at LINEAS.

“We are proud to support Novelis’ European logistics network, ensuring efficient transport between its production sites.”