Alcoa rolls in aluminum, reopening near Texarkana

​​NASH (near TEXARKANA) TEX. – Alcoa has announced plans to reopen their plant in
Nash after closing it in 2009 due to a continued weak outlook in common
alloy markets.

The plant will be part of Alcoa’s Global Rolled Products business and should open in the first half of 2016.

Alcoa
is investing $6 million to restart two casting pits at the facility,
with slab production expected to ramp up in the first half of 2016, the
company said.

About 80 full-time positions are expected to be created by 2016.