The Ontario Canada based Dajcor Aluminum has been at the forefront of the aluminum industry for over a decade, providing innovative solutions and high-quality products to a wide range of sectors, including automotive, aerospace, construction, and renewable energy. As Dajcor Aluminum continued to experience exponential growth with the success of its Value Add, Single Source market proposition for aluminum extrusion supply, it was evident Dajcor needed to expand its extrusion and fabrication capacity and capabilities – but where?
The vision of their founders and shareholders Mike Kilby, Max Fantuz and Bill Loucks was to build an aluminum extrusion company with a global reach, that provided solutions to customer’s ongoing supply chain issues, by providing aluminum extruded components and assemblies to the North American and global marketplace. Developing a manufacturing base in the United States was the next logical step in the evolution of Dajcor, and southeastern Kentucky was identified as a potential area for expansion. The Hazard, Ky., region has a rich history of logging and mining and a strong heritage of hard-working people making an impact in the district and the world by providing the crucial raw materials to feed industrial growth across the North American and global marketplaces. This skilled and dedicated work force, combined with the ideal location of Hazard, which is situated within a 500-mile radius of several major US economic centers, provided a tremendous launching pad for Dajcor to expand their North American manufacturing footprint.
In November of 2019, Dajcor Aluminum opened a new facility at the Chavies Industrial Park near Hazard. Since its inception, Dajcor Aluminum’s Chavies Kentucky facility has expanded to 100-plus employees, dedicated to providing outstanding service and quality fabricated aluminum extrusions to the North American, European, and Australian continents. With two extrusion presses, extensive fabrication capabilities, including five CNC machining centers and a Tube Laser cutting unit, Dajcor Aluminum’s Kentucky Team and Operation are well positioned for significant growth and success in supplying and servicing our global supply partners with quality extruded aluminum components – an eastern Kentucky success story!
The Hazard extrusion facility is located on 30 acres of prime industrial land. There is currently 300,000 square feet of manufacturing space available to produce a wide range of fabricated aluminum extrusions for the US marketplace, targeting several strategic markets such as automotive, light rail transit, marine, recreational products, construction, transportation, renewable energy, LED lighting, electronic, military and consumer product industries.
Kentucky Power played a pivotal role in helping Dajcor locate in Hazard by offering economic development rider (EDR) incentives for bringing load and new jobs to the region. Kentucky Power looks forward to continuing to watch Dajcor Aluminum grow in the future and is committed to provide reliable and affordable power to their operation.