Fukui Works (Fukui)
Overview
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 FAX: 81-776-81-6022
Access
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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 line
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.
Six-stage cold-rolling machine
This six-stage cold-rolling machine is capable of producing quality ultrawide sheets meausuring 2,600 mm.