Kobe Steel to start up titanium melt shop

摘要

Kobe Steel Ltd has taken a new ¥3.5 billion (about $32 million) titanium melt shop at its Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture into full production. The melt shop uses the company's proprietary Kobe Method (a vacuum arc remelting method), which makes possible the use of titanium scrap. Kobe Steel aims to make the new facility the most cost competitive melt shop in Japan.