# Kobe Steel to add production line at Moka aluminum smelter

Kobe Steel will invest 20 billion yen to add a new production line at the Moka aluminum smelter north of Tokyo to produce automotive panel materials, increasing annual capacity by 100,000 tons.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-01-15
- Where: Moka, north of Tokyo, Japan
- Value: $176.0M (20.0B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 tons per year
- Products: automotive panel materials
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [haythink.com](https://www.haythink.com/kobe-steel-plans-to-spend-484-million-to-expand-aluminum-business/), 2024-01-15: "Kobe Steel will invest 20 billion yen to add a new production line at the Moka aluminum smelter north of Tokyo to produce automotive panel materials."

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