Fukui Works
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The Fukui Works is our main plant, producing a total line of merchandise including ingots, hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and finish processed aluminum. The Fukui Works delivers high-quality products.
The Fukui Works has acquired AS9100 certification, which is the consolidated international standard for aerospace quality management. It has been designated for manufacturing by the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai and aircraft manufacturers, which have the strictest quality demands.
| Manufacturing item | Aluminum sheet products |
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| Site area | 850,000m2 |
| Founded | May 1983 |
| Number of employees | 550 |
Address
Kurome 21-1, Mikuni-cho, Sakai-shi, Fukui 913-8588, Japan
TEL：+81-776-82-5840
Access
| By train | 25 minutes by taxi from Awaraonsen Station on the JR Hokuriku Line 10 minutes by taxi from Mikuni Station on the Echizen Railway Line |
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| By air | 60 minutes by taxi from Komatsu Airport |
| By car | Take the Hokuriku Expressway to the Maruokua Interchange, then follow Route 10 and Route 20 to Technoport Fukui (the plant is located 17.5 kilometers from the Maruoka Interchange) |
Main Facilities
Hot roughing mill
This is one of the world's largest hot-rolling mills, measuring 400 meters in length and 4.3 meters wide. An AGC system is used to automatically control sheet thickness, ensuring that the resulting sheets are of high quality.
The thick plates that this mill produces are used to build wide LNG tankers and in aerospace applications, among others. Thin sheets are processed and shaped for a range of uses, including can stock.
Melting furnace
This line is one of the largest in Japan and is capable of producing slabs up to 2.3 m wide and 10 m long, weighing 32 tons.
5,600-ton stretcher
Generating up to 5,600 tons of tensile force, this stretcher is one of Japan's largest.
Cold-rolling mill
This cold-rolling mill is capable of producing quality ultrawide sheets meausuring 2,600 mm.