Daido Steel Chita plant (Tokai)

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Daido Steel Chita plant (Tokai) (大同特殊鋼 (Japanese), 大同特殊钢 (Chinese)), also known as Chita Plant, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Tokai, Chūbu, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 39, Motohama-machi, Tokai, Aichi, 477-0035, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.016404, 136.864744 (exact)

Background

The Daido Steel Chita plant (Tokai) began in 1962 under Daido Steel.[1][2] Daido Steel operates several other plants/factories. The Chita factory produces 90% of the company's crude steel.[3] The company in June 2024 said that they do not anticipate any investment in upstream processes at the Chita plant during the 2024 to 2026 mid-term plan period.[4]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Power source
Operating[5] 1962[6] 3878[7] Chubu Electric Power Miraizu Co., Ltd.[8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Daido Steel Co Ltd [100%] 4295877397 [100%] E100001000597 Daido Steel Co Ltd[9] 4295877397 E100001000597

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[10] stainless steel, tool steel, superalloy, strip, forging, die forging, welding wire, titanium, machinery[10] automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[11] 2022[12] EAF[11] 1 EAF (150-tonne, began in 2013)[13]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1500 TTPA[13] 1500 TTPA[13]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1255 TTPA[8] 1255 TTPA
2021 1410 TTPA[14] 1410 TTPA
2022 1231 TTPA[6] 1231 TTPA

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References

  1. "技術の歩み - 大同特殊鋼". Daido Japan. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. "History". DAIDO STEEL. Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "主な生産拠点 | 大同特殊鋼の紹介 | 大同特殊鋼". Daido Steel Co (in 日本語). Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "FY2026 Mid-Term Management Plan Briefing" (PDF). Daido steel. 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112163102/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/about/facilities/index.html. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240119003852/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/common/pdf/pages/sustainability/data/2023_viewing.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120193744/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/about/profile/index.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220124110035/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/common/pdf/pages/ir/library/presentation/202103.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112163102/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/about/facilities/index.html. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210518230645/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/products/index.html. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220204142322/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/ir/annual/2018_all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 04 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419190244/https://www.daido.co.jp/en/sustainability/data/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114111934/https://www.daido.co.jp/pioneer/technology/index.html. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. (PDF) https://www.daido.co.jp/en/common/pdf/pages/sustainability/data/2022_viewing.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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