DONGSHIN METAL CO., LTD.

Apr. 1974  Established Dongshin Metal Company Limited.
Oct. 1977  Started P
roduction of stainless steel tubes and pipes
           by set-up of Kimp
o Plant
May  1982  Increased automatic continuous forming and welding lines
    
;       (150A/Sch20S)
Aug. 1983  Introduced TQC system
Jul. 1985  Acq
uired the quality assurance KS (Korean Standard, mark)
           by Kore
an government
Jan. 1986  Completed main office building at Hawangshipri-Dong,
     &
nbsp;     Seongdong-Ku, Seoul
Sep. 1987  Expended Kimpo plant (5,000 M/T capacity per year) a
nd
           introduced additional automatic continuous forming and

           welding line
Oct. 1987  Began operating Korea's larg
est heat treatment facility
           and installed the large scaled aut
omatic straightening
           machine
Sep. 1988  Installe
d an automatic continuous forming and welding line
           for large d
iamet