Magnesium Products of America Eaton Rapids plant
Large load · 2001 Industrial Dr, Eaton Rapids, MI
Magnesium Products of America runs a magnesium die casting plant with recycling cells in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, which started production in 1994. A city-owned electric plant provides it backup power during interruptions.
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Overview
A company presentation lists the plant as started in 1994, with 15 die cast cells and 3 recycling cells producing 19,000 metric tons annually, and a plant size of 208,000 ft2.
Profile
- Electricity and backup power
- A state inspection report says the City of Eaton Rapids electric plant provides power support to Magnesium Products of America during power interruptions. The electric plant only supplies 2 MW to Magnesium Products at any given time, which is not enough power to run the entire facility but is enough to provide a backup power supply. The plant's two city-owned engines have nameplate capacities not exceeding 1360 kW and 2000 kW, and the state notes the Michigan Power Producers Association calls them for peak shaving as well as for Magnesium Products of America.
- Industrial park
- In 1993 the City of Eaton Rapids began developing the Island City Industrial Park, whose one major anchor tenant was Magnesium Products of America, and established a Local Development Financing Authority with a tax increment financing plan for the park.
Facility
- Activity
- die cast cells and recycling cells producing magnesium
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Timeline
- Feb 4, 2020
- State inspection recorded city engines providing backup power to Magnesium Products of America.
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