GROUP PROFILE 2015 - 神戸製鋼所 · In fiscal 2013 and 2014, we began carrying out a variety of...

Kobe Steel Group

GROUP PROFILE 2015

We provide reliable and advanced technologies, products and services that satisfy customers.

“KOBELCO” is the unified brand name of the Kobe Steel Group. Under the KOBELCO brand, we provide trusted, “Only One” products, technologies and services in a wide range of fields, including materials, machinery and power supply.

Under the 2020 KOBELCO VISION “G” medium- to long-term business vision, the Group is accelerating global development of its businesses. As a trusted corporate group, our aim is to turn KOBELCO into a leading brand that is recognized by people throughout the world.

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We support each employee in developing his or her abilities, while respecting mutual cooperation within the Kobe Steel Group.

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Through continuous efforts for innovative change, we aim to enhance our corporate values.

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The Kobe Steel Group believes that its products and services can only earn the trust of consumers when the Group itself—including its manufacturing capabilities and corporate culture—is deserving of that trust.

Diversity is vital to the Kobe Steel Group’s strength as a unified organization. We believe input from a diverse range of people helps to strengthen the Group. We aim to be a corporation where employees respect the rights and opinions of each other while working together toward a common goal.

It is important to meet changes in the business environment with speed and ingenuity. The Kobe Steel Group has a proven track record in innovating with the times. In order to maintain this success and strengthen the Group’s foundation, we believe in proactively greeting new challenges in the business environment.

CorporatePhilosophy

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CONTENTS

Message from the President

Group Profile

Corporate Strengths

Main Domestic Locations

Main Overseas Locations

Technical Development

Recent Topics

[Business Segments]

1 7 Iron & Steel Business

1 9 Welding Business

2 1 Aluminum & Copper Business

2 3 Machinery Business

2 5 Engineering Business

2 7 Kobelco Eco-Solutions

2 9 Kobelco Construction Machinery

3 1 Kobelco Cranes

3 2 Other Businesses

Power Supply Business

Corporate Social Responsibility

Environmental Management

Social Contributions

Work Environment

History of Kobe Steel

Overseas Group Companies

Kobe Steel Business Locations

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* The Iron & Steel, Welding, Aluminum & Copper, Machinery and Engineering businesses are divisions of Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobelco Eco-Solutions, Kobelco Construction Machinery, Kobelco Cranes and Other Businesses are Kobe Steel Group companies.

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The Kobe Steel Group continues to grow on the global stage, through one-of-a-kind manufacturing and group-wide synergy.

President, CEO andRepresentative DirectorKobe Steel, Ltd.

Hiroya Kawasaki

Message from the President

Forging new opportunities through diversified management spanning a broad array of businessesSince our founding in 1905, the Kobe Steel Group has pursued monozukuri (or manufacturing), offering superior products and technologies. Our businesses currently span an impressive range of fields. With all businesses gathered under one enterprise, a major advantage of the Kobe Steel Group is its diversified management that capitalizes on the comprehensive strengths of the Group as a whole.

The Kobe Steel Group features a wide lineup of innova-tive “Only One” products and technologies. Many of these products hold the number one share in the world market. The diversity of the technologies we have amassed over the many years is the foundation on which we enhance our manufacturing capabilities and serves as the driving force of our corporate activities. Through distinctive manufacturing, we will continue to create new value and contribute to progress in industry and society in the years to come.

Focusing on future stability and growth: KOBELCO VISION “G”In 2010, the Kobe Steel Group established new policies for future growth under a medium- to long-term business vision, KOBELCO VISION “G.” The vision of the Kobe Steel Group around 2020 is to achieve a diversified business structure consisting of two major pillars, materials and machinery, as well as the power supply business to form a stable revenue base. The first phase of the plan ended in fiscal 2012. We are currently in the final year of the plan’s second phase, covering fiscal 2013-2015.

The second phase focuses on rebuilding our business foundation. Initiatives center on strengthening profitability in the steel business, securing sales volume in growth sectors and regions, improving the competitiveness of the company, and improving financial performance. Progress has been favorable, with many targets already met or exceeded.

During these three years, we have begun laying the groundwork for the medium to long term, starting from fiscal 2016. We have begun reforming our steel business, strategically expanding the machinery businesses, and expanding the power supply business.

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September 2015

Laying the groundwork for future growth

In fiscal 2013 and 2014, we began carrying out a variety of projects in our businesses to further grow. In the steel business, we are consolidating upstream production to Kakogawa Works aiming at around 2017. In the United States, our joint venture, PRO-TEC Coating, began produc-tion of advanced high-strength steel sheet for automobiles. Our steel and aluminum businesses are also constructing new production bases in China to serve the automotive market. In the machinery business, we established our very first location in Brazil. Finally, in the construction machinery business, we are building a new plant in the United States.

In fiscal 2015, in addition to steadily implementing on-going plans, we are also investing for new growth, which will be linked to our next medium-term business plan that begins in fiscal 2016.

Major topics include continuing the consolidation of up-stream operations at Kakogawa Works and consideration for a joint venture with Millcon in Thailand in the steel busi-ness, a potential new investment. As new sources of rev-enue in our power supply business, we intend to construct a new power station in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture, and build another power station adjacent to the current one within Kobe Works. Plans are steadily moving ahead with the formation of power delivery contracts with Tokyo Gas and Kansai Electric Power. We will also continue to explore further strategic investments.

A trusted enterprise: Strengthening safety and complianceProviding reliable and trustworthy technologies, products and services is an integral part of the Kobe Steel Group’s corporate philosophy. Initiatives for safety and disaster prevention, environmental consideration and compliance are all indispensable aspects for the continued stable increase in profits and growth.

In our day-to-day business activities, we must always remember that we operate together with our many stakeholders—including shareholders, customers and em-ployees. We must also make thorough efforts to ensure that each member in every company of the Group is prepared to respond swiftly and appropriately, in regard to safety, the environment and disaster prevention.

The Kobe Steel Group will continue to grow, advancing its distinctive manufacturing capabilities and pursuing dynamic business development, in order to contribute to a more prosperous future.

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Group Profile

As of June 24, 2015

*Head of business unit

Aluminum & Copper Business

Iron & Steel Business

Machinery Business

Engineering Business

Executive Vice President and Representative Director Naoto Umehara Executive Officer Takafumi Morichi Officers Kazuaki Kawahara Koji Yamamoto Yasushi Okubo Yoshihiko Katsukawa

Senior Managing Director Yasuaki Sugizaki Senior Officer Toshiya Miyake

Technical Development Group

Officer Jiro Kitagawa

Electric Power Project Division

Branch Offices

Sales Offices

Takasago Works

Overseas Offices

Head Office

Management Council

Board of Directors

President & CEO

Executive Committee

Executive Vice President and Representative Director Yoshinori Onoe* Executive Officer Yukimasa Miyashita Senior Officers Takashi Goto Makoto Mizuguchi Koichiro Shibata Officers Hiroaki Matsubara Yoshihiro Oka Shoji Miyazaki

Welding Business

Managing Director Fusaki Koshiishi* Officer Akira Yamamoto

Executive Vice President and Representative Director Akira Kaneko* Senior Officers Hiroshi Kato Takumi Fujii Officer Nobuaki Isono

Executive Vice President and Representative Director Kazuhide Naraki* Executive Officers Takao Ohama Mitsugu Yamaguchi

Senior Managing Director Shohei Manabe* Senior Officer Kazuto Morisaki Officer Hiroshi Ishikawa

Segment sales include intersegment sales. (unit: billions of yen)

Consolidated net sales: ¥1,886.9 billion

Iron & Steel Business: 797.8 (40.8%)

Overseas net sales: ¥715.4 billion (37.9%) Welding: 94.5 (4.8%)

Engineering: 49.1 (2.5%)

Aluminum &Copper:

330.8 (16.9%)

Machinery:159.1(8.1%)

Kobelco Cranes: 71.1 (3.6%)

Kobelco Eco-Solutions: 68.1 (3.5%)

Kobelco ConstructionMachinery:

311.0 (15.9%)

Other Businesses:76.1 (3.9%)

Company name: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Group brand:

Founded: September 1, 1905

Incorporated: June 28, 1911

Capital: 250,930,033,900 yen*

President & CEO: Hiroya Kawasaki

Employees

Consolidated: 36,420*Nonconsolidated: 10,609*

(excluding seconded personnel)

Subsidiary companies: 210*

Affiliated companies: 58*

* As of March 31, 2015

DirectorsChairman of the Board and Representative Director

Hiroshi SatoPresident, CEO and Representative Director

Hiroya KawasakiExecutive Vice Presidents and Representative Directors

Kazuhide NarakiYoshinori OnoeAkira KanekoNaoto Umehara

Senior Managing DirectorsYasuaki SugizakiShohei Manabe

Managing DirectorFusaki Koshiishi

Outside DirectorsTakao KitabataHiroshi Ochi

Audit & Supervisory Board MembersHiroaki FujiwaraYoshimasa Yamamoto

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MembersShigeo SasakiTakashi OkimotoShinya Sakai

