Maruhide to expand to Vietnam

“Vietnam has huge potential, with rising ODA coming into the country, and a lot of projects, including structural steel, steel pipe construction, drilling rigs, towers, workshops, airports, ports, stadiums and theaters have gotten underway, which means increasing consumption of steel and the need for processed structural steel,” said Mr. Motoki Seki, Chairman of Maruhide. “We expect to contribute positively to the development of the construction, architecture, and transportation sectors in Vietnam.”

Its CNC pipe profile cutting machine will be launched in cooperation with Vietnamese precision sheet metal manufacturer Ecom Engineering at METALEX Vietnam 2018 from October 11-13 in Ho Chi Minh City. This is also an occasion for the Japanese group to meet its customer partners and provide machinery at attractive prices and with many special promotions, as well as to network with other companies in the industry. The Japanese group and Ecom earlier set up a center for demonstration and outsourcing services on structural steel at Ecom’s factory in southern Binh Duong province.

Established in 1962, Maruhide Koki focuses on specific customers such as designers, main contractors, and subcontractors (machining / assembling structural steel / pipe / rig / petroleum), especially in key projects and ODA projects. This is an opportunity and a challenge for Maruhide to complete the machinery and develop technology to meet market needs.

The Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo in 2020 and demand for the outsourcing of completed pipe cutting for construction works is estimated to skyrocket. As a result, many Japanese companies are outsourcing the cutting of pipes and pipe structures outside of Japan, and Vietnam is on the radar of many Japanese contractors.