Olin Corp said it formed a joint venture with the Yamaha Group of Japans Nippon-Gakki Co Ltd to manufacture Olins high-performance copper alloys in Japan for sale in the Far East. The new firm Yamaha-Olin Metal Corp will share facilities with Yamaha in Iwata which are expected to come on line in the third quarter of 1988. it said. The two companies first joined forces in August 1983 when Yamaha agreed to process and market one of Olins alloys. The agreement led to a 1985 reroll agreement that involved a number of alloys it said.
OLIN NIPPON-GAKKI'S YAMAHA IN PACT