Aichi Steel Chita Plant (Tokai)
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Aichi Steel Chita Plant (Tokai), also known as Chita Plant, Hagane Company (predecessor), and Toyoda Steel (predecessor), is a 1495 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Tokai, Chūbu, Japan.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Tokai, Chūbu, Japan.
- Location: 1 ,Wanowari, Arao-machi, Tokai-shi, Aichi-ken 476-8666, Japan[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.044558, 136.900772 (exact)
Background
The Aichi Steel Chita plant (Tokai) began operating in 1943 under Aichi Steel.[2]
In 2016, an explosion at the plant damaged the furnace of the No.2 Bar Mill Shop and had to suspend operations temporarily. Luckily, it seems that no employees were injured.[3][4]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| operating[1] | 1943[5] | 965[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Steel Corp [100%][6] | 4295877694 [100%] | Aichi Steel Corp[6] | 4295877694 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[6] | bar; sections; beams; blooms; billets; forged products[6][7] | automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[8][7] | yes[9] | electric arc furnace (EAF)[10] | 2 EAF (1x80-tonne began in 1982, 1x50-tonne began in 1990)[5][10] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 1495 TTPA[5][10] | 1495 TTPA |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | 847 TTPA[11] | – | 847 TTPA |
| 2021 | – | 1045 TTPA[12] | – | 1045 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211030224540/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "History". Aichi Steel. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Schmitt, Bertel (2016-01-30). "Exploding Steel Mill Disrupts Toyota". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Toyota may idle plants following explosion". AsiaOne. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220126182612/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/about/item/AICHISTEEL_COMPANY_PROFILE-20190415.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111174125/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/about/company_profile.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220126194019/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/products/pdf/specialsteel_catalog.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220126200314/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/about/toyota_group.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318132151/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/csr/effort/environmental_management.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124090050/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/about/history.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220117195541/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/ir/library/closing/202110291.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/_assets/dl/ir/library/integrate_report/2022@en/2022_all@en.pdf.
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Other resources
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Additional data
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