ASI certifies Nikkei MC Aluminum America, Inc. against Performance Standard V3.1
The facility manufactures secondary aluminium alloys by combining recycled scrap with primary aluminium.
11 March 2026
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that NMAA has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facility manufactures secondary aluminium alloys by combining recycled scrap with primary aluminium, producing approximately 56,000 tonnes of aluminium ingots per year. Manufacturing processes include reverberatory furnace operations, casting, chip drying, and shredding, supplying aluminium alloy products to industries such as automotive, aerospace, structural components, and industrial manufacturing.
The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process and is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The ASI Performance Standard V3 and ASI CoC Standard V2 were launched in May 2022 following a multi-year revision process. The ASI Performance Standard V3 defines 11 principles and 62 criteria under three sustainability pillars – Environment, Social, and Governance – with the aim to address pressing sustainability issues in the aluminium value chain, such as biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples rights, circularity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The 2022 Standards and related documents underwent a minor update in 2023, accounting for editorial changes, correction of minor errors and for general clarification, culminating in the release of Performance Standard V3.1 (2023) and Chain of Custody Standard V2.1 (2023).
The independent, third-party audit of NMAA was carried out by Bureau Veritas Certification. A full listing of audit findings is available in the summary audit reports, linked below. No non-conformances were identified during the audit.
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