Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KOBELCO) is one of Japanese leading steelmakers, as well as a major supplier of aluminum and copper products. It was reported that Kobe Steel planned to expand its Kentucky aluminum extrusion plant capacity to meet a great demand in the automotive industry by 2020, and will invest total US$42 million for this expansion.
With the installation of new melting furnaces and extrusion machines, the company's monthly output capacity of aluminum products was expected to increase to 1,000 tons, and the current monthly output capacity was 500 tons.
Kobe Steel was established in 2016, specializing in producing automobile bumpers and frames. The company began to increase the production of aluminum processed products last month.
Kobe Steel plans to expand capacity of aluminum extrusion plant in US by 2020
21 Dec 2018 15:14 reported by Kate Lee
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