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POSCO completes world's first giga steel automotive sheet plant at Gwangyang · Endata

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Apr 26, 2017EXPANSIONGwangyang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea

POSCO completes world's first giga steel automotive sheet plant at Gwangyang

POSCO completed the No. 7 Continuous Galvanizing Line at Gwangyang Steelworks, the world's first plant dedicated to producing 1.5 GPa giga steel automotive sheets, with an investment of 255.4 billion won and annual capacity of 500,000 metric tons.

Value

$225.6M (255.4B KRW)

Starts operating

26 Apr 2017

Status

Completed

Capacity

500,000 metric tons per year

Productsgiga steel automotive sheetsgalvanized steel sheets

CompaniesPOSCO

Sectors#Steel and Metal Products #Automotive Components

“POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks has completed an automotive steel sheet production facility dedicated to giga steel for the first time in the world.”businesskorea.co.kr

1 source
businesskorea.co.krPOSCO Gwangyang Steelworks Completes World’s First Giga Steel Car Sheet Plant - BusinesskoreaJung Min-heeApr 27, 2017

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