Nonconsolidated net sales: ¥1,028.1 billion

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Company Profile

Organizational Structure

Fiscal 2014 Sales Mix

Welding Business


Machinery Business

Iron & SteelBusiness

Kakogawa Works

Kobe Works

Takasago Works• Steel Casting & Forging Plant• Titanium Plant• Steel Powder Plant

Takasago Works• Industrial

Machinery Plant• Rotating Machinery Plant• Equipment Plant Harima Plant

Takasago Works• Equipment Plant

Harima Plant Hiroshima Factory

Ogaki Factory

Okubo Plant

• Steel wire rods and bars• Steel sheets• Steel plates• Steel castings and forgings• Titanium• Steel powder• Wholesale power supply

• WWellding matterials• WWellding syysttems

• Aluminum flat- rolled products• Aluminum/ magnesium castings and forgings• Aluminum extrusions and fabricated products• Copper strips• Copper tubes

• Tire and rubber 　　 machinery• Plastic processing machinery• Metalworking machinery• Advanced technology equipment• Nonstandard compressors• Standard compressors • Chemical equipment• Energy equipment

• DRI processes• Upgraded Brown Coal Process• Nuclear equipment• CWD facilities/ disposal• Steel structures/ erosion control dams• Urban transit systems

• Water treatment facilities• Cooling towers• Waste treatment facilities• Chemical and food processing equipment• Environmental analysis

• Heavy excavators• Mini excavators• Environmental recycling machinery

• Crawler cranes• Wheel cranes

• Real estate• Hi-tech materials• Superconducting products• High-pressure gas vessels• Senior citizens’ homes• Other

• Wire rod for valve/ suspension springs• CHQ wire rod for automobiles• High-strength steel for automobiles• Special film coated steel sheet• Large ship crankshafts• Titanium alloys for aircraft

• Covered welding electrodes• Flux-cored wires• Noncopper coated wires• Welding materials for offshore structures• Welding materials for energy industries• Welding robot systems for steel frames• Welding equipment for joining ship plates• REGARC™ process

• Aluminum automotive panel materials• Aluminum bottle can stock• HDD aluminum disk materials• Aluminum forgings for automotive suspensions• Aluminum shapes for railway cars• Automotive bumper materials• Copper strips for terminals and connectors• Copper strips for leadframes

• Rubber mixers/ tire testing machines• Plastic mixing and pelletizing Systems• Nonstandard screw compressors• Oil refining reactors• LNG vaporizers• Binary generators

• MIDREX® Process• ITmk3® Process• Spent fuel storage and transport casks• Steel erosion- control dams• Flared seawalls

• Water treatment facilities• Cooling towers• Biogas upgrading system• Fluidized-bed gasification and melting furnaces• PCB detoxification facilities

• Hybrid hydraulic excavators• Building demolition machines

• Crawler cranes • Sputtering targets (Kobelco Research Institute)• NMR superconducting wire and magnets (Japan Superconductor Technology)


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Group Business Development

CorporateStrengths

The Kobe Steel Group is a diversified enterprise

with a unique business scope unparalleled in the world.

Many people are familiar with Kobe Steel as a major steelmaking company, but as a diversified corporation with businesses in three primary areas, the Kobe Steel Group offers even more. The three business areas include materials businesses such as steel, aluminum, copper and welding; machinery businesses such as industrial machinery, construction machinery and engineering; and power supply.

Founded in 1905, Kobe Steel has capitalized on the synergy across business segments in numerous fields for 110 years. Through our businesses we support industry, society and everyday life. The following are some of the innovative products and technologies that have allowed us to excel on the global stage.

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“Only One” Products and Technologies

Materials

Wire rod for automotive engine valve springs

Crankshafts

High-strength steel sheet

Titanium Welding materials (FCW)

Aluminum automotivepanels

Aluminum forgings for automotive suspensions Aluminum bottle can stock

Leadframe materialsAluminum shapes for railway cars

Materials: KOBELCO helps create lighter vehicles

The Kobe Steel Group contributes to lighter vehicles through products such as high-strength steel, which boasts some of the world’s highest tensile strengths, and aluminum automotive panels, for which Kobe Steel holds 50 percent of the Japanese market, as well as titanium products for aerospace. Our unique array of products enables us to propose multi-material technologies that combine steel, aluminum and welding.

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Machinery: Contributing to a hydrogen society

Fuel cell vehicles (FCV) are seen as the “ultimate form of eco-friendly cars,” because they use hydrogen for fuel and emit only water when driving. At Kobe Steel, we offer equipment and total engineering solutions for hydrogen stations, which are integral to the creation of hydrogen infrastructure. We also supply materials for use in the vehicles themselves.

In 2002, we entered the power supply business. Our power station boasts a generating capacity of 1.4 million kW, capable of covering 70% of Kobe’s peak power demand. As an urban power station, the facility features some of the most advanced environmentally friendly equipment. Plans are also underway for construction of new plants in Moka (Tochigi Prefecture) and at Kobe Works.

Power supply: KOBELCO creates energy

“Only One” Products and Technologies

Machinery

Powersupply

Rubber mixersNonstandard screwcompressors

LNG vaporizers (ORV)

Reactors for oil refining

Flared seawalls

CasksMIDREX® Process

Hydraulic excavators Crawler cranes

Shinko Kobe Power StationTwo new power station projects are underway.

One of the Largest Wholesale Power Generating Capacities in Japan

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Chofu

Takasago

KakogawaHarima

Kyushu Sales Office

ChugokuSales Office

Saijo Plant

Shikoku Sales Office

Osaka Branch Office

Fukuchiyama

Ibaraki Daian Nagoya Branch Office

Kobe Head Office

Research Laboratories

Okinawa Sales Office

Kobe

Research & Development Laboratory

HokurikuSales Office

Main DomesticLocations

Kakogawa Works - Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture

Research & Development Laboratory - Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Works - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Steel, Ltd.


Fujisawa Plant and Technical Center - Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture

Ibaraki Plant - Ibaraki, Osaka Prefectur

Saijo Plant - Higashi-Hioshima, Hirroshima Prefecture

Fukuchiyama Plant - Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture

Welding Business

Moka Plant - Moka, Tochigi Prefecture

Chofu Works - Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Daian Plant - Inabe, Mie Prefecture


Harima Plant - Kako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture

Machinery Business

Kobe Head Office - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Tokyo Head Office - Shinagawa, Tokyo

Osaka Branch Office - Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Nagoya Branch Office - Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Hokkaido Sales Office - Sapporo, Hokkaido

Tohoku Sales Office - Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Niigata Sales Office - Niigata, Niigata Prefecture

Hokuriku Sales Office - Toyama, Toyama Prefecture

Shikoku Sales Office - Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture

Chugoku Sales Office - Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Kyushu Sales Office - Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Okinawa Sales Office - Naha, Okinawa Prefectur

Takasago Works - Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture

Head Offices, Branch Offices and Sales Offices

Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Corporate

Research Laboratories

Shinko Wire Company, Ltd. - Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Bolt, Ltd. - Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture

Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd. - Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture

Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd. - Chiyoda Tokyo

KS Summit Steel Co., Ltd. - Koto, Tokyo

Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd. - Sakai, Osaka Prefecture

Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd. - Ama-gun, Aichi Prefecture

Shinko Kenzai, Ltd. - Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd. - Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture

OSAKA Ttanium Technologies Co., Ltd. - Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Japan Aeroforge, Ltd. - Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture

Shinko Kobe Power Inc. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd. - Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Slag Products Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Special Tube Co., Ltd. - Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Kobelco Logistics, Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Ceratechno Co., Ltd. - Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture

Group Companies by Business Segment

Iron & Steel BusinessHanshin Yosetsu Kizai Co., Ltd. - Okayama, Okayama Prefecture

Ni Welding Corporation - Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Kobelco Welding Solution Co., Ltd. - Shinagawa, Tokyo

JKW Co., Ltd. - Taito, Tokyo

TASETO Co., Ltd. - Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture

Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd. - Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture

Shinko Actec Co., Ltd. - Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Kobelco Robotics Service., Ltd. - Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture

Welding Business

Toyotsu Nonferrous Center Corporation - Anjo, Aichi Prefecture

Shinko-North Co., Ltd. - Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture

Shinko Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd. - Sakai, Osaka Prefecture

Shinko Fab Tech, Ltd. - Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd. - Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. - Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd. - Shinjuku, Tokyo

Shinko Kanmon Sohgo Service Ltd. - Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shinko Daian Sohgo Service Ltd. - Inabe, Mie Prefecture

Shinko Moka Sohgo Service Ltd. - Moka, Tochigi Prefecture


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Hokkaido Sales Office

Fujisawa

Moka

TokyoHead Office

(as of September 2015)

