It is reported that employees of POSCO VST, a Vietnam based cold rolled stainless steel plant, visited Zhangjiagang POSCO Stainless Steel in China, for one week from August 29th 2011 to September 2nd 2011.

A total of 12 visitors from VST looked around advanced facilities including the No 2 cold rolled plant opened on June 13th 2011. The fieldtrip was led by Mr Ahn Sang kwon, a ZPSS advisor, with specialists from each field ZRM, production, roll grinder, testing & analyzing, joining the event.

VST is working on building a new cold rolled plant, which is scheduled to open in February 2012. The Vietnamese JV organized the field trip in recognition of the structural similarity between two company's extension press and annealing furnace. The event covered a wide range of work fields including ZRM, rolling processes under differing conditions, AGC adjustment, proper use of belt wrappers, quality of rolling oil and maintenance of the rolling machine.

The participants said that the event provided them with valuable experiences and that they wanted to apply what they learned from the trip to their work in Vietnam.

A participant said that "It was a great opportunity for us to make friends with POSCO Family members in China, not just to learn new technology."