Leshan Scana Machinery Ltd

Managing director: Johnny Sjöström
Scana`s ownership: 80 per cent 
 

Guan’e Street. Shawan District
Leshan City. Sichuan Province
China 614900 

Leshan Scana Machinery Co. was founded in 1998 and is a Norwegian-Chinese joint venture,
where Scana Industrier ASA owns 80 %. 2009 was a record year for the company.

Leshan manufactures rolls for the steel industry and cast special products for the steel, energy, oil and gas, construction
and shipping industry. Leshan is a respected supplier in the Chinese market and is among the leading in the Chinese roll
manufacturing industry. The company has an annual capacity of 20,000 tonnes rolls and cast products.

Leshan Scana is Norwegian-Chinese joint venture, where Scana owns 80 % and Leshan Municipal State Owned Asset
Business owns 20 %. The company is situated in Leshan in the Sichuan province, south-west in China. Leshan is
targeting towards pioneering in environmental control, and the company has carried out an eco-programme to reduce
emissions to air, in keeping with a high international standard.

Products and market

The company manufactures rolls and cast products. Rolls are mainly used in rolling profile steel and hot strips in steelworks.
The maximum unit weight is 35 tonnes and the maximum outside diameter of sleeves is 1,400 mm. Castings are mainly
used in power generation, petroleum, cement, construction and shipping industries, with a maximum unit weight of 15
tonnes. The sales ratio between rolls and castings is 85 % and 15 %, respectively. Sales are largely generated from the
domestic market. A part of the production is exported to India, Turkey, Malaysia and Taiwan.

Scana is an important supplier of cast nodes and connectors to the exhibition halls at EXPO2010 in Shanghai. In 2008,
Scana supplied similar equipment to the Birdnest Stadium in Beijing, the main arena for the Olympic Games.

Strategic positioning

The company is leading within the Chinese roll manufacturing industry in terms of comprehensive strength, in which
section rolls account for 20 % of the domestic market share. To further enhance the market and product strength and
become the leading roll manufacturer and supplier in China, Scana has initiated an extensive investment project to
restructure the company, introduce new technology, improve technical competence and strengthen product and market development.