Japan's JFE Steel to Expand Electrical Steel Sheet Capacity in Kurashiki

KOFU, JAPAN--October 12, 2023--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--JFE Steel Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) is expanding the electrical steel sheet capacity of its Kurashiki Integrated Steel Mill and is now planning an additional expansion targeted at a startup in the fiscal year beginning April 2026. The additional expansion will triple the works' current capacity for top-grade non-oriented electrical steel sheets used in the drive motors of electric vehicles.