日鉄ドラム Company Overview

We, Nippon Steel Drum Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Nippon Steel Drum"), have decided to purchase the idle land owned by Hitachi, Ltd. located in Minami-hama, Yanai City, and to construct a new factory. The new factory will be our fifth factory and will be named "Yanai Factory." The purpose and overview of the Yanai Factory construction are as follows: 1. Purpose of Yanai Factory Construction Sanyo Drum Can Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sanyo Drum"), a 100% subsidiary of the Nippon Steel Drum Group and a manufacturing base in the Chugoku-Shikoku region, has determined that it has reached the time for aging renewal several years ago. As a result of examining the aging renewal of Sanyo Drum, it was found that a fundamental aging renewal of the factory and equipment is difficult at the current site mainly due to the site area. We believe that the Yanai Factory will be located in a place that can accurately and stably respond to customer needs in the Chugoku-Shikoku region in the future, and we have decided to construct it there. 2. Overview of Yanai Factory (1) Operation Schedule: Completion of trial operation in June 2022 (planned), start of commercial production in September 2022 (planned) (2) Location: 670-8 Minami-hama 3-chome, Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (currently, idle land of Hitachi, Ltd.)