NS BlueScope Coated Products, which is a 50/50 JV of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation and BlueScope Steel Limited, Australia focusing on coated products business (hot dip galvanized steel sheets, painted steel sheets and roll formed products) in Southeast Asia and the US has decided to commence production of SuperDyma which is one of NSSMC’s strategic products, in Thailand by enhancing capability of the No.2 Metal Coating Line of NS BlueScope (Thailand) Limited, a subsidiary of NS BlueScope Coated Products. This is the first overseas production of SuperDyma by NSSMC Group.

SuperDyma one of NSSMC’s unique, strategic products, is a hot dip alloy coated steel sheet with a coating composition consisting of zinc as the main substrate in combination with aluminum (about 11%), magnesium (about 3%) and a trace amount of silicon. SuperDyma possesses excellent corrosion resistance, compared with conventional hot dip galvanized steel sheet, which will contribute to life cycle cost reduction for our customers by enabling a long service life of the steel.