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Aluminium

When you choose aluminium from Hydro, it's strong, light, durable and climate efficient, making you part of a smarter and more sustainable future. Our climate strategy is to cut our CO2 emissions 30% by 2030. Our aluminium can help you meet your goals, too.

Energy

Hydro has been at the forefront of the energy transition since 1905, transforming industries and societies with renewable energy. Today, we are pioneering the green aluminium transition through renewables and new energy solutions.

Sustainability

We want to contribute to the just and green transition through responsible production, creating circular solutions and delivering net-zero aluminium by 2050 or earlier.

Careers

At Hydro, we put our people at the center of everything we do. By supporting our employees’ growth professionally and personally, we are fostering a community of colleagues who are united in the shared purpose of solving our industries’ most pressing challenges.

Investors

With more than a century of industrial experience, we are enabling the green transition through innovation, technological advances, and a strong commercial mindset.

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About Hydro

Hydro is a leading aluminium and renewable energy company that builds businesses and partnerships for a more sustainable future. We have 32,000 employees in more than 140 locations and 42 countries.

Sunndal

Hydro has in Sunndal the largest and most modern primary aluminium plant in Europe

We also have remelting operations and considerable casthouse production, with annual capacity totaling well over 400,000 tonnes, and research and development activities in Sunndal.

Number of employees: 700
Began production: 1954
Production: 400 000 tonnes of primary aluminium, 500 000 tonnes of casthouse products and 80 000 tonnes of anodes annually
Products: Extrusion ingots, foundry alloys, anodes

Sunndal

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