Novelis has officially opened what it claims is China's first plant dedicated to the production of heat-treated aluminum automotive sheet, making the company the only one producing automotive aluminum sheet in all three of the world's major automobile producing regions: Asia, Europe, and North America. The wholly-owned facility, located in the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District, represents a $100 million investment by Novelis. Plant capacity is 120,000 t (130,000 ton). Since 2011, Novelis has invested more than $550 million globally to triple its automotive sheet capacity to 900,000 t (1 million ton) by 2015.