Kirby to Open US$15-Mln Pre-engineered Steel Mill in Southern Vietnam

12:36:07 PM | 7/25/2008

Kirby Southeast Asia, one of the world&rsquos leading pre-engineered steel makers, said it will its new factory in southern Dong Nai province early next month.
 
The US$15 million facility, located in the Nhon Trach III Industrial Park and designed under the international standards, will be capable of turning out 50,000 tons a year.
 
The foreign company is planning to invest  US$20 million to build the second factory in northern Vietnam in 2009, raising its total capacity in the country to 100,000 tons a year.
 
Kirby, an affiliate of Kuwait&rsquos Alghanim Industry Group, is also conducting a survey to build a hi-tech center in Vietnam to support Kirby&rsquos factories. (Vietnam Economic Times)