NEWS RELEASE
April 6th, 2023

Nippon Kinzoku Group's Coil Center "Nikkin Malaysia",
Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary, will Newly Install
the Third High-performance Stainless Steel Strip
Cutting Machine.
～Improve Quality and Strengthen BCP System, Expand Sales Area and Acquire
New Business Items～
NIPPON KINZOKU (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. (Headquarters: Johor, Malaysia, hereinafter"Nikkin Malaysia"), a group company of Nippon Kinzoku CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Minato-ku,Tokyo), announced we will install the third stainless steel strip cutting machine in June 2023.
Nikkin Malaysia celebrated its 10th anniversary in August 2022. Looking ahead to the next 10years, the cutting machine to be introduced this time aims to expand sales to Southeast Asian
countries and India, improve quality, and strengthen the BCP system with NIPPON KINZOKU(THAILAND) CO., LTD.(Headquarters: Ayutthaya, Thailand, hereinafter "Nikkin Thailand”),
which is also a group company.

Installation location of
the new cutting
machine No. 3

The new cutting machine No. 3

The cutting

The cuttingmachine No. 2machine No. 1

Inside the factory building

Exterior of Nikkin Malaysia

Outline of new facility
It covers the plate thickness that can be produced by the existing cutting machine No. 1 andcutting machine No. 2, and can also handle large unit weights of raw materials. In addition,
the cutting machine No. 3 adopts a high-precision column clamping type C-type floating sheet
compatible system and vector motor speed control, which improves quality compared toexisting cutting machines. And the 2-axis friction winding system improves productivity andyield.
Thickness that can be produced : 0.05mm～1.0mm
Board width that can be produced : 10mm～450mm
Raw material mass that can be produced : Max.2,800kg/CoilSales expansion target
Due to regional differences in the progress of electrification, we have received orders forinjectors (fuel injection parts for gasoline vehicles) that will be launched from the end of 2024
to 2025, and we are working to expand sales of internal combustion engine parts for gasolinevehicles, which are being concentrated in Southeast Asia. In addition, due to the trend towardfactory automation, demand for air cylinders in China and the United States is increasing, andwe will promote increasing the market share of our materials. In addition, we will also focus
on acquiring new business items such as medical, CASE, and semiconductor related items.
About Nikkin Malaysia
Based in Johor Bahru, Nikkin Malaysia supplies cold-rolled stainless steel strips mainly toMalaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. In addition, we are working on sales expansion
activities mainly in medical-related, automobile-related, and metal masks (semiconductor
manufacturing, etc.), with India as the largest target country for sales expansion. In thefuture, we aim to expand the sales area targeting Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, etc. in cooperation with Nikkin Thailand.
Nikkin Malaysia homepage URL: https://www.malaysiabrand.com.my/website/kinzoku/

Share of each countryin Nikkin Malaysia sales in 2021

Sales destination of Nikkin Malaysia(■: Sales destination of Nikkin Thailand■: Future sales expansion target area)*Nikkin Thailand homepage URL:
http://www.fact-link.com/mem_content.php?pl=jp&mem=00003164&page=00013602

About the vision of the 11th management plan 「NIPPON KINZOKU 2030」『A multi & hybrid material company that co-creates new value that is friendly to people
and the earth. We will contribute to the future of people and the earth by realizing theperformance required for final products through rolling and composite molding of a wide
variety of materials.』We will aim to transform our business structure by focusing on newtechnologies and new products that meet new needs.

Note: This document has been translated from a part of the Japanese original for reference
purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and theJapanese original, the original shall prevail.
＊＊＊Inquiries regarding this release＊＊＊Nippon Kinzoku CO., LTD. General Administration Dept.
Mail：soumu@nipponkinzoku.co.jp＊＊＊Inquiries about this facility and technical information＊＊＊NIPPON KINZOKU (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
TEL：+60-7660-6229 Mail：sales@nikkinmalaysia.com.my