Nippon Light Metal

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Type Public KK Headquarters Japan		Traded as TYO: 5703OSE: 5703 Founded 1 October 2012

Industry Non-ferrous metalChemicals Key people Takashi Ishiyama, (CEO and President) Products Alumina and alumina productsChemical products Revenue $ 3.954 billion USD (FY 2012)(¥ 371.88 billion JPY) (FY 2012)

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd. (日本軽金属ホールディングス株式会社, Nihon Keikinzoku Hōrudingusu Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese multinational public industrial holding company that through its subsidiaries is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of aluminum and chemical products. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225.

In 1939 Nippon Light Metal Co. was incorporated jointly by Furukawa Electric and Tokyo Dento (currently TEPCO) to start the aluminum smelting and in 2012 Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co., a pure holding company for the former, was established.

Business segments and products

The Company operates in four business segments:

Aluminum Ingot and Chemicals

alumina, aluminum hydroxide, chemical goods, aluminum bullion, aluminum alloys

Aluminum Sheet and Extrusions

aluminum sheets and aluminum extrusion products

Fabricated Products and Others

processed aluminum products including electronic materials, industrial components, landscape related products

transportation-related products including van, truck and trailer bodies, automobile parts

panels for freezers and refrigerators, solar panel frames, electrode sheets for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, aluminum kegs, panels for clean rooms as well as carbon products (carbon blocks)

Aluminum Foil, Powder and Paste

aluminum foil for electrolytic capacitors, antennas for IC cards/tags

solar panel backsheets, conductive inks for solar cell electrodes

References

Nippon Light Metal Wikipedia

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