A new AMG Vanadium plant bringing a total of 100 new jobs to the area will begin operations this summer.
Guernsey County-based AMG Vandium, the world’s leading provider in spent resid catalyst recycling and metal reclamation services, expanded to open a new facility at the Eastpointe Business Park.
Company officials said they just completed their initial phase of hiring, and there will be additional recruitment of production and maintenance team members in the coming months.
The company officially broke ground on the new $300 million facility in August 2019.
The first of two phases of AMG Vanadium’s operation — the roaster and flue gas desulfurization unit, rail unloading station and spent catalyst raw material storage building — will be commissioned this spring. Operations on phase 1 will start this summer.
Final completion with the second phase, the melt shop, is expected in early 2022.
A number of technical and operational staff have already been hired to support the Zanesville plant, the company said. Additional production and maintenance employees will join the team in late March and April.
AMG Vanadium, headquartered in Cambridge, recycles waste that would otherwise be discarded in landfills or not properly reclaimed, according to the company. It converts spent catalyst into finished goods which are sold to the carbon and stainless steel industries.
The new plant will have an estimated 34,000 tons of spent catalyst processing capability, company officials have said.
AMG Vanadium President Tom Centa issued the following comment regarding job expansion in the Zanesville area:
AMG Vanadium’s business model and purpose is grounded in improving the environmental footprint of our world, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to invest in this region that we’ve called home since 1952. We remain deeply committed to our Cambridge facility and look forward to adding 100 jobs at our new $300 million Zanesville plant. The support we have received from business, civic, and governmental leaders at the local, state, and federal levels has been phenomenal, and we look forward to our continued commitment to this community for decades to come.
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