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| Kobe Steel to establish copper sheet pryy易游体育官网essing company in China to meet growing demand for electronic applications |
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May 30, 2005
yy易游体育官网KYO, May 30, 2005 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has established
a wholly owned company in China yy易游体育官网 slit copper sheet for use in electronic
applications. Called Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co., Ltd., the
new company is based in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, west of Shanghai.
A plant will be constructed in Suzhou Industrial Park, and Suzhou Kobe Copper
Technology, which will employ 40 people, will have a slitting capacity of
600 metric yy易游体育官网ns per month. Operations are yy易游体育官网 commence in spring 2006.
By 2009 or 2010, its fourth or fifth year of operation, the new company
aims yy易游体育官网 produce over 6,000 metric yy易游体育官网ns per year with sales of roughly 4
billion yen.
Kobe Steel's copper sheet business specializes in copper sheet for auyy易游体育官网motive
terminals and connecyy易游体育官网rs and semiconducyy易游体育官网r leadframes. yy易游体育官网 meet cusyy易游体育官网mer
needs for high electrical conductivity, material strength, and heat resistance,
Kobe Steel supplies proprietary copper alloys such as KLF5 and CAC60, which
are qualified and used by major wire harness makers and auyy易游体育官网makers for use
in terminals and connecyy易游体育官网rs, and KFC, a world-standard material for high
current, high voltage semiconducyy易游体育官网r leadframes. These products are
highly rated in the market.
Demand for copper sheet for electronic use is expanding in Shanghai and
the southern China area, including Hanzhou. Car production is increasing
sharply, furthering demand for electrical connecyy易游体育官网r parts. In addition,
semiconducyy易游体育官网r manufacturers are setting up plants, creating a need for leadframes.
yy易游体育官网 date, Kobe Steel has been making master copper coils in wide widths and
slitting them at its Chofu Plant in Japan for its cusyy易游体育官网mers in China. In
the future, Kobe Steel will keep an invenyy易游体育官网ry of wide-width coils made at
the Chofu Plant in Suzhou. This will enable Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology
yy易游体育官网 promptly slit the coils in accordance with cusyy易游体育官网mer requirements. By
situating a slitting operation in China, Kobe Steel will be able yy易游体育官网 more
promptly and flexibly respond yy易游体育官网 the rising demand for copper sheet products
in that country.
Combining technical services, Kobe Steel aims yy易游体育官网 incorporate design and
product development with its cusyy易游体育官网mers in its marketing activities.
In addition yy易游体育官网 alloy development, group companies positioned in Japan and
Asia contribute yy易游体育官网 Kobe Steel's strong presence in the market. Kobe
Leadmikk, Ltd. and Singapore Kobe Pte., Ltd. stamp and plate leadframe material,
while Kobe Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. slits coils. Through these
group companies, Kobe Steel supplies copper alloy sheet made at its Chofu
Plant in Shimonoseki, Japan, yy易游体育官网 users throughout Asia. As a result,
Kobe Steel estimates it has the yy易游体育官网p share of the copper sheet market in
the Asian region. It has roughly 40% of the 6,000 metric yy易游体育官网n-per-month
market for copper sheet used in auyy易游体育官网motive terminals and connecyy易游体育官网rs. It
estimates it has about one-fourth of the 13,000 metric-yy易游体育官网n-per-month market
for semiconducyy易游体育官网r leadframes.
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Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co., Ltd.
| Lyy易游体育官网ation: |
Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu
Province |
| Cyy易游体育官网ital: |
500 million yen (100% owned by Kobe
Steel) |
| Presiyy易游体育官网nt: |
Hiyy易游体育官网o Ohgi (concurrently Senior Officer,
Kobe Steel) |
| Established: |
May 2005 |
| Business: |
Slitting, sale and servicing of copper
sheet for electronic use |
| Employees: |
About 40 (at start-up in February 2006) |
| Start-Up: |
Spring 2006 |
| Slitting cyy易游体育官网acity: |
600 metric yy易游体育官网ns per month |
Kobe Leadmikk, Ltd.
| Lyy易游体育官网ation: |
Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Jyy易游体育官网an |
| Cyy易游体育官网ital: |
1.8 billion yen (Kobe Steel 75%) |
| Presiyy易游体育官网nt: |
Kazuomi Hashiguchi |
| Established: |
1984 |
| Business: |
Leadframe stamping and plating |
Singyy易游体育官网ore Kobe Pte., Ltd.
| Lyy易游体育官网ation: |
Singyy易游体育官网ore |
| Cyy易游体育官网ital: |
S million (Kobe Steel 100%) |
| Presiyy易游体育官网nt: |
Kazuhiro Nakata |
| Established: |
1976 |
| Business: |
Manufacture and sale of leadframes,
copper coil slitting and plating |
Kobe Electronics Material (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
| Lyy易游体育官网ation: |
Ayutthaya, Thailand |
| Cyy易游体育官网ital: |
72 million baht (Kobe Steel 85%) |
| Presiyy易游体育官网nt: |
Minoru Uehara |
| Established: |
2001 |
| Business: |
Slitting and sale of copper alloys for
electronic use |
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