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User Reportage
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User Reportage
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Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) Inc. (THI), the
biggest shipyard in the Republic of the Philippines, was
established in 1994 as a joint venture between Tsuneishi
Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of Japan and a Philippine
conglomerate, Aboitiz. THI has adopted the similar
fabrication processes as used in Tsuneishi Shipbuilding,
Japan and the ships it builds are recognized as having
the same quality as those built by the parent company.
This high quality is consistently achieved by following
the international quality assurance system ISO 9002,
acquired in 1998.
The THI Cebu shipyard is located about two hours by car over the hill from Cebu City, the central city of Cebu Island in the southern part of the country. The ships built here are bulk carriers ranging from 23,000 to 45,OOODWT. Since the start of operation, 12 ships have been delivered by continuous shipbuilding. The shipyard also is equipped with two floating repair docks for engaging in ship repair business, taking advantage of the location as the center of the commercial sea routes in Eastern Asia. |
The Welding Company of Kobe Steel has served THI
from the very start of its operation. B-14 and LB-52 for
shielded metal arc welding, US-36 and PFH-55E for
submerged arc welding and DW-100 for flux-cored arc
welding are main welding consumables used in the
shipyard. More than 50 tons of Kobelco welding
consumables are used per month, making THI the
biggest customer for Kobe Steel in the Philippines. It is
noticeable that over 50% of the welding consumables
used here consist of DW-100. This is because they have
employed this wire for many applications as possible.
The application of the wire includes welding hull shell plates by using the FBB one-side welding process. The wire's superb usability and mechanical properties are highly appraised. We wish to continue to be a good and useful supplier to THI by maintaining excellent technical and commercial services so that they will be more satisfied.
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