Shinko Air Water Cryoplant, Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Inspection & Service Co., Ltd. - Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko AirTech, Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Compressors Corporation - Shinagawa, Tokyo

Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd. - Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture

Shinko Techno Engineering Co., Ltd. - Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Shinwa Co., Ltd. - Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture

Machinery Business

Industrial Services International Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Transnuclear, Ltd. - Minato, Tokyo

ATSC Corporation - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co., Ltd (Plant Division) - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Medical Care Partners Co., Ltd- Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture


Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Eco-Maintenance Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

E.R.C. TAKAJO Co., Ltd. - Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture

TOYOTA ENVIRONMENT SERVICES CO., LTD. - Toyota, Aichi Prefecture

Kakogawa Environment Service Co., Ltd. - Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture

Ikoma Environment Service Co., Ltd. - Ikoma, Nara Prefecture

Takao Environment Service Co., Ltd. - Akiruno, Tokyo

Haga Environment Service Co., Ltd. - Moka, Tochigi Prefecture

Fukui Green Power Co., Ltd. - Ono, Fukui Prefecture


Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. - Shinagawa, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Kobelco Construction Machinery (East Japan) Co., Ltd. - Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture

Kobelco Construction Machinery (West Japan) Co., Ltd. - Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Construction Machinery International Trading Co., Ltd. - Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Construction Machinery Engineering Co., Ltd. - Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Kobelco Training Services Co., Ltd. - Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture


Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd. - Shinagawa, Tokyo

Kobelco Cranes Trading Co., Ltd. - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Training Services Co., Ltd. - Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture

Kobelco Cranes

Shinsho Corporation - Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Chuo, Tokyo

Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Research Institute, Inc. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Wing Stadium Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

I.H.D. Center Co., Ltd - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Systems Corporation - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd. - Shinagawa Tokyo

Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Care Life Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Industrial Co., Ltd. - Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture

Shinko Human Create Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Lease Co., Ltd. - Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Shinko Research Co., Ltd. - Koto Tokyo

Twin Foods Co., Ltd. - Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Other Businesses

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Netherlands

GermanyUK

UAE

IndiaThailand

China

South Korea

Singapore

Indonesia

Malaysia

Vietnam

Operating as a unified Group

in the world market,

we aim to create new value

and global growth.

AustraliaKobe CH Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. - Thailand

Mahajak Kyodo Co., Ltd. - Thailand

Kobe Wire Products (Foshan) Co., Ltd. - Guangdong, China

Jiangyin Sugita Fasten Spring Wire Co., Ltd. - Jiangsu, China

Kobe Special Steel Wire Products (Pinghu) Co., Ltd. - Zhejiang, China

Kobelco Spring Wire (Foshan) Co., Ltd. - Guangdong, China

Kobelco Angang Auto Steel Co., Ltd. - Liaoning, China

Shinko Wire (Guangzhou) Sales Co., Ltd. - Guangdong, China

Tesac Shinko Wirerope Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Microfine Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Asia and Oceania


Kobelco Compressors (Shanghai) Corporation - Shanghai, China

Kobelco Compressors Manufacturing (Shanghai) Corporation - Shanghai, China

Kobelco Compressors (Shanghai) Corporation Guangdong Branch - Guangdong, China

Beijing Kobelion Kobelco Compressors Corporation - Beijing, China

Wuxi Compressor Co., Ltd. - Jiangsu, China

Shinwa Wood Works (Wuxi) CO., LTD. - Jiangsu, China

Yiyang Yishen Rubber Machinery Co., Ltd. - Hunan, China

Kobelco Machinery Asia Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Kobelco Machinery India Pte. Ltd. - India

L&T Kobelco Machinery Pte. Ltd. - India

Kobelco Advanced Lube-system Asia Co., Ltd. - South Korea

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) Co., Ltd. - Jiangsu, China

Kobelco Automotive Aluminum Rolled Products (China) Co., Ltd. - Tianjin, China

Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co., Ltd. - Jiangsu, China

Machinery Business

Midrex Metallurgy Technology Services (Shanghai) Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Midrex Technologies India Pte. Ltd. - India


Kobelco Eco-Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd. - Vietnam

Kobelco Eco-Solutions (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. - Malaysia


Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd. - Sichuan, China

Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery Co.,Ltd. - Sichuan, China

Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery Financial Leasing Ltd. - Sichuan, China

Hangzhou Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. - Zhejiang, China

Kobelco Precision Machinery Hangzhou Co., Ltd. - Zhejiang, China


Kobelco Welding Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Kobe Welding (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. - Malaysia

Kobe MIG Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. - Thailand

Thai-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd. - Thailand

Kobe Welding of Korea Co., Ltd. - Korea

Kobelco Welding Marketing of Korea Co., Ltd. - Korea

Kobelco Welding India Pvt. Ltd. - India

Kobe Welding of Tangshan Co., Ltd. - Hebei, China

Kobe Welding of Qingdao Co., Ltd. - Shandong, China

Kobe Welding of Shanghai Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Welding Business

Singapore Kobe Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. - Malaysia

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd. - Thailand

Kobe Precision Technology Sdn. Bhd. - Malaysia

Kobe Electronics Material (Thailand) Co., Ltd. - Thailand


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Main OverseasLocations

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Brazil

North and South AmericaKobelco Welding of Europe B.V. - Netherlands

Welding Business

PRO-TEC Coating Company - Ohio, USA

Grand Blanc Processing, LLC – Michigan, USA

Kobelco CH Wire Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. – Mexico


Kobelco Welding of America Inc. - Texas, USA

Welding Business

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, LLC - Kentucky, USA


Midrex Technologies, Inc. - North Carolina, USA


Kobelco Construction Machinery U.S.A. Inc. - Texas, USA


Kobelco Cranes North America Inc. - Texas, USA

Kobelco Cranes

Kobe Steel USA Holdings Inc. - Delaware, USA

Kobe Steel International (USA) Inc. - New York, USA

Kobe Steel USA Inc. - New York, USA

Kobe Steel USA Inc. - Michigan, USA

Other

Kobelco Advanced Coating (America), Inc. - Illinois, USA

Kobelco Compressors Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. - Indiana, USA

Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc. - Ohio, USA

Kobelco Compressors America, Inc. - California, USA

Kobelco Machinery do Brazil Ltda. - Brazil

Machinery Business

Kobelco Machinery Europe GmbH - Germany

Kobelco Machinery Middle East FZE. - UAE

Machinery Business

Midrex UK Ltd. - UK


Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. - Netherlands


Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd. - UK & Netherlands

Kobelco Cranes Middle East FZE. - UAE

Kobelco Cranes

Düsseldorf Office - Germany

Other

Kobelco Cranes South East Asia Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd. - India

Kobelco Cranes (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Chengdu Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd. - Sichuan, China

Kobelco Cranes

Beijing Office - Beijing, China

Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd. (China headquarters) - Shanghai, China

Kobe Steel Asia Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Kobe Steel Asia Pte. Ltd. - Hong Kong

Bangkok Office - Thailand

Kobelco Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Shanghai Shinsho Trading Co., Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Suzhou Shinko-Shoji Material Co., Ltd. - Zhejiang, China

Kobelco Precision Parts (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. - Zhejiang, China

Shinsho Osaka Seiko (Nantong) Corporation - Jiangsu, China

Beijing Oriental Shentong Expert Training Co., Ltd. - Beijing, China

Kobelco Logistics (Shanghai) Ltd. - Shanghai, China

Other

Europe and the Middle East

Kobelco International (S) Co., Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Ricon Private Limited - Singapore

Thai Kobelco Construction Machinery Ltd. - Thailand

Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. - India

Kobelco Construction Machinery Australia Pty. Ltd. - Australia

P.T. Daya Kobelco Construction Machinery Indonesia - Indonesia

Kobelco Construction Machinery Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. - Malaysia

Kobelco Construction Machinery Vietnam Co., Ltd. - Vietnam

8locations

17locations

(as of September 2015)

16countries

97locations

The Kobe Steel Group’smajor overseas locations

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The Kobe Steel Group brings together the basic and cutting-edge technologies developed by the Technical Development Group with the extensive technologies in the individual business units, which are closely linked to customers and production. This enables Kobe Steel to create “Only One” products as well as boost its manu-facturing capabilities in such fields as materials, machinery, the environment, energy, and electronics.

Accelerating Technological Synergy through

Group Cooperation

Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories

The Materials Research Laboratory bases its research on four technical fields: refining and solidification, materials design, mechanical working, and surface control. For the materials business, it is working to develop new high-performance products based on material and surface design and control, as well as optimize manufacturing processes. For machinery-related businesses, it focuses on creating differentiated products utilizing its expertise in materials.

The Coal & Energy Technology Department is developing energy conversion technologies, such as upgrading low-grade coal through dewatering and deashing, coal liquefaction and hydrocracking of heavy oil. It is striving to find ways to effectively use the world’s untapped natural resources and contribute to securing stable and diversified energy sources for Japan.

