History of Former Furukawa-Sky Aluminum : UACJ Corporation

1910
Started research of aluminum electric wire.

1921
Started research and pilot production of duralumin.

1933
Completed construction of plant for manufacturing aluminum plate in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

1961
Completed construction of general extrusion plant in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

Dec. 1964
Established SKY Aluminum Co., Ltd. through a joint venture of Showa Denko K.K., Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (USA), and Yawata Steel Works (currently NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION).

Apr. 1967
Completed construction of rolling plant in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture.

Jul. 1968
Completed construction of plant specializing in extrusion in Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.

May 1983
Completed construction of strip rolling factory in Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture.

The Fukui Works at the time of completion

Jan. 1998
Initiated aluminum business tie-up between Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Sky Aluminum Co., Ltd.

Mar. 1998
Established PT. Furukawa Indal Aluminum in Indonesia.

Apr. 2000
Established Unifus Aluminum Co., Ltd. through merging the aluminum business sales divisions at Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Sky Aluminium Co., Ltd.

Oct. 2003
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp. through merging the companies’ aluminum businesses.

Dec. 2003
Established ACE Corp. by combining three coil center plants.

Oct. 2004
Started operation of 15,000 ton hot-forging press, one of the largest of its kind in Japan.

15,000 ton hot-forging press

Apr. 2005
Acquired Unifus Aluminum Co., Ltd.

May 2005
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum (Tianjin) Corp., a locally incorporated subsidiary in China.

Dec. 2005
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Jan. 2006
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum (Vietnam) Inc.

Feb. 2007
Jointly established AFSEL S.A. (currently UACJ ELVAL Consulting S.A.) , in Greece.

Oct. 2008
Capital participation in Korea’s Choil Aluminum Co. Ltd.

Mar. 2009
Capital participation in UK’s Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd.

Jan. 2010
Capital participation in China’s Ruyuan Dong Yang Guang Fine Foil Co., Ltd.

Feb. 2010
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

New plant in Thailand

Aug. 2010
Established Furukawa-Sky (Shangai) Aluminum Corp., in China.

Aug. 2011
Jointly acquired shares with five companies including Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd. in U.S. rolled aluminum sheet manufacturer and supplier Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc.

Dec. 2011
Established Furukawa-sky (Wuxi) Aluminum Products Co., Ltd., in China.

Mar. 2012
Began construction of aluminum rolling factory in Thailand.