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NKS Heavy Forging And

Facility Nears Completion

Casting

In Mexico

Interior of the steel making shop under construction at the Workmen

NKS facility. press. installing the base for the 4,000/6,000 forging

NKS is a joint venture of NAFINSA, the

Mexican Development Bank, Kobe Steel, a leading Japanese steel producer, and SIDER-

MEX, the official steel consortium of Mexico.

The erection of the casting, forging, and ma- chine shop buildings, with the plant infras- tructure, has been completed on schedule at the site in Puerto Lazaro Cardenas on Mex- ico's West Coast. The main equipment compo- nents including the 4,000/6,000- and 1,500-ton forging presses and the 40-ton electric arc fur- nace are now at the site and being installed.

A broad range of tools including a horizon- tal lathe of 2,500/2,000 mm by 15,000 mm, and vertical lathe of 8,500/5,000 mm by 5,000 mm will be installed in the machine shop. A steel casting facility of the most modern de- sign, with production capacity of 20,000 tons annually, is also included in the complex.

Production is scheduled for the first quarter of 1985, at which time NKS will be able to of- fer the marine industry heavy castings and forgings for rudders, stocks, tail and line shafting, propellers, and related parts of the highest quality, conforming to the standards of the classification societies.

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