Aluminum has several advantages. Moving away from aluminum would make North Carolina unique. All 50 states and the District of Columbia make their license plates out of aluminum, because it’s ...

HELENA (AP) — A disruption in the U.S. aluminum supply has put a temporary stop to traditional license plate manufacturing in Montana. About 750,000 license plates are made each year at the ...

An aluminum shortage is delaying production of commercial license plates at Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility, and some commercial vehicle owners are receiving temporary paper tags when ...

Workers at the Montana State Prison have resumed making license plates after receiving a shipment of aluminum last week. Montana Correctional Enterprises Administrator Gayle Butler says the 40,000 ...

License plate production is back to normal in Montana after an aluminum shortage in October caused some trouble. "Many states are having a tough time getting aluminum," said Gayle Butler, Montana ...

And as production resumes, license plates will feature a new font, according to ADOT. About 68,000 license plate orders have yet to get fulfilled, according to Douglas Pacey, an ADOT spokesperson.

Plates were produced at a factory at Nevada State Prison, which closed in 2012, Malone said. A $3.8 million, 9,000-square-foot plate factory opened in July 2015 at the Northern Nevada Correctional ...

A worldwide shortage of aluminum is forcing the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles to indefinitely suspend its program to replace license plates that are older than six years.

A shortage of aluminum caused a temporary halt in license plate production for the Motor Vehicle Division, the Arizona Department of Transportation said. It’s the effect of a shortage felt ...

The NCDMV said that normal first-time plate production is approximately 400-500 a day, but the plate replacement program signed into law by the General Assembly in 2019 requires an output of ten times ...

Aluminum shortage disrupts Montana license plate production Montana has become the latest state to temporarily stop making license plates because of a disruption in the U.S. aluminum supply ...