Nippon Steel completed a new hot-rolling line at Nagoya Steel Works in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, installing a rolling mill with one of the world’s highest load capacities to improve productivity.
Nippon Steel completed a new hot-rolling line at Nagoya Steel Works (Tokai, Aichi Prefecture).
The new line is equipped with a rolling mill with the world’s highest load capacity, substantially improving rolling and temperature controllability, and has annual production capacity of approximately 6 million tonnes. The investment totaled approximately ¥300 billion. The existing hot-rolling line is scheduled to be idled during fiscal 2026.