Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Hikari Area) steel plant
Background
Nippon Stainless Steel Co. Ltd (NSSC) was launched as the largest general stainless steel manufacturer in Japan following the integration of a part of the steel sheet business contained within the special stainless steel business of the former Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, the steel sheet business contained within the stainless steel business (steel sheets, steel pipes, and tubes) of the former Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd., and the former Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation.[1] In October 2024, Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) and NSSC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NSC, announced their merger with NSC as the surviving company and NSSC as the dissolving company, effective as of April 1, 2025.[2]
Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Hikari Area) was established in 1955 with the installation of Japan's first fully continuous wire rod mill.[3] The plant operates an electric arc furnace with a capacity of 500 thousand tonnes per annum, a steel sheet unit and a bar and wire rod unit[3][4]
- ↑ "History | Company | NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation". stainless.nipponsteel.com. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ↑ "Notice of Merger between Nippon Steel Corporation and Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation" (PDF). stainless.nipponsteel.com. 2024-10-11. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "山口製造所（光エリア） | 製造・研究拠点 | 会社紹介 | 日鉄ステンレス株式会社". stainless.nipponsteel.com. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ↑ "Nippon Steel: Q2 FY2024 Financial Results" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
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