| 1990 : |
ThaiNox Steel Limited was established on
July 30. |
1991 :
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Promoted by Thailand's Board of Investment
(BOI), the joint-venture agreement was signed.
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1992 :
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The construction of Thainox's Rayong Plant
started in January. |
1993 :
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The Rayong Plant's construction was completed.
The first stainless steel coils were produced
in November. |
1994 :
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ThaiNox's Inaugural Ceremony, on 19th May,
was presided over by HRH Princess Galyani
Vadhana. |
1995 :
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ThaiNox announced an expansion plan to increase
its annual production capacity from 60,000
to 160,000 tons. |
1996 :
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The construction of the second production
line started in January. |
1997 :
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A second Sendzimir Cold-Rolling Mill (ZRM2)
was installed in April. |
1998 :
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The installation of a Bright Annealing Line
(BAL) was completed in November. |
| 1999 : |
- Annual capacity increased to 120,000
tons.
- ThaiNox was granted with BVQI ISO 9002
Certificate in June. |
| 2000: |
- The Celebration for ThaiNox’s Cold-Rolled
Stainless Steel production of its 500,000th
ton.
-
Annual production capacity reached
160,000 tons.
-
ThaiNox was granted with BVQI ISO14001
Certificate in October. |
| 2001 : |
The extension of Phase II was completed
with an APR line, Skin Pass Mill no. 2 and
a tension Leveler, allowing Thainox to increase
its annual production capacity to 200,000
tons. |
| 2002 : |
- ThaiNox was granted with OHSAS 18001:
1999 Certificate in March. |
| 2003 : |
- The Opening Ceremony of Thainox Research
and Development Center (TRDC) was held
in April. |
| 2004: |
- The Celebration for ThaiNox's Cold-Rolled
Stainless Steel production of its 1,000,000th
ton was held in February.
-
ThaiNox was listed on the Stock Exchange
of Thailand (SET) and launched its initial
public offering (IPO) in December. |
| 2005: |
- Batch Annealing Furnace was installed
for the production of ferritic stainless
steels.
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Thainox was awarded the OES (Optical
Emission Spectrometer) Testing Laboratory
Accreditation – ISO/IEC 17025:1999. |
| 2006 : |
- ThaiNox has invested 1.2 billion Baht
in the installation of a new cold-rolling
Sendzimir mill and other major equipment,
to expand its annual capacity to 300,000
tons.
-
Thainox was awarded the Hardness and
Tensile Testing Laboratory Accreditation
– ISO/IEC 17025:1999, as well as granted
the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001: 2000
certificates for quality management standards
and environmental management systems,
respectively. |
| 2007 : |
- ThaiNox signed the Supply and Distribution
Agreement with POSCO Korea, the world’s
third-largest firm in the steel and stainless
industry. Under the contract, POSCO will
act as ThaiNox’s supplier and the distribution
agent for its cold-rolled products outside
Thailand. |