Material analysis and testing; structural evaluation; target materials; and production and sale of semiconductor, FDP and PV testing systems.

Patent, technical and other information research; industrial, market and tech-nical surveys; and technical PR.

Superconducting wires, superconducting magnet systems and superconducing application systems.

At the core of the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory are the fields of structure, strength, dynamics, acoustics, fluid and heat transfer, combustion, advanced simulation technology in the chemical field, and testing, measurement and analysis technologies. This laboratory focuses on enhancing product performance and production processes, streamlin-ing designs, and developing new products and technologies to improve product development capabilities in machinery, materials, the environ-ment, energy, and steel structures.

The Multi-Material Structural Design and Joining Research Section was established in April 2014 to develop multi-materials, which combine metals such as steel and aluminum, to contribute to lightweight automobiles.

The Production Systems Research Laboratory introduces innovation to production technologies to bolster the Group’s manufacturing capabilities, utilizing cutting-edge technologies for measurement and inspection, control, production planning, information systems and signal processing.

The core technologies of the Electronics Research Laboratory include those related to thin-film materials, microfabrication and superconductivity. It plays a part in strengthening the Kobe Steel Group’s competitiveness in such growth fields as nanotechnology, the environment, and energy. In addition, it capitalizes on its electromagnetic design and electronic control technologies in its efforts to develop novel products in power electronics.

TechnicalDevelopment

Research & Development

MaterialsResearch

Laboratory

MechanicalEngineeringResearch

Laboratory

ProductionSystemsResearch

Laboratory

ElectronicsResearch

Laboratory

Coal & EnergyTechnologyDepartment

Affiliatedcompanies

• Kobelco Research Institute • Shinko Research • Japan Superconductor Technology

AffiliatedR&D companies

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Layering & weldingPlate with flowpassages

The four main laboratories for basic research conduct joint work with the research divisions in the business units. Results include technologies that have already experienced commercial success, as well as technologies that are being pursued for their future potential. These technologies and products contribute to a wide range of industries in the electronics/electrical, machinery, energy, environment and other fields.

Fluid AFluid A

Fluid BFluid B

Mixing part(enlarged)

The Materials Research Laboratory has developed KPAC-1 steel plate, which has been adopted for crude oil tankers to meet new corrosion rules. KPAC-1 boasts around four times the corrosion resistance of previous steel materials, even in highly acidic environments where corrosion is likely, such as found at the bottom of crude oil tankers.

Development of KPAC-1 came as a result of adjusting the chemical compo-sition, relying on over 50 years of research and expertise at Kobe Steel in the field of corrosion-resistant steel. A number of large-scale oil spills, having polluted our oceans in recent years, has attracted interest in high corrosion resistant steel.

Development of SMCR® Compact Microchannel Reactor

The Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory and the Energy & Nuclear Equipment Business Unit have developed the SMCR® microchannel reactor, primarily for use as a reactor vessel for chemical products and manufacturing processes. Previously, the creation of microchannel reactors for high-volume processing had proven difficult due to structural limitations. However, SMCR® achieves a higher volume of processing and smaller size than previous reactor products by utilizing proprietary tech-nologies. With a processing capacity of tens of thousands of tons per year, SMCR® is suited for mass-production applications.

Experimental Fusion ReactorProject: Order from ITER for Superconducting Wire Rod

Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc. has received an order for Nb3Sn superconducting wire used in the experimental ITER fusion reactor project. The ITER project is a large-scale, inter-national endeavor. The Nb3Sn wire, which was developed in cooperation with our Electronics Research Laboratory to maintain toughness even under an ultra-high magnetic field, has contributed significantly to the project.

• R&D Expenditure & Numder of Patent Applications

Technology Highlights

Development and First Application of KPAC-1 High Corrosion-Resistance Steel

R&D Results

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1.4% 1.4%1.7% 1.6% 1.6% 1.8%

1.3%

R&D expenditure(consolidated)

No. of patentapplications(nonconsolidated)

Ratio to netsales

¥19.7billion

FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014

¥24.1billion

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¥30.7billion

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¥28.4billion

800

1.6%

¥29.9billion

Multichannel structure of SMCR®

microchannel reactor

Experimental thermonuclear reactorSource: ITER website

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Recent Topics

In August 2014, Kobe Steel and Angang Steel established Kobelco Angang Auto Steel Co., Ltd., a joint venture for the production and sale of automotive cold-rolled high-strength steel in China. The ¥28.9 billion plant in Ansteel’s steelworks, Anshan Base, will have a continuous annealing line with an annual capacity of 600,000 tons. Operation is expected to commence in early 2016.

In September 2014, Kobe Steel, together with five other companies established Kobelco CH Wire Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. (or KCHM), a joint venture to produce and sell steel wire for automotive fasteners, for supply to local auto parts makers. Operation is scheduled to begin in late 2015, with an annual production capacity of about 40,000 tons.

In June 2015, Kobe Steel and Milcon Steel signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), agreeing to commence consideration for establishing a joint venture in Thailand to produce and sell wire rods. Kobe Steel’s overseas wire rod business extends to wire rod secondary processing bases in China, Thailand, USA and Mexico. If completed, the new joint venture would become our first overseas wire rod manufacturing base.

Iron &Steel

Business

WeldingBusiness

Aluminum &Copper

Business

MachineryBusiness

Expauding the Supply Network for Advanced Steels

Strengthening Overseas Business by Matching Products to Each Market’s Needs

Global Expansion in Aluminum Sheet Products for Automotive Panels

Establishment of New Compressor Sales Company in Brazil

Thai-Kobe Welding, which makes welding electrodes in Thailand, is strengthening its marketing, services, manufacturing and development capabilities. Kobe Welding (Malaysia) has increased production capacity of covered welding electrodes. Other initiatives include opening a representative office in Indonesia.

Vigorous sales and marketing activities are also underway in China. Over 20 years ago, we formed a distribution organization called Thai Shinyokai to promote sales in Thailand. Two years ago, we launched a similar Shinyokai network in China consisting of our Chinese distributors. We have launched a campaign to expand the network and other activities in that country. We are also working to strengthen flux-cored wire production capacity at Kobe Welding of Qingdao, and to introduce a new line at Kobe Welding of Tangshan capable of producing high value-added solid wires in addition to general-purpose solid wires.

Additionally, expanding business in the offshore structures and energy fields is one of the central initiatives in our current medium-term strategy. We are pursuing large-scale off-shore structure projects in South Korea, LNG vessels and tanks in China, and pipeline businesses in Russia.

Kobelco Automotive Aluminum Rolled Products (China) Co., Ltd. was established in January 2014 in the Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area of Tianjin City, China, to produce and sell aluminum sheet products for automobile panels. The ¥19 billion plant will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons, with operation expected to commence in 2016. The groundbreaking ceremony for the plant was held in July 2014.

Kobe Steel is the leading company in Japan for aluminum sheet products for automotive panels, with a market share of over 50 percent.

Kobelco Machinery do Brazil Ltda. is Kobe Steel’s first location in Brazil. The Sao Paulo company opened in April 2014. The company was established to strengthen marketing and sales of nonstandard compressors in South America, as well as to improve after-sales services. Kobe Steel’s nonstandard compressor business also includes locations in China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North America and Europe. Kobe Steel’s compressor business now covers all of the major world markets.

Expauding Business Overseas

Signing of the MOU with Milcon Steel

Distributors at the Shinyokai meeting in China

Groundbreaking ceremony for the plant

Nonstandard compressor

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Expanding Business through Global Licensing, Order Received for World’s Largest MIDREX® Plant in Algeria

U.S. Plant Construction Begins, Sales in European and American Markets Expanding Favorably

Global Expansion of Production and Parts Supply Network

Order Received for Sewage Treatment Facility in Southern Vietnam

In June 2015, U.S. subsidiary Midrex Technologies and its partner Paul Wurth of Luxembourg, received an order from Turkish company Tosyaji Holding to build the world’s largest MIDREX® Direct Reduction Plant, with an annual production capacity of 2.5 million tons. Construction for the plant is underway, with operation scheduled to begin in 2017.

We are expanding global licensing with UK company Primetals Technologies also holding a MIDREX® Process construction license. In April 2014, a licensing agreement for the KOBELCO Pelletizing System for iron-ore pretreatment was granted to FLSmidth a local Indian subsidiary of FLSmidth & Co., which is a world-leading engineering company. Under this agreement, FLS will carry out the marketing, designing and construction of pelletizing plants in India.

EngineeringBusiness

In January 2015, Kobelco Eco-Solutions received an order for a sewage treatment facility from Binh Duong Water Supply-Sewerage-Environment Co., Ltd., in southern Vietnam,s Binh Duong Province. The order came as part of the Southern Binh Duong Province Water Environment Improvement Project (Phase 2), which is funded by a Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan arranged by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The facility will contribute to improved living conditions in Ho Chi Minh City and other downstream regions, and protection of water supplies.

