PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk (NIKL) or Latinusa, was founded on the 19th of August 1982 as a domestic investment company, which the main shareholders were PT Tambang Timah, PT Krakatau Steel, and PT Nusantara Ampera Bhakti. It started operating commercially in 1986 by producing tinplates. In 2012, the company became a subsidiary of a Japanese Consortium, consisting of Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsui Co Ltd, Nippon Steel Trading Corporation, and Metal One. The corporate office is located on Gedung Krakatau Steel 3rd floor, Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 54, Jakarta, with a representative office and a plant in Cilegon.