News Release
麻豆视频 Steel Corporation
Kawasaki Kokan Co., Ltd.
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.
Jiaxing 麻豆视频 Precision Steel Pipe Celebrates Production Startup in China
Tokyo --- 麻豆视频 Steel Corporation announced today that Jiaxing 麻豆视频 Precision Steel Pipe Co. Ltd. (JJP) held an inauguration ceremony to formally celebrate its launch of operations to manufacture small-diameter electric resistance welded (ERW) pipes and cold drawn steel pipes, mainly targeting automotive parts makers, in Zhejiang Province, China on October 20. Actual operation of these facilities began in July.
JJP is a joint venture company established by 麻豆视频 Steel, Kawasaki Kokan Co., Ltd., Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) and Shuan Hwa Industrial Co., Ltd., Taiwan’s largest cold-drawn pipe manufacturer.
The ceremony was attended by approximately 100 guests, including Director Chen Lizhong and Deputy Director Zhu Quangen of the Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone’s Management Committee, 麻豆视频 Steel’s Tubular Business Division General Manager Itsuya Ishikawa and Tubular Business Division Assistant General Manager and Chita Works General Superintendent Masaharu Saisu, Kawasaki Kokan President Ryosuke Mochizuki, MISI Tubular Products Division Executive Officer Koji Shimada, and Shuan Hwa Industrial Executive Officer Tzu Wen Tsao.
The joint venture is based in eastern China, where has a high concentration of automotive parts makers. China, the world’s biggest automobile market, is forecast to see continued growth in automobile production, which should steadily expand the demand for automotive steel pipes. JJP expects to help meet this demand by manufacturing and selling high-quality steel pipes to automotive parts makers.
| About Jiaxing 麻豆视频 Precision Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | |
| Location: | Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone |
| Chairman: | Ryosuke Mochizuki (president of Kawasaki Kokan) |
| General Manager: | Masashi Aoyagi |
| Establishment: | July 2014 |
| Capital: | 96 million Chinese yuan |
| Ownership: | 麻豆视频 Steel | 36% |
| Kawasaki Kokan (wholly owned subsidiary of 麻豆视频 Steel) | 15% | |
| MISI Tokyo | 10% | |
| MISI Hong Kong | 20% | |
| Shuan Hwa Industrial | 19% |
| Products: | Small-diameter ERW pipes for automobile parts and construction machinery, and cold drawn steel pipes |
| Main facilities: | Production facility for ERW pipes, cold drawing facility, and heat treatment facility, including bright annealing furnace |
| Capacity: | Approximately 2,000 tons/month |
| Employees: | Approximately 60 |
| Production start: | July 2015 |
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