SOUTH KOREA: Posco becomes top non-Japanese steel supplier to Toyota
By Glenn Brooks | 28 June 2012
The Japanese division of South Korea's biggest steelmaker has been accepted into the Kyohokai, the elite grouping which comprises the top one percent of Toyota suppliers.
Posco has been supplying steel for Toyota's Indian and Indonesian plants since 2003 as well as to certain facilities in Japan for the last three years, Kyohokai spokesman Nakaji Honda told Bloomberg. The weakening of the won versus major currencies has given the Korean firm an advantage against Toyota's long time preferred partner Nippon Steel.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-2 ... steel.html
Konon POSCO juga mensupply ke berbagai produsen mobil Jepun lain selain Toyota, konon yang pakai baja POSCO juga di antaranya : Daihatsu, Isuzu, Nissan & Honda (utamanya yg pabrik2 di luar Jepun kayaknya)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/bi ... _5339.html
POSCO has recently been accelerating its sales network expansion in Thailand to fortify itself as a top steel sheet provider of leading global carmakers and home appliance producers based in the Southeast Asian country.
The steel producer is a supplier for Toyota, Isuzu, Honda, Mitsubishi and other Japanese makers in the Thai region. Moreover, 30 percent of products purchased by Nissan and the Auto Alliance Thailand (AAT), comprised of Mazda and Ford, come from POSCO.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/698381- ... y-at-posco
Japan is of particular importance to Posco, beyond the advantages of the stronger yen. Posco shipped 7 million tons of auto steel sheet in 2011, with 11 percent allocated for Japanese carmakers.
Facilitating this opportunity is the forthcoming merger between Nippon Steel (Tokyo: 5401) and Sumitomo Metal Industries (Tokyo: 5405). Japanese automakers historically have not purchased more than 40 percent of their steel from one supplier, but the merger will increasingly force them to meet their needs from one, consolidated source.
Kualitas ? Cukup lihat ketahanan Pansah, Ipah & Fortuner yg sudah exist hampir 10 tahun

Konon bbrp tahun terakhir Toyota juga banyak beli material ke BaoSteel (BaoShan Steel), termasuk baja utk Crankshaft dan katup mesin
http://www.baosteel.com/plc_e/02news/Sh ... cleID=2452
http://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/la ... 758232.htm
So.........Ipah - Fortuner - Pansah boleh dikatakan adalah mobil "semi Korea" ?
Arigato Kansamidaaaa
