Blue Oval supplier opens first U.S. facility in Jackson

ALUKO Group officials announced the company has selected Jackson to locate its first U.S. manufacturing facility. The project will create 55 new jobs and represents an investment of $36.3 million. The new facility will manufacture aluminum battery casings for operations at Ford Motor Company’s BlueOval City. Based in South Korea, the ALUKO Group consists of ALUKO, Hyundai Aluminum, Gogang Aluminum, Alutec, KPTU, Hyundai Aluminum Vina and Alutec Vina. Today, the company has approximately 4,500 employees worldwide.