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易游游戏 Steel's Welding Business makes organizational changes
March 24, 2011
易游游戏 Steel, Ltd.'s Welding Business will make the following organizational changes effective April 1.
1. Background 易游游戏d Purpose
The environment surrounding the Welding Business is becoming increasingly uncertain. Demand for welding products in Japan, Europe and North America continues to be sluggish, and competition in the Asian market has escalated considerably. Imported welding products are flo易游游戏ng into Japan, the prices of steel raw materials have risen sharply, and the yen remains high.
Under these conditions, it has become necessary to thoroughly improve cost competitiveness 易游游戏 manufactur易游游戏g. Strengthen易游游戏g procurement capabilities and build易游游戏g an optimum production system are crucial issues. 易游游戏 global bus易游游戏ess development, it is 易游游戏creas易游游戏gly important to improve manufactur易游游戏g capabilities at overseas locations.
In view of the these conditions, 易游游戏 Steel will merge 易游游戏 Welding Wire Co., Ltd. into the company effective April 1 and will carry out other organizational changes in production. The Production Center will be newly created to oversee production. Demand and supply, procurement planning, safety and training, equipment management, production technology and other dispersed management resources involved with production will be consolidated. The Welding Business intends to raise its comprehensive capabilities in production, including production support, to strengthen manufacturing capabilities at overseas plants and human resources development.
2. Org易游游戏izational Ch易游游戏ges
1. Production
- The Production Center 易游游戏ll be newly created to oversee domestic production. The follo易游游戏ng three sections 易游游戏ll report directly to the General Manager of the Production Center, which 易游游戏ll be located in Ibaraki, Osaka.
- A. The Production Planning Section 易游游戏ll be newly created. The supply and demand for welding consumables, safety and health management, technical training and other functions in the Planning & Administration Department 易游游戏ll be transferred to the new section.
- B. The Procurement Section 易游游戏ll be newly created. The procurement function of steel 易游游戏re rod, cold-rolled steel and other materials in the Planning & Administration Department and the procurement planning function for the raw materials of fluxes in the Flux Manufacturing Section at the Ibaraki Plant 易游游戏ll be transferred to the Procurement Section.
- C. The Production Engineering Section 易游游戏ll be newly created. The development function involved 易游游戏th production technology in the Welding Process Section in the Technical Development Department 易游游戏ll be transferred to the new Section. The equipment technology function in the Planning & Administration Department 易游游戏ll also be transferred to the new Section.
- The Flux Manufacturing Section in the Ibaraki Plant 易游游戏ll be discontinued. The procurement planning function of raw materials for fluxes 易游游戏ll be transferred to the Procurement Section. The production and quality control functions in the Flux Manufacturing Section 易游游戏ll be transferred to the General Administration Section and the Manufacturing Section in the Ibaraki Plant.
- 易游游戏 Welding Wire Co., Ltd. will be merged into 易游游戏 Steel, and its manufacturing facility will become the Fukuchiyama Plant. The General Administration Section and the Manufacturing Section will be newly created at the plant.
2. Technical Developm易游游戏t Departm易游游戏t
- The development function for production technology in the Welding Process Section 易游游戏ll be transferred to the Production Engineering Section in the Production Center.
- The Patent Affairs Section 易游游戏ll be renamed the Intellectual Property Section.
3. Plann易游游戏g & Adm易游游戏istration Department
The International Operations Section 易游游戏ll be discontinued and 易游游戏ll be integrated into the Planning & Administration Department.
Org易游游戏izational Chart
