Kobe Steel, Ltd. and JFE Steel Corporation established KOBE JFE Welding Co., Ltd. on October 1. The joint venture manufactures solid welding wires for Kobe and
JFE. Production of solid welding wires at Kobe's Fukuchiyama Plant in Kyoto Prefecture and at JFE's West Japan Works in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture is now consolidated in Fukuchiyama. Both Kobe and JFE continue to market the welding wires themselves.
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