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\r\n

1930 – 1959<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Steelmaking\r\n
Steelmaking plant at the time<\/figcaption>\r\n <\/figure>\r\n
\r\n
November1930<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Founded (Oji Plant)<\/dd>\r\n
December1939<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Incorporated (NIPPON TOKUSHU KOZAI KOGYO CO., LTD.)<\/dd>\r\n
June1940<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
October1945<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Renamed NIPPON KINZOKU SANGYO CO., LTD.<\/dd>\r\n
November1953<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Started operation of the first Sendzimir cold rolling mill imported to Japan<\/dd>\r\n
February1954<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Renamed NIPPON KINZOKU CO., LTD.<\/dd>\r\n
July1959<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established processed products department<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

1960 – 1979<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Vertical\r\n
Vertical bright annealing furnace<\/figcaption>\r\n <\/figure>\r\n
\r\n
November1960<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established technical research institute<\/dd>\r\n
November1962<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
\r\n Completed rationalization of stainless steel strip manufacturing equipment (introduced Sendzimir cold rolling mill No. 2, skin pass mill, vertical bright annealing furnace)\r\n <\/dd>\r\n
May1965<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established processed products division<\/dd>\r\n
November1969<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established a management center at Itabashi Plant to introduce computers<\/dd>\r\n
May1973<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Built a new main building for technical research institute<\/dd>\r\n
June1974<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established Saitama Plant<\/dd>\r\n
November1975<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Separated the processed products division and established NIPPON KINZOKU SHOJI CO., LTD.<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

1980 – 1994<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Sendzimir\r\n
Sendzimir cold rolling mill No. 6 (4 feet wide)<\/figcaption>\r\n <\/figure>\r\n
\r\n
September1980<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced Sendzimir cold rolling mill No. 6 (4 feet wide) to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
October1981<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established electrical steel strips division<\/dd>\r\n
October1982<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established precision pipes division<\/dd>\r\n
January1983<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established Gifu Plant<\/dd>\r\n
July1985<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established press products division<\/dd>\r\n
July1986<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
\r\n Separated the electrical steel strips division, precision pipes division, and press products division, and transferred commercial rights to NIPPON KINZOKU SHOJI CO., LTD.\r\n <\/dd>\r\n
November1990<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established Fukushima Plant<\/dd>\r\n
June1991<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced high performance precision multi-stage rolling mill (KT mill) to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
September1992<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced tension annealing furnace to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
September1993<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced large flat bar manufacturing equipment to Gifu Plant<\/dd>\r\n
June1994<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced precision profile rolled product (Fine Profile) manufacturing equipment to Saitama Plant<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n \r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

1995 – present time<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"precision\r\n
precision profile rolled product (Fine Profile) annealing line (Fukushima Plant)<\/figcaption>\r\n <\/figure>\r\n
\r\n
December1995<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Founded NIPPON KINZOKU (THAILAND) CO., LTD.<\/dd>\r\n
April2000<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced bright annealing furnace for stainless steel foils (No. 1) to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
April2002<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Started production of magnesium alloy strips<\/dd>\r\n
September<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Opened Hong Kong office<\/dd>\r\n
October2003<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established a processed products sales department and transferred commercial rights from NIPPON KINZOKU SHOJI CO., LTD.<\/dd>\r\n
October2004<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Integrated Oji Plant into Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
July2006<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
NIPPON KINZOKU (THAILAND) CO., LTD. Established Rojana Plant<\/dd>\r\n
October<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced bright annealing furnace for stainless steel foils (No. 2) to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
December<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Opened Shanghai office<\/dd>\r\n
September2007<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced rolling mill for foils and thin products to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
April2010<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced automatic inspection equipment for outer surface of precision pipes to Gifu Plant<\/dd>\r\n
July2011<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced shape correction line for stainless steel foils to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
April2012<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
NIPPON KINZOKU (THAILAND) CO., LTD. opened a processed products manufacturing plant in Rojana Plant<\/dd>\r\n
June<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Introduced precision profile rolled product (Fine Profile) manufacturing line for auto parts to Fukushima Plant<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
April2013<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established precision profile rolled product (Fine Profile) annealing furnace for auto parts (No. 1) to Fukushima Plant<\/dd>\r\n
July<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Founded NIPPON KINZOKU (MALAYSIA) SDN.BHD.<\/dd>\r\n
July2014<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Made the Shanghai office a local subsidiary (NIPPON KINZOKU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.)<\/dd>\r\n
November<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established precision profile rolled product (Fine Profile) rolling mill for auto parts to Fukushima Plant<\/dd>\r\n
March2015<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established precision profile rolled product (Fine Profile) annealing furnace for auto parts (No. 2) to Fukushima Plant<\/dd>\r\n
April2018<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established bright annealing furnace for foils (No. 3) to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
October<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established Sendzimir cold rolling mill No. 9 to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n
March2022<\/span><\/dt>\r\n
Established Sendzimir cold rolling mill No. 10 to Itabashi Plant<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1930 – 1959 Steelmaking plant at the time November1930 Founded (Oji Plant) December1939 Incorporated (NI","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":3846,"menu_order":68,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/column2.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"87","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21013","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHistory - NIPPON KINZOKU CO.,LTD.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1930 - 1959 Steelmaking plant at the time November1930 Founded (Oji Plant) December1939 Incorporated (NIPPON TOKUSHU KOZAI KOGYO CO., LTD.) 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