JFE Shoji Trade Corporation and JFE Shoji Trade Corporation (U.S.A.) exhibited at "AIS Tech2025," an exhibition hosted by the American Iron and Steel Technology Institute (AIST), together with MuffTech Corporation (MuffTech), a manufacturer of insulation materials. The exhibition was held in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. from May 5 to 7, and several members from MuffTech, JFE Shoji Trade Corporation/Materials and Equipment Trading Office, and JFE Shoji Trade Corporation of America participated in the exhibition.

In addition to MAFTEC™ insulation materials, which are the main products handled by JFE Shoji/JFE Shiki Trade Office, the exhibition featured JFE Resolus™*1 related products such as slab breakout detectors and portable piping gas leak detectors, as well as high performance materials and equipment such as unshaped refractories, thick film spray rolls, and flame retardant grease. The company also promoted high-performance materials and equipment such as monolithic refractories, thick-film spray rolls, and flame-retardant greases.

The event attracted many visitors, including engineers and sales representatives from steel companies in Mexico and Brazil as well as the U.S. and Canada, and from European engineering companies. Some of them proceeded to business negotiations on the spot, giving us an opportunity to foresee the expansion of our business.

We will continue to conduct customer surveys and distribution network research, and strengthen our efforts to expand our equipment and materials business in the U.S. market.

*1: "JFE Resolus™" (Japanese only)

Launch of "JFE Resolus™" manufacturing solutions business|JFE Steel Corporation