Osaka Titanium Technologies

{{Short description|Metal manufacturing company}}

{{Infobox company |

|name = OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd.

|logo = Osaka Titanium Technologies company logo.svg

|logo_size = 250px

|type = Public KK

|traded_as = {{TYO|5726}}

|foundation = Osaka, Japan ({{Start date|1952|11|26}})

|location = 1 Higashihama-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo 660-8533, Japan

|key_people = Shozo Nishizawa, (CEO and President)

|industry = {{ubl|Non-ferrous metals|Chemicals}}

|products = {{ubl|Titanium sponge and ingot|Polycrystalline silicon|High-Performance materials}}

|revenue = $ 594 million (FY 2012)

(¥ 55.876 billion) (FY 2012)

|net_income = $ 22 million (FY 2012)

(¥ 2.075 billion) (FY 2012)

|num_employees = {{ubl|752 (as of March 31, 2013)|167 (temporary staff)}}

|homepage = {{Official website|http://www.osaka-ti.co.jp/e/}}

|footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.osaka-ti.co.jp/e/e_company/index.html |title=Company Outline |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.osaka-ti.co.jp/e/e_company/catalog/Corporate_profile_e.pdf |title=Corporate Profile |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.osaka-ti.co.jp/e/e_ir/pdf/OTC_AR2013_English.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Company/05K0SJ-E |title=Company Profile |work=Nikkei Asian Review |publisher=Nikkei Inc. |accessdate=August 2, 2017}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Osaka Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd.|大阪チタニウムテクノロジーズ|Ōsaka Chitaniumu Tekunorojīzu Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a Japanese non-ferrous metal manufacturing company based in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is the world's second largest producer of titanium sponge{{cite web |url=http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/osaka-titanium-to-increase-prices-on-aviation-demand |accessdate=August 15, 2011 |title=Osaka Titanium to increase prices on aviation demand |work=Mining Journal |date=October 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930185754/http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/osaka-titanium-to-increase-prices-on-aviation-demand |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |url-status=dead }} after VSMPO-Avisma.{{cite web |url=http://www.specialmetalsforum.com/doc/download/128 |title=Russian Aerospace and Titanium Markets |date=June 23, 2009 |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |author=Hartle, Geoff |pages=18 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

It produces titanium products using the Kroll process,{{cite web|url=http://www.osaka-ti.co.jp/e/e_product/titan/|accessdate=August 15, 2011|title=Titanium Manufacturing Process and Products|publisher=Osaka Titanium technologies}} and also produces silicon products.{{cite web|url=http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=2160174&g=1&kw=&view=abs&curr=MXN |accessdate=August 15, 2011 |date=February 18, 2009 |title=Osaka Titanium technologies Co., Ltd |publisher=marketresearch.com}}

In 2010, increased demand for titanium led to increased supply capacity,{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-pages.com/news/story/49571/|accessdate=August 15, 2011 |title=Titanium 2010: Global titanium sponge supply growing - Roskill |date=October 7, 2010|publisher=Metal Pages}} but Osaka Titanium Technologies was still able to raise prices due to continuing strong demand from the aviation industry.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/osaka-titanium-to-increase-contract-prices-on-rebounding-aerospace-demand.html |accessdate=August 15, 2011 |title=Osaka Titanium to Increase Contract Prices on Rebounding Aerospace Demand |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=October 26, 2010}}

The company is part of the Sumitomo Group, one of the largest Japanese keiretsu.