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Market-Oriented Product
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As a materials and mechatronics
manufacturer, JSW uses its original technology to
develop new products and production techniques. To
acquire technological know-how in related fields and
realize the earliest possible commercialization of
these new products, we actively seek out technological
tie-ups and participate in joint development projects.
Moreover, in cooperation with all the Company's divisions,
our Research & Development Headquarters endeavors
to enhance the functions, performance, and reliability
of our established principal products, and to develop
and cultivate products in new fields that meet the
needs of the times, Ieading to the development of
new businesses. Areas targeted by our R&D and
commercialization efforts, undertaken by the Research
& Development Headquarters, include: (1) Iifestyles,
(2) ecology, (3) recycling, (4) waste control, and
(5) new technologies. In addition to these independent
R&D projects, JSW participates in national projects
and conducts joint research with domestic and overseas
research organizations. Our Research & Development
Headquarters is made up of the Muroran Research Laboratory
and the Hiroshima Research Laboratory, and research activities are conducted so as
to make optimal use of the particular capabilities
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Muroran Research Laboratory |
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Muroran
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The Muroran Research Laboratory was founded
in 1907, the same year as JSW. Its expanded
fields of research range from the fundamentals
of cast and forged steel products for steel,
shipbuilding, oil refining, hydroelectric, thermal,
and nuclear power generation, and bridge-building,
to their application. This research has resulted
in many new products and technologies, and supports
large-scale cast and forged steel material manufacturing
technology and material technology.
Our research activities have grown in recent
years to include: research into manufacturing
process technology for high-purity steel and
non-ferrous materials, heat-resistant materials,
corrosion-resistant materials, new functional
materials, and hydrogen-absorbing alloys. |
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Hiroshima Research Laboratory |
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Hiroshima
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The Hiroshima Research Laboratory, located in
Hiroshima, was founded in 1975.
Here, we research and develop various molding
processes, ranging from raw materials to finished
products made of highly functional composite
materials. We also develop new materials, including
plastics and polymer alloys, to match such processes.
Our activities have grown to cover a wide range
of areas: R&D of such mechanical components
as wear and corrosion-resistant materials for
use in extruders, injection molding machines
and other equipment and machines; and research
on new fields, such as light metal injection
molding technologies and environment-friendly
plastics using these technologies; as well as
micro-nanoscale replication process, and nanotechnologies. |
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