Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Local Aluminium
For Indiana Plant

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The
American Brass company, wholly
owned subsidiary of Anaconda
Copper Mining company, will con-
struct an integrated aluminium mill
on the outskirts of Terre Haute,
Ind, according to a joint announ-
cement issued Monday by the An
aconda president, Robert E. Dwy-
er, and Arthur H. Quigley, chair
man of the Board of The Ameri-
can Brass company.
"The Terre Haute fabricating
facility will be a logical extension
of Anaconda's already announced
entry into the aluminium field"
said the statement. SIN 1858 the
Anaconda Aluminium company
started construction of a new alu-
minum reduction plant at Column
bia Falls, Mont. which will be COM
pleted about the middle of this
year. Eventually, this plant will
attain an annual production of Co.,
900 tons of ingot aluminium. The
requirements of The American
Brass company and Anaconda
Wire and Cable company will be
obtained from this source.
CAT Torrington, Conn, The
American Brass company has
been producing relatively small
quantities of aluminium sheet and
strip for the past few years"
| The new plant will be built on
315-acre site in Otter Creek town
ship, just four miles north of
i Terre Haute center. 1t is adjacent
to the Allis Chalmers plant.
j AS soon as the company's engi-
!; neering department can complete
!, the planning, ground will be brok-
en- for the new mill which, togeth-
er with a separate office building
, will cover 100000 square feet. The
. main plant will be one-story, hea-
Wy steel construction with over
| head crane service throughout.
Construction cost will be in the
neighborhood of $25,000,000. The
. building program will be under
the supervision of Anaconda Cop
per Mining company's chief en-
. gineer, Wilbur Jurden.
Al Company officials also announ-
/ ced that, in order to eliminate any
| possibility of stream pollution
/ special consideration will be CIV
en- to plans for a treatment plant
that will handle sewage and indus
trial waste from the mill before il
, is discharged into Otter creek.
/ The new operation will be serv-
: ed by a rail siding brought in
from the joint tracks OF the Pen
! nsylvania railroad and Chicago and
! Eastern Illinois railroad.
1t is expected that an operation
e of this magnitude will eventually
t support a working force in the
: neighborhood of 1000 people
e nearly all of whom will be re-
f cruited locally.
The production at Terre Haute
r will include castings of aluminium
ingots and billets, rolling of sheet
+ and strip, and extrusion of tubes
t rods and special shapes.
The American Brass company i.
J. one of the nations oldest and larg.
est fabricators of copper and cop
per-base alloy wrought metal pro.
I ducts, such as sheet, rod, tube
, wire, extruded shapes, and manu-.
featured products including eye
lets, stampings, and flexible met
S al hose and tubing. 1t has been ;
a principal supplier to the electrica
a automotive, building and metal
working industries for many years
The Brass company traces it
:, beginnings back to 1912 in Water.
}. bury, Connecticut, where its head.
a quarters are now located. 1t OPP.
$ crates 10 plants in Waterbury
0 Torrington and Ansonia, Conn.
:, Buffalo, N Y; Detroit, Mich; Ke
nosha, Wisconsin and New Toron-
: to, Ontario.
: James F. Alderman, currentl.
serving as vice president of TIL
a American Brass company's Tor
|, rington, Conn. plant, will be il
y charge of the new aluminium fab
ricating operation at Terre Haute