In the future we will continue to work to improve the environment in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries through water treatment and infrastructure development.

KobelcoEco-Solutions

Kobelco Construction Machinery recommenced independent activities in the USA and Europe for the first time in 10 years, after its global alliance with CNH Global came to an end in late 2012. Expansion of sales and distribution networks in the USA and Europe is proceeding favorably, with Kobelco Construction Machinery U.S.A. relocating to a new, expanded location in nearby Katy, Texas in September 2014, and with Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe in the Netherlands. Additionally, construction of a new U.S. plant commenced, with operations expected to begin in 2016.

KobelcoConstructionMachinery

Kobelco Cranes is expanding its overseas network of production and parts supply bases. In January 2015, the company established a new parts warehouse in Singapore, the Kobelco Global Parts Center. This new warehouse significantly shortens delivery times. Production at overseas bases is also proceeding favorably. In August 2014, cumulative production at Kobelco Cranes India, established in 2010, reached over 100 units.

KobelcoCranes

MIDREX® Direct Reduction Plant

Signing ceremony

Dealers meeting in the United States

Opening ceremony

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Engine valve springs must be able to withstand thousands of expansions and compressions per minute. They require an extremely high level of quality. Kobe Steel’s wire rod products are the brand of choice, with a 50-percent share of the world market.

Wire Rod for Automotive Engine Valve Springs

Other “Only One” Products and Technologies

Stronger than standard steel sheet, Kobe Steel’s high-strength steel sheet is primarily used in auto frames and help contribute to lighter vehicles. In particular, Kobe Steel is the leading manufac-turer for development and commercialization of ultra high-strength steel sheet.

High-strength Steel Sheet

Strengthening manufacturing capabilities for more advanced, higher value-add products

The Iron & Steel Business is comprised of the steel, casting and forging, titanium, steel powder and wholesale power supply divisions. In addition to a commitment toward strengthening manufacturing capabilities to increase productivity and cost competitiveness, the Iron & Steel Business is also focused on global development of “Only One” products and technologies and expansion in fields of growing demand.


Steel Wire Rods and Bars

• Wire rod for suspension springs • Automotive cold heating quality (CHQ) wire rod • Wire rod for steel cord• Automotive steel bar• Bearing steel wire rod

Steel Plates • Storage tank steel plate (for LNG/LPG tanks)• Steel plate for offshore structures (API-standard 500 MPa steel)• Steel plate for ships (Hizumiless residual stress control steel plate)• Steel plate for bridges (Eco-View corrosion resistant steel plate for coating)• Steel plate for construction (Kobe Super Toughness high HAZ toughness steel plate)

Products and Technologies

“Only One”

Found in one outof every two

cars, worldwide!

The world’sstrongest steel!

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Crankshafts are a core ship part, transmitting force from a ship's engine to its propellers. Kobe Steel holds 40 percent of the world market share for built-up and solid ship crankshafts, garnering high praise for dimensional precision at the micro level.

Crankshafts

With a capacity of 1.4 million kW, the Shinko Kobe Power Station is one of Japan’s largest independent power producers. As an urban power station, it also features some of the country’s highest standards for environmental protection.

Wholesale Power Supply (IPP)

©Rolls-Royce

Titanium fan case and jet engine

Plate rolling mill

Steel coils Atomized steel powder (ATOMELTM)

Kobe Steel produces special steel, primarily for use in cars. In particular, Kobe Steel has garnered high praise for its level of technology in cold heading quality (CHQ) steel wire rod, which is used for items such as nuts, bolts, and engine and suspension springs.

Kobe Steel is an integrated titanium manufacturer, handling all stages from ingot melting to the production of final products. Kobe Steel offers products for a wide range of fields, from titanium alloys for aircraft and rocket parts to commercially pure titanium for consumer products such as golf clubs and roof tiles.

Kobe Steel uses casting (pouring molten steel into a mold and cooled to achieve the desired shape) and forging (using a press to form and strengthen solid steel) processes to produce complex and large components such as ship crankshafts.

Kobe Steel produces steel plates primarily for use in ships, construction materials, construction equipment and industrial machinery. In recent years, with the increasing global demand for energy development, Kobe Steel has also begun focusing on plate products for line pipes, pressure vessels and steel plate for storage tanks.

Kobe Steel produces steel sheets primarily for use in automobiles, consumer appliances and construction materials. Focusing on high-strength steel sheet, Kobe Steel also contributes to lower environmental impact through lighter weight vehicles and improved fuel consumption.

Kobe Steel produces steel powder primarily for use in complex-shaped parts. As Japan’s top steel powder manufacturer, Kobe Steel also investigates new possibilities for steel powder, such as steel powder for environmental use for cleaning polluted soil and water.

13,000-ton press

Wire rod coils

Steel bars

Steel Wire Rods and Bars

Steel Powder

Titanium

Steel Castings and Forgings

Steel Sheets

Steel Plates

<Steel wire rods and bars>Ordinary wire rodSpecial wire roadSpecial steel wire rodOrdinary steel barSpecial steel bar<Steel plates>

<Ship components>CrankshaftsEngine partsCrankshaftsHull components

Aircraft part materialsHeat exchanger materialsConstruction materialsGolf club materialsMotorcycle muffler materialsWristwatch materialsIT-related materials

Steel powder for powder metallurgySteel powder for pocket body warmersSteel powder for oxygen absorbersSteel powder for cleaning polluted soil/waterSteel powder for magnetic materialsFine powder for metal injection molding

Steel Products

Major Products

Steel Castings and Forgings Titanium Steel Powder<Steel sheets>Hot-rolled steel sheetCold-rolled steel sheetElectrogalvanized steel sheetHot-dipped galvanized steel sheetCoated steel sheet<Pig iron>

<Industrial machinery components>Mold steelRollsBridge componentsPressure vessels

Wholesale Power Supply (IPP)

Steel Sheet

Steel Castings and ForgingsTitanium

• Zinkobella GX-COTE Series Chromate-free electrogalvanized steel sheet• Rolling rolls• Commercially pure titanium (for heat exchangers, golf clubs, IT-use, motorcycle mufflers, wristwatches, etc.)• Titanium alloys (for aircraft parts)

Steel Powder

• Steel powder for magnetic materials• Steel powder for environmental cleaning• Pre-alloyed steel powder• SEGLESSTM graphite segregation-free steel powder

40% shareof market,worldwide!


One of the nation’slargest independentpower producers!

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Kobe Steel produces welding materials that offer high work efficiency for a wide variety of industries, including shipbuilding, bridge engineering and industrial machinery. These materials greatly decrease welding man hours, greatly increase welding efficiency, and help create more beautiful bead appearance.

Flux-Cored Wires

Increasingly sophisticated high-strength and low-alloy, heat-resistant steel is being utilized in recent years in high-temperature, high-pressure applications such as oil refining reactors and thermal power boilers. We have developed welding materials specially designed to meet these needs.

Welding Materials for Low-Alloy Steel

Produced using a new wire surface treatment technology, non-copper-coated solid wires offer groundbreak-ing feed capability and outstanding arc stability. These wires also help to reduce environmental impact, removing the need for copper plating treatment during manufacturing.

Non-Copper-Coated Solid Wires (SE wire series)

Reducedenvironmental

impact!

Reducedenvironmental

impact!

Striving to become the world’s most trusted welding company by providingcomprchcnsive welding solutions

Kobe Steel’s Welding Business supports the world’s industries with advanced technologies, offering total welding solutions that combine welding materials, welding systems, power sources, equipment, construction methods and more. With a top share in the Japanese and ASEAN regions, and accelerated global development, Kobe Steel aims to be the world's leading welding manufacturer.

Welding Business


“Only One”

Greatlycontributing toreduced costs!

Greatlycontributing toreduced costs!

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Used primarily in the automotive and construction machinery fields, solid welding wires do not utilize a flux (oxide powder) core. Combined with robots for continuous welding, these wires can increase user productivity.

Solid Welding Wires

Used primarily in shipbuilding and bridge construction, these wires have a flux (oxide powder) core. Optimal flux composition helps shorten welding times and improve the quality of welded parts.

Flux-Cored Welding Wires (FCW)

Robotic welding system for construction machinery

Robotic welding system for column assembly

Kobe Steel manufactures and sells approximately 800 different varieties of welding materials, under the brand names FAMILIARC™, TRUSTARC™ and PREMIARC™. These materials help contribute to better manufacturing in a wide variety of industries, including the shipbuilding, steel frame and automotive sectors.

Kobe Steel boasts top results in Japan in the field of robotic welding systems, particularly in systems for medium and heavy plate welding industries such as steel frames and construction machinery.

Kobe Steel offers optimal welding solutions that not only automate welding work and improve efficiency, but also help reduce costs and improve quality for customers.

