Hydro Extruded Solutions facilities certified against ASI Chain of Custody Standard

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Hydro’s seven facilities in Europe have been certified against the ASI Chain of Custody Standard. The certification is for its plants in Birtley (UK), Bedwas (UK), Cheltenham (UK), Chrzanów (Poland), Tibshelf (UK), Tønder Precision Tubing (Denmark) and Trzcianka (Poland).

The operations include ingot casting, extrusion, fabrication and surface finishing of aluminium profiles, and manufacture of aluminium tubes.

Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said: “We warmly congratulate Hydro Extruded Solutions on their multi-site Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification. Hydro has continued to expand their CoC Certifications from their primary production business divisions through to rolled products, and this latest Certification now enables their extruded metal customers to leverage the company’s sustainability credentials further downstream and in a great variety of key business sectors. ”

The ASI Certification program is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process. The independent, third-party audit of Hydro Extruded Solutions was carried out by DNV GL.

 “This is a milestone for us in our sustainability agenda, and in our strategy to help our customers document that they offer aluminium products that are sourced and produced responsibly throughout the entire value chain,” said executive vice president Egil Hogna, who leads Hydro’s Extruded Solutions business area. “Doing business the right way is what our company is all about.”