Novelis Restarts Oswego NY Plant After Nine Months of Fire Outages

Novelis restarts Oswego hot mill hit by two major fires last year

Oswego, N.Y. – A key portion of Novelis Inc.’s giant aluminum plant near Oswego damaged by two major fires last year is back online after a nine-month shutdown.

Novelis Restarts Oswego Aluminum Plant After 9-Month Outage

After forcing the industry to scramble for substitute material from Europe and Asia, Novelis restarted the hot mill at its Oswego, New York, plant Wednesday, ending a nine-month outage that gutted aluminum supply for Ford and other U.S. automakers.

Novelis restarts Oswego NY plant after nine months of fire outages

The Oswego facility is the largest domestic supplier of aluminum sheet for the U.S. auto industry, serving Ford, GM, Stellantis, and others

Oswego County TodayStatement From Assemblyman Will Barclay On Novelis’ Oswego Hot Mill Restart

I was pleased to learn that, after nine months of recovery efforts following the fires at the Oswego facility, Novelis’ hot mill is back online. The employees, contractors and partners who worked around the clock to rebuild the site deserve tremendous credit for their perseverance throughout this process. Their hard work helped restore an operation…

Ford F-Series Aluminum Supplier Restarts Oswego Hot Mill After Nine-Month Outage From Two Fires

Supplying just around 40 percent of the domestic automotive industry's aluminum needs, the Novelis hot mill in Oswego, New York, has restarted production after nine months and two fire incidents. The first broke out back on September 16, 2025, causing significant damage. Two months later, a second fire incident further set back repairs, delaying the original recovery schedule. As per a press release from Novelis, the hot mill is curr... (continu…