# Kobe Steel opens aluminium panel plant in Tianjin, China

Kobe Steel's subsidiary Kobelco Automotive Aluminium Rolled Products (China) has opened a new factory in Tianjin, China, to produce automotive aluminium panel material. The plant has a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and currently employs about 130 people, expected to reach 180 at full operation.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-05-19
- Where: Tianjin, China, China
- Jobs: 180
- Starts operating: 19 May 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 100,000 tonnes per year
- Products: automotive aluminium panel material
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Kobe Steel](https://endata.com/companies/6583.md)
- [Kobelco Automotive Aluminium Rolled Products (China)](https://endata.com/companies/24381.md)

## Sources

- [just-auto.com](https://www.just-auto.com/news/kobe-steel-opens-new-aluminium-plant-in-china/), 2017-05-19: "The launching of Kobelco Automotive Aluminium Rolled Products (China) enables Kobe Steel to supply aluminium panel material of the same high quality available in Japan to the growing Chinese market."

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