# JFE Steel to triple electrical steel sheet capacity at Kurashiki

JFE Steel will invest about JPY 46 billion ($332.58 million) to expand electrical steel sheet capacity at its Kurashiki plant, tripling production of top-grade non-oriented electrical steel sheets for EV motors.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-05-23
- Where: Kurashiki, Japan, Japan
- Value: $332.6M (46.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 2027
- Status: announced
- Capacity: tripled capacity for top-grade non-oriented electrical steel sheets
- Products: electrical steel sheets
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [JFE Steel Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19688.md)

## Sources

- [steelorbis.com](https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/japans-jfe-steel-to-triple-electrical-steel-sheet-capacity-at-kurashiki-1291124.htm), 2023-05-23: "the plant’s production capacity for top-grade non-oriented electrical steel sheets, which are used in the main engine motors of electric vehicles, will be tripled."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.