Welding Materials Welding Systems

Covered welding electrodesFlux-cored and solid wires for semi-automatic weldingSolid wires and fluxes for submerged arc welding

TIG welding rodsBacking materials

Robotic welding systems for steel frames Robotic welding systems for bridge construction Robotic welding systems for construction machinery Other robotic welding systemsOff-line teaching systemsWelding robots, welding power sources

Testing, analysis, inspections and commissioned researchTraining and inspectionConsultingMaintenance of industrial robots, power sources and equipment

High functional filters for deodorization, dehumidification, ozone decomposition, gas removal and oil mist removalDeodorizing equipment

Welding Materials Welding Systems

Major Products

Testing and Inspection High-FunctionalMaterials

Also known as electric arc welding rods, these are the most common, general-purpose welding materials worldwide. They allow for welding with comparatively simple equipment, and thus are utilized in a wide range of industries, including construction and steel frames.

Covered Welding Electrodes

The ARCMAN™ welding robot series is used in a wide range of plate welding fields, such as for steel frames and construction machinery. The GS model features internalized components such as torches and cables, making welding robots more viable in narrow spaces. It also allows for tandem welding.

ARCMAN™-GS

The REGARC™-equipped robotic welding system for steel frames uses digitally controlled welding equipment and construction process technologies to achieve optimal feed of the welding wire.

REGARCTM-equippedRobotic Welding Systemfor Steel Frames

Reduced costsand improved

quality!

Reduced costsand improved

quality!

Topmarket share,worldwide!

Topmarket share,worldwide!

Increasedapplication of

robotic welding!

Increasedapplication of

robotic welding!

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Due to increased demand for lightweighting, the use of aluminum panels for engine hoods and other applications is increasing. Kobe Steel has capital-ized on the expertise and engineering capabilities it has amassed over many years to capture approxi-mately 50 percent of the market share in Japan.

Aluminum Automotive Panel Materials

Demand for lightweighting has led to increased use of aluminum in suspension systems. Kobe Steel has captured the leading market share in Japan through aluminum forgings that are more than 40 percent lighter than conventional steel forgings.

Aluminum Forgings for Automotive Suspensions

Kobe Steel holds a more than 30-percent market share for aluminum beverage can stock in Japan. Furthermore, Kobe Steel holds an approximately 70-percent share of the market for aluminum bottle can stock, which requires complex processing.

Aluminum Bottle Can Stock

• Automotive heat exchanger materials• ALHIGHCE™ and ALJADE™ high-precision aluminum plates

• Aluminum aircraft castings• Semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment (chambers)

Aluminum Flat-rolled Products

Aluminum Castings and Forgings

70% marketshare in Japan!

50% marketshare in Japan!

Top marketshare in Japan!

One of Japan’s leading suppliers of value-added products to the automotive and IT Industries

The Aluminum & Copper Business focuses primarily on products for the automotive and IT sectors, continuously strengthening and expanding its lineup of “Only One” products. As a leading aluminum and copper manufacturer in Japan, Kobe Steel is further expand overseas, backed by technologies and trust amassed over many years.

Aluminum &Copper Business


“Only One”

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Kobe Steel uses advanced rolling technologies amassed over many years to provide value-added “Only One” products in a variety of fields, including beverage can stock, automotive panel materials, disk materials for hard drives, air-conditioning fin materials, and plates for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment.

Aluminum Flat-rolled Products Copper Strips

Copper Tubes (Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube)

Aluminum Extrusions and Fabricated Products

Aluminum and Magnesium Castings and Forgings

Boasting world-leading engineering capabilities, Kobe Steel provides “Only One” products such as automotive parts and railway car materials. Kobe Steel also devel-ops original products, such as integrated stay and bumper parts created through electromagnetic forming technologies.

Can stockAutomotive panel materialsDisk materialsGeneral materials

Aluminum flat-rolledproducts

CastingsForgingsMachined products

Aluminum and Magnesium Castings and Forgings

Extrusions (shapes, tubes, rods)Fabricated products

Aluminum Extrusions and Fabricated Products Leadframe materials

Terminal and connector materials

Copper Strips

Major Products

Air-conditioning copper tubesConstruction/hot water supply copper tubes

Copper Tubes

These materials are used to create the bodies of railway cars and must be light in weight as well as offer sound- and vibration-dampening properties. Kobe Steel devel-oped sound- and vibration-dampening DAMP-SHAPETM, a proprietary cross-sectional shape, for use in aluminum railway cars.

Aluminum Shapes for Railway Cars

Leadframe materials are used as wiring materials in semiconductor packages. Kobe Steel is Asia's lead-ing manufacturer of leadframe materials, with an approximately 20-percent share of the market. SuperKFCTM was developed using sophisticated alloy technologies, offering vastly improved dura-bility and conductivity over previous products.

SuperKFCTM Leadframe Materials

• Automotive bumper materialsAluminum Extrusions

• Strip for automotive terminals and connectors• Low insertion force plating for automotive/consumer appliance terminals

Copper Strips

Aluminum disk materials are primarily used as hard disk substrates for desktop computers and data centers. They require a high level of quality. Kobe Steel is a leading manufacturer of aluminum disks, holding approximately 60 percent of the world market share.

Aluminum Disk Materials

Aluminum coilsAluminum coils

Kobe Steel utilizes sophisticated casting, forging, analysis and alloy development technologies to provide "Only One" products such as automotive suspension forgings, sand-cast aircraft parts and chambers for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment.

Aircraft gearbox

Kobe Steel manufactures and sells copper-alloy strip products, such as semi-conductor leadframe and automotive terminal and connector materials. Using proprietary elemental bonding to develop value-added products that combine strength, conductivity and heat-resistance, Kobe Steel holds an approximately 20-percent share of the Asian market for semiconductor leadframe materials.

Copper strips for electronic materials

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube was created through a 2004 merger with Mitsubishi Materials and is Japan’s leading manufacturer of air-conditioning and other copper tubes. Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube has developed inner-grooved copper tube for the EcoCute heat pump and other value-added products. It strives to strengthen supply networks in Southeast Asia (Thailand and Malaysia). Copper tubes for heat exchangersCopper tubes for heat exchangers

Aluminum extrusionsAluminum extrusions

Top manufacturerin Asia!


Top marketshare in Japan!

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Compared with other types of compressors, screw compressors offer high compression ratios and efficiency, as well as superior energy efficiency through responses to fluctuations in load. Kobe Steel created the first screw compressor in Japan in 1956 and has been supplying these compressors to large-scale plants ever since. Kobe Steel holds 50 percent of the world market share.

Nonstandard Screw Compressors

Kobe Steel’s standard compressors boast some of the highest levels of specs and energy efficiency and feature a variety of world-first, innovative functions. Kobelion is our foremost standard (compact) com-pressor, with a leading market share in Japan.

Kobe Steel develops and sells compact, highly efficient microbinary power generation systems, capable of generating electricity from heat sources of around 100˚C. These generators effectively utilize previously unused heat sources, such as factory waste heat and hot spring waters.

Kobelion standard Compressors

Microbinary Generators

50% ofmarket share,worldwide!

Leading marketshare in Japan!

Compact andefficient!

Pursuing growth strategies aimed at building a global business

Kobe Steel’s Machinery Business offers a wide range of products, including Industrial machinery, compressors and energy equipment. Kobe Steel creates original, “Only One” products to meet global demand in key growth fields, such as the automotive, environmental and energy industries, while also striving to build optimal production networks and strengthen its manufacturing capabilities.

Machinery Business


“Only One”

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Kobe Steel offers a full lineup of compressors, ranging from nonstandard (large-scale) gas compressors to standard (compact) air compressors. Kobe Steel also contributes significantly to energy conservation on the part of users through heating and cooling equipment that incorporate these compressors, such as refrigeration compressors and heat pumps. Kobe Steels aims to be one of the world's leading comprehensive manufacturers of compressors.

Industrial Machinery Compressors

Kobe Steel offers a wide lineup of large equipment for use in such fields as the energy and chemical industries. Kobe Steel’s products, which include oil refining reactors (pressure vessels), LNG vaporizers, heat exchangers, air separation units and nuclear equipment, are globally renowned for their high level of quality.

Kobe Steel offers a wide lineup of industrial machinery, including tire and rubber machinery, plastic processing machinery, advanced technology deposition equipment and metalworking machinery. In particular, Kobe Steel specializes in products for rubber mixing, tire testing, and plastic mixing and pelletizing, offering a variety of globally competitive "Only One" products in these fields.

