SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel plant

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SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel plant (세아창원특수강은 (Korean)), also known as SeAH CSS, POSCO Specialty Steel (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea:

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• Location: 147 Jeokhyeon-Ro, Seongsan-Gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Republic of Korea
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.204191, 128.604277 (exact)

Background

SeAH CSS was founded in April 1966 as Samyang Specialty Steel Co.,Ltd. It was incorporated into SeAH Group in March 2015 and renamed to SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel Corporation.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status	Start date	Workforce size
Operating	1966	143

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
SeAH Holdings Corp [100.0%]	4295881998 [100%]	E100000130718 [100%]	SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel Corp	5000060593	E100000130927

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
finished rolled	stainless steel, wire rod, coil, seamless pipe	automotive; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport	2021-12-05 00:00:00	EAF	2 EAF (1x60-tonne, 1x100-tonne)

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	1200 TTPA	1200 TTPA

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Resources

• Company website