# Kobe Steel to expand aluminum panel production at Moka Plant in Japan

Kobe Steel plans to invest approximately 20 billion yen to add heat treatment and surface treatment equipment at its Moka Plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, increasing capacity by 100,000 tons per year to meet growing demand for automotive aluminum panel material. Construction is expected to begin in fiscal 2017, with startup planned for January 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-10
- Where: Moka, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $180.0M (20.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 tons per year
- Products: automotive aluminum panel material
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Kobe Steel](https://endata.com/companies/6583.md)

## Sources

- [kobelco.co.jp](https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/releases/1196943_15581.html), 2017-05-10: "Total investment is projected to reach approximately 20 billion yen, and construction is anticipated to begin within the current fiscal year (ending March 2018)."

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