<Tire and rubber machinery>Batch mixersTwin-screw extrudersTire curing pressesTire testing machines<Plastic processing machinery>Large-capacity mixing and pelletizing systemsContinuous mixers and extrudersTwin-screw extrudersOptical fiber making equipment

Industrial Machinery<Nonstandard compressors>Screw compressorsCentrifugal compressorsReciprocating compressors<Standard Compressors>Standard compressorsScrew refrigeration compressorsHeat pumps

Compressors<Advanced technology equipment>Physical vapor deposition systems (AIP/UBMS)Inspection and analysis equipmentRoll-to-roll coaters<Metalworking machinery>Steel and nonferrous metal rolling millsAutomatic flatness control systemsContinuous castersIsostatic pressing systems (HIP/CIP)

<Chemical and energy equipment>Pressure vessels (reactors)ALEX brazed aluminum heat exchangersLNG vaporizers (open rack vaporizers, submerged vaporizers, intermediate fluid vaporizers, air fin vaporizers, hot water vaporizers)Air separation unitsMicrochannel reactors (SMCR®)Microchannel heat exchangers (DCHE)<Nuclear equipment>Spent fuel storage and transport casksFuel channels

Major Products

The tires used in automo-biles, large construction machinery and other vehicles come in a variety of shapes and materials. Mixing the rubber for these tires, which requires molecular precision, is carried out by rubber mixers. Kobe Steel holds a 35-percent world market share for rubber mixers.

Rubber Mixers

Reactors are used during oil refining to remove impu-rities. Kobe Steel is the world's only manufacturer capable of sourcing three major materials for these pressure vessels—forged shells, plates and welding materials—all from in-house. Kobe Steel is also capable of manufacturing some of the world’s largest reactors, up to the 2,200-ton class.

Reactors for Oil Refining

Nonstandard compressors are an essential support component of oil refining and other large-scale plants. Kobe Steel is the world's only manufacturer that offers nonstandard compressors in three varieties—screw, centrifugal and reciprocating.

Nonstandard Compressors

Kobe Steel offers a diverse lineup of com-pressors, ranging from 1.5 kW to 600 kW, to help power both large and small plants. These compressors also help contribute to energy conservation for users, with the world’s highest standards of energy efficiency.

Standard Compressors

Kobe Steel offers a wide lineup of energy efficiency equipment, including refrigeration compressors, heat pumps, steam generators, steam compressors and binary generators, that boast the world’s highest standards of energy efficiency. These products utilize screw compressor technology, combining compact size with high efficiency.

Heating and Cooling Equipment

Tire and Rubber Machinery

Plastic Processing Machinery

Energy and Nuclear Equipment

Tire drum testing machine

LCM series plastic mixing and pelletizing system

Open rack LNG vaporizer

35% ofmarket share,worldwide!

A world-leadingmanufacturer!

Industrial Machinery• Tire testing machines• Plastic mixing and pelletizing systems• PVD coating toll services and equipment• LNG equipment• Microchannel reactors (SMCR®)

Compressors• Geared turbo compressors• Steam generators

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Developed by Midrex Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kobe Steel, the MIDREX® Process utilizes natural gas to make direct reduced iron. As the world’s leading direct reduction process, it is used in around 70 plants worldwide. Further demand is expected in response to the shale gas revolution.

MIDREX® Process

These casks are used for shipping and storing spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants. Kobe Steel was the first Japanese manufacturer, in 1981, to begin manufacturing large-sized, forged casks. Kobe Steel boasts the world’s top shipping record for these casks, supplying over 250 casks in Japan and overseas.

Kobe Steel’s original seawall technology helps to reduce overtopping and minimize damage from high waves, such as from typhoons. The gentle flare helps to break waves and dampen their force. The flared seawalls eliminate the need for the high seawalls and tetrapods that are commonly used, better preserving scenery and sandy beaches. Due to the technology’s ability to protect coastal regions, demand is expected to grow nationwide.

Nuclear Spent Fuel Casks Flared Seawalls

World’s mostwidely usedDR process!

World’s topsupplier!

Pursuing greater competitiveness in the global market with original technologies

The Engineering Business has achieved an impressive track record in plant engineering, particularly in the ironmaking and energy fields. We have developed cutting edge, original processes and technologies, such as direct reduction processes and next-generation ironmaking technology, as we actively pursue business development on the global stage.



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Kobe Steel has introduced unique ironmaking processes to regions throughout the world. In addition to proprietary direct reduction processes such as the MIDREX® Process (which utilizes natural gas as the reductant) and a new ironmaking method, the ITmk3® Process, Kobe Steel also offers the FASTMET® Process for steel mill dust recycling, KOBELCO iron ore pelletizing systems, and the upgraded Brown Coal (UBC) Process.

Nuclear power-related facility

Utilizing advanced technologies and expertise in handling radioactive materials, Kobe Steel supplies facilities and equipment for treatment and storage of nuclear waste. In the CWD (chemical weapons destruction) field, Kobe Steel offers its original DAVINCH® technology for controlled detonation of chemical weapons. Kobe Steel utilizes its inspection and analysis technologies with its operational know-how to contribute to the international community.

Nuclear Power/CWD

Flared seawall

In the field of public disaster prevention, Kobe Steel offers original products that combine safety with environmental conservation. In addition to being Japan’s top supplier of large steel erosion control dams (steel grid dams), Kobe Steel also provides wave-rebuffing flared seawalls.

Steel Structures/Erosion Control

Advanced transit system

Kobe Steel is Japan’s leading engineering company for advanced rubber tire transit systems, with an impressive supply record. Kobe Steel has worked on such lines as the Kobe Port Liner and Tokyo Yurikamome. Kobe Steel also applies its advanced transit technologies to urban rail systems located overseas.

Urban Transit Systems

Ironmaking Processes

MIDREX® ProcessKOBELCO Pelletizing SystemFASTMET® ProcessFASTMELT® ProcessITmk3® ProcessUpgraded Brown Coal (UBC®)Process

Ironmaking ProcessesNuclear power-related plantsNuclear power equipment(Casks for transport/storage of spent nuclear fuel, fuel channels)Consulting, inspection, analysis, safety monitoring and destruction of chemical weapons. Construction and operation of destruction facilitiesEnvironmental restoration of polluted areas

Nuclear Power/CWD

Major Products

Steel sabo (erosion control) structures (Dams, driftwood capturing, etc.)Flared seawallsNoise insulation systemsSound absorbing panels for the underside of elevated roadsCable production and installation

Steel Structures/Erosion Control

Advanced Urban transitsystems (Rubber tire transit systems, urban rail systems, sky rail, guided buses)

Urban Transit Systems

The ITmk3® Process is a unique ironmaking process developed by Kobe Steel that differs entirely from the tradi-tional blast furnace method. The process produces high-quality iron units from inexpensive raw materials and shortens the reduction process from the previous 8 hours to a mere 10 minutes. ITmk3® has garnered attention worldwide as a groundbreaking, next-generation method of ironmaking.

ITmk3® Process

Kakogawa Works is home to Japan’s only pelletizing plant. Iron ore is pretreated at the plant, where it is fired into pellet form using a rotary kiln. KOBELCO pelletizing systems have also achieved impressive results in iron ore and fuel producing regions such as Venezuela, Chile and Bahrain.

KOBELCO Pelletizing Systems


Steel grid sabo dams minimize impact on the environment, maintain-ing safety by intercepting debris and driftwood arising from floods, but without blocking the passage of water and fish during normal times. Kobe Steel is the top supplier in Japan of these dams, greatly contributing to disaster prevention and environmental conservation.

Steel grid sabo dams for erosion control

Top supplierin Japan!

New, originalseawall

technology!

• ITmk3® Process• FASTMET® Process• Advanced rubber tire transit systems

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A leading manufacturer in the field of water treatment, Kobelco Eco-Solutions offers a full lineup of water treatment products, including water and sewage treatment facilities, industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities, sludge treatment facilities and pure/ultra-pure water production facilities. Kobelco Eco-Solutions also operates as a supplier of pure and ultrapure water and is expanding sales in this area.

Water Treatment Facilities

Together with local authorities and gas suppli-ers, Kobelco Eco-Solutions developed a city gas production facility capable of refining gas from sewage sludge to the same quality as city gas. In October 2010, Kobelco Eco-Solutions began injecting biogas into city gas pipes. Biogas is a combustible gas produced from methane fermentation of biomass solids such as sewage and food scraps. A carbon-neutral energy source, biogas has aroused significant interest for its potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Sewage BiogasCity Gas Pipe Injection Facility

Full lineup!Effectiveutilization

of biogases!

Environmental solutions that meet the changing needs of the times

Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. is committed to offering “environmental solutions that meet changing needs.” Kobelco Eco-Solutions contributes to society through technologies that improve natural and living environments.



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A leading manufacturer in the field of water treatment, Kobelco Eco-Solutions offers a full lineup of water treatment products, including water supply and sewage treatment facilities, industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities, sludge treatment facilities and pure/ultra-pure water production facilities. Kobelco Eco-Solutions also operates as a supplier of pure and ultrapure water and is expanding sales in this area.

