Aichi Steel Chita Plant (Tokai)

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Aichi Steel Chita Plant (Tokai), also known as Aichi steel- Hagane Company, Toyoda Steel (predecessor), Chita Plant, is a steel plant in Chita, Aichi, Tokai, Chūbu, Japan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Chita, Aichi, Tokai, Chūbu, Japan:

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• Location: 1 ,Wanowari, Arao-machi, Tokai-shi, Aichi-ken 476-8666, Japan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.044558, 136.900772 (exact)

Background

The Aichi Steel Chita plant (Tokai) began operating in 1943 under Aichi Steel.

In 2016, an explosion at the plant damaged the furnace of the No.2 Bar Mill Shop and had to suspend operations temporarily. Luckily, it seems that no employees were injured.

In March 2023, the plant announced the expansion of its stainless steel production capacity by 40% to an annual capacity of 90 ttpa by 2026.

In 2023, Steel Plantech renovated Aichi steel plant's EAF #1.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1943	965

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Aichi Steel Corp	4295877694	E100000130710	Aichi Steel Corp	4295877694	E100000130710

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	sections, bar, bloom, billet, forged, beam	automotive, building and infrastructure, tools and machinery	yes	EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	1495	1495

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	659	–	659
2020	847	–	847
2021	1045	–	1045
2022	891	–	891
2023	943	unknown	943

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
EAF 1	operating	1970	698	50.0
EAF 2	operating	1982	797	80.0

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap
EAF 1	yes	100.00
EAF 2	yes	100.00

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Additional data

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Resources

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