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NSSMC’s Thai JV to install new metal coating line to meet growing demand

Friday, 16 September 2016 11:11:27 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       
Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that NS BlueScope Coated Products, a joint venture (JV) between NSSMC and Australia-based BlueScope Steel Limited, has decided to install the No.3 metal coating line in NS BlueScope Thailand, a subsidiary of NS BlueScope Coated Products, and enhance production capacity of zinc/aluminum hot-dip alloy coated steel and painted steel to meet the growing demand of the building and construction market in Thailand.

The plant with an investment of approximately $125 million will have an annual production capacity of 140,000 mt and is planned to commence operations in the middle of 2018. With the new plant, NS BlueScope Thailand aims to further strengthen the responsiveness to the needs of customers in the building and construction market and provide more value-added products and services.

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