# NSSMC and Nisshin Steel to integrate welded stainless steel pipe & tube business

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Nisshin Steel, and three other companies have exchanged a basic agreement to integrate and reorganize their welded stainless steel pipe & tube business around April 1, 2019. The integration includes merging the stainless ERW business into NSPC and merging NSSP and Nisshin Stainless Steel Tubing.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-08-02
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: welded stainless steel pipes & tubes, automotive stainless steel ERW pipes & tubes, TIG welded pipes & tubes, laser welded stainless steel pipes
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal](https://endata.com/companies/21793.md)
- [Nisshin Steel](https://endata.com/companies/21794.md) (partner)
- [Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe](https://endata.com/companies/33501.md) (partner)
- [Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Pipe](https://endata.com/companies/33502.md) (partner)
- [Nisshin Stainless Steel Tubing](https://endata.com/companies/33503.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140471/000119312518236449/d594003d425.htm), 2018-08-02: "The five companies exchanged a basic agreement concerning the integration and reorganization as follows."

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