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Kobe Steel signs global technology agreement 易游m6在线登录入口 Swedish Sapa

March 6, 2012

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Kobe Steel currently produces aluminium extrusions at its Chofu Works in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan. Major products include bumper material for automobiles, aluminium tubes for OPC (organic photo conductor), drums used in printers and other value-added products. As user industries have increasingly been moving their operations overseas in recent years, building a network that can supply them 易游m6在线登录入口 the same quality products as in Japan has become a pressing issue.

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