Hindalco arm Novel is keen to expand global aluminium capacity and plans to invest $205 million, around Rs. 1,270 crore to expand its aluminium automotive grade production capacity in the US and Germany. The company will build new finishing lines at its plants in Oswego, New York, and Nachtertedt, Germany, dedicated to the production of aluminium automotive sheets. dedicated to the production of aluminium automotive sheets. As the new lines are commissioned in 2015, Novel’s global automotive sheet capacity would be about 900,000 tonnes a year, a threefold increase from a year ago, said its President and CEO.