DD881122
Modified: 13 May 1994
Translation
Kawasaki Seitetsu on the 22nd announced that it has agreed to form a joint venture with the major US steel maker, Armco, to produce sheet steel for automobiles. Next spring Armco will establish a new company by spinning off its general steel department; Kawatetsu will invest US$350 million in the new company, which amounts to a 40 percent share. The new joint venture company will rationalize the production process---from pig iron to the surface-treated sheet steel line -- by the introduction of Kawatetsu technology. ((In doing so, )) ((they)) will concentrate their efforts on the production of surface-treated sheet steel, which has a high added value. As on-site production in the U.S. by Japanese automobile makers has scaled up, Japanese steel companies have set up production bases in the U.S. With Kawatetsu's decision on a joint venture with Armco, all four major ((Japanese)) ((steel)) companies will be represented [i.e. be present].
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;;Kawasaki Seitetsu on the 22nd announced that it has agreed to
form a joint venture with the major US steel maker, Armco, to
produce sheet steel for automobiles.
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;;"Kawasaki Seitetsu on the 22nd announced that it has agreed . .
. ."
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at 881122 ;"on the 22nd"
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;;". . . . agreed to form . . . ."
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;;". . . form a joint venture with the major US steel maker,
Armco, to produce . . . ."
;The Japanese explicitly
gives joint venture, not
tie-up. In the ontology
a joint venture is a more
specific type of tie-up.
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;;". . . produce sheet steel for automobiles.
%produce_1 ;In Japanese, produce modified
joint venture.
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Next spring Armco will establish a new company by spinning off
its general steel department; Kawatetsu will invest US$350
million in the new company to become a 40 percent shareholder.
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;;"Next spring Armco will establish a new company . . . ."
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;Tipster notation:
see ejv template
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;;" . . . by spinning off its general steel department . . . ."
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duration momentary
;;"". . . Kawatetsu will invest US$350 million in the new company
. . . ."
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%company_5
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Kawasaki Seitetsu
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quantity 350 million
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;;Kawatetsu will have a 40 percent share ((in the new company)).
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iteration
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;;US$350 million amounts to a 40 percent share in the new
company.
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The new joint venture company will rationalize the production
process--from pig iron production to the surface-treated sheet
steel line--by the introduction of Kawatetsu technology. ((In
doing so,)) ((they)) will concentrate their efforts on the
production of surface-treated steel, which has a high added
value.
-----------
;;"The new joint venture company will rationalize the production
process from pig iron production to the surface-treated sheet
steel line by introducing. . . ."
;lit. [At the new joint
venture], but this seems
to be the agent;
originally had in the
location field.
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;;" . . . by introducing Kawatetsu technology."
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duration prolonged
;;"((In doing so,)) ((they)) will concentrate their efforts on
the production . . . ."
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aspect %aspect_12
polarity positive
%aspect_12
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
;;" . . . produce surface-treated sheet steel, which has a high
added value."
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aspect %aspect_13
polarity positive
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more than regular
steel
%aspect_13
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
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As on-site production in the U.S. by Japanese automobile makers
has scaled up, Japanese steel companies have set up production
bases in the U.S. With Kawatetsu's decision to form a joint
venture with Armco, all four major ((Japanese)) ((steel))
companies will be represented.
-------
;;"As on-site production in the U.S. by Japanese automobile
makers has scaled up, . . . ."
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iteration
duration prolonged
;;on-site production in the U.S.
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;tipster
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phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
;;". . . Japanese steel companies have set up production bases in
the U.S."
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phase end
iteration
duration prolonged
;;"With Kawatetsu's decision on a joint venture with Armco, . . .
."
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;;". . . all four major ((Japanese)) ((steel)) companies will be
represented [i.e. be present]."
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--------
;;"Kawasaki Seitetsu on then 22nd announced . . . ."
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----
;;The text was written (%time_0) after it was announced
(%time_1).
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::Kawasaki Seitetsu agreed (%time_2) before it was announced
(%time_1).
%temp-rel_2
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;;The joint venture will produce sheet steel (%time_4) after it
is formed (%time_3).
%temp-rel_3
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;;Next spring Armco will establish a new company (%time_5) after
the text is written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_4
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;;Armco will establish a new company (%time_5) when it spins off
its general steel department (%time_6).
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;;Kawatetsu will become a 40 percent shareholder (%time_8) after
it invests US$350 million in the new company (%time_7).
%temp-rel_6
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;;The production process will be rationalized (%time_10) after
the text is written (%time_0).
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type after
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;;As Japanese automobile makers have scaled up (%time_14),
Japanese steel companies have set up production bases in the U.S.
(%time_16).
%temp-rel_8
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arg_1 %time_14
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----
coreference_1 %company_3 %company_2
coreference_2 %company_5 %company_1
coreference_3 %company_6 %company_4 ;inference
coreference_4 %company_8 %company_5
coreference_5 %steel_3 %steel_1
coreference_6 %company_9 %company_3 %company_2
coreference_7 %steel_4 %steel_3 %steel_1
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;;rationalization will result in concentration of efforts
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;;the decision of Kawatetsu regarding a joint venture enabled all
of the four major Japanese steel companies to be present in the
United States.
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;;END