Water Treatment

Industrial/municipal water treatment facilitiesPure/ultrapure water production equipment, industrial water processing and wastewater treatment systemsBiowaste (sludge, food waste, etc.) recycling facilities

Water TreatmentIndustrial cooling towersDistrict heating and cooling towersUltra-quiet cooling towers

Cooling Towers

Major Products

Municipal waste incineration and melting plants (fluidized-bed gasification and melting furnaces, stoker-type incinerators, fluidized- bed incinerators, plasma melting furnaces)Bulky waste and other recycling facilitiesPCB waste treatment plants

Waste Treatment andRecycling

Glass-lined equipmentPolymerizers and reactorsSeparation and refining equipmentPowder processing equipmentHigh-purity hydrogen oxygen generators

Chemical and Foodstuff Processing Equipment

Examination of water qualityWater quality testing at factories and research centersMeasurement of industrial wastes (PCB, metals, organic matter, etc.)

Environmental Analysis

Kobelco Eco-Solutions develops and supplies state-of-the art cooling towers for industrial as well district heating and cooling needs. Friendly on local environments, these products include space-saving towers, plume abatement towers and ultra-quiet towers.

Cooling Towers

Kobelco Eco-Solutions boasts Japan's leading supply record for fluidized-bed gasification and melting furnaces. These furnaces help customers reduce CO2 emissions and landfill space. Kobelco Eco-Solutions also offers a wide variety of treatment options for handling PCB waste. Our broad menu enables us to meet a wide variety of treatment needs ranging from municipal to PCB wastes.

Waste Treatment and Recycling

Kobelco Eco-Solutions offers a wide lineup of equipment: glass-lined equipment and evaporators, dryers, and brewing equipment. These products are vital to a variety of processing industries, such as the fine chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and foodstuff industries. In the field of next-generation energy, Kobelco Eco-Solutions also handles high-purity hydrogen oxygen generators.

Pure water production facilitiesPure water production facilities

Plume abatement cooling towers High-purity hydrogen oxygen generatorHigh-purity hydrogen oxygen generator

Fluidized-bed gasification and melting furnacesFluidized-bed gasification and melting furnaces


These furnaces offer environment- and people-friendly treatment, utilizing the energy found in waste to carry out everything from incineration to ash melting (reduction/slagging), thus reducing both landfill and CO2.

Fluidized-Bed Gasification and Melting Furnaces

Metallic sodium dispersion (SP process), solvent extraction decomposition (SED process) and plasma melting decompo-sition methods (which can simultaneously treat a wide variety of PCB wastes) are utilized at PCB waste treatment facilities in locations throughout the country.

PCB Detoxification Facilities

Environmentallyfriendly melting

furnaces!

Safe PCBdetoxification!

• High-efficiency, two-stage incinerators• DT module system• TWINSTIR reactors• High-purity hydrogen oxygen generators

Chemical and Food Processing Equipment

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In 2006 Kobelco Construction Machinery developed the world’s first hybrid hydraulic excavator, greatly decreasing fuel consumption compared with previ-ous machines. The current lineup features two models. The 8-ton class SK80H reduces fuel consumption by 40 percent over previous models, and the 20-ton class SK200H reduces fuel consumption by 16 percent. These machines have garnered high praise for their reduced fuel consumption.

Hybrid Hydraulic Excavators

With a maximum reach of 65 meters (21 stories), the SK3500D is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the building demolition machine with the world’s longest reach.

The SK3500D for the demolition of ultra-large buildings

The world’sfirst hybridhydraulicexcavator.

The world’slongest reach

demolitionmachine!

Garnering worldwide acclaim for fuel efficiencyKobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. specializes in hydraulic excavators, meeting increasingly diverse customer needs through development of original products that offer low fuel consumption and low noise. Following East and Southeast Asia, Kobelco Construction Machinery began accelerating overseas expansion in Europe and the Americas in 2013. Demand has been growing strongly, and in January 2015 construction began on a new plant in North America. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in 2016.



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These excavators were developed through thorough investigation and analysis of on-site conditions and applications. Kobelco’s iNDr (engine cooling) system equipped in ultra-short rear swing machines are the quietest in the industry, reducing noise during operation. The Acera Geospec, meanwhile, was designed to reduce hydraulic pressure loss, offering unpar-alleled work performance and cost savings.

Hydraulic excavatorsMini excavatorsWheel loadersMini wheel loaders

Civil Engineering andConstruction Machinery <Building material recycling>

Building demolition machines<Metal recycling>Vehide dismantling machinesMagnet-equipped machinesScrap loaders

<Resource recycling>Resource handling machines

<Forestry>ProcessorsHarvestersGrapplers

Environmental Recycling Machinery

Excavator with ultra-short rear swingExcavator with ultra-short rear swing

Mini excavatorMini excavator

Standard hydraulic excavator

As the pioneers who created the world’s first building demolition and vehicle dismantling machines, Kobelco Construction Machinery offers a wide range of original environmental products focusing on construction, metal, resource and timber recycling.

Resource handling machine Processor

Building demolition machine Scrap loader

Construction Recycling Metal Recycling

Resource Recycling Forestry

Major Products

Hydraulic ExcavatorsMini Excavators

Environmental RecyclingMachines

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Kobelco Cranes offers a wide lineup of crawler cranes, ranging from the large-sized SL series used for the construction of large structures such as long-span bridges and wind and thermal power generation plants, to the small- to mid-sized almighty Mastertech-G series, which offers toughness and advanced controls.

A variety of trusted Kobelco cranes can also be found in use in other industries, such as the BM-G series base machines for civil engineering and foundation work.

Crawler Cranes

Kobelco’s MK650 lattice boom wheel crane for harbor use was released in Japan in May 2014. It has garnered high praise from customers for a range of performance and features specifically tailored to harbor loading and unloading.

The city conscious Panther-X series, developed specifically for urban use rather than rough terrain, is also popular and can be found in use at numerous sites.

Wheel Cranes

MK series wheel craneSL series large-sized crawler craneSL series large-sized crawler craneMastertech-G series crawler craneMastertech-G series crawler crane

The G series is a line of small- to mid-sized crawler cranes designed to meet regional regulations around the world. They come equipped with "G Mode," which offers 25 percent better fuel efficiency than previous models and helps to reduce CO2. The G series is not only environmen-tally friendly but also people friendly, with more comfortable cabs and safety features such as easy-to-use monitors.

G Series Crawler Cranes

Standard crawler cranesLarge-sized crawler cranesTelescopic crawler cranes

Crawler cranesRough terrain cranesMini rough terrain cranesLattice boom wheel cranesAll terrain cranes

Wheel cranes Base machines for civil engineering and foundation work

Work vessels

Major Products

One of world’stop market

shares!

Cutting-edge technology thatleads the industryAs a construction equipment manufacturer specializing in the crane business. Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd. develops appealing products while striving to strengthen its global foundation. Building on previously amassed technologies and brand strength, Kobelco Cranes continues to expand on the global stage.

Kobelco Cranes


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Shinsho CorporationOsaka head office

Shinsho CorporationOsaka head office

Shinko Care Life

Shinko Industrial

Shinko Human Create

Shinko Lease

Shinko Research

Twin Foods

As the core trading company of the Kobe Steel Group, Shinsho Corporation supports high added-value manufacturing through creative business development. Shinsho is especially active in growth fields such as resources, information systems, energy and the envi-ronment. It is helping to advance the global development of the Kobe Steel Group with business loca-tions in 17 countries worldwide.

Shinsho Shinko Real Estate Kobelco Research Institute

G-clef Shinkobe TowerG-clef Shinkobe Tower

Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd. is the Kobe Steel Group’s core lifestyle support company. Focused primarily on the G-clef condominium brand, Shinko’s businesses include property sales, leasing, brokering, renovation, building management, insur-ance services, and more. Shinko contrib-utes to customer lifestyles and peace of mind through trustworthy and reliable products and services.

Oxide semiconductorsputtering target materials

Oxide semiconductorsputtering target materials

Kobelco Research Institute, Inc. (KRI) carries out material and structural analysis, trials, physi-cal analysis and other services. KRI also manu-factures and sells target materials and test equipment for fields such as semi-conductors, FPD and solar power, develops special materials, and otherwise maximizes in-company synergy to support manufac-turing.

Developing a wide range of businesses, contributing to industry and societyThe Kobe Steel Group pursues an extensive range of businesses that are being continuously refined through repeated selection and concentration. Combining technologies and services from these different businesses in order to identify new value is integral to the identity of the Kobe Steel Group.

Other Businesses

Company name Businesses

Kobe Wing Stadium

I.H.D. Center

Kobelco Systems

Kobelco Personnel

Kobelco Business Support

Kobelco Financial Center

Japan Superconductor Technology

Management and operation of Noevir Stadium, parking lots and sports clubs, park management

Leasing and management of office buildings, designing, construction, management and contracting of construction projects, operation and management of exhibition halls, rental conference spaces and other venues

Planning, designing, development, operation and maintenance of IT solutions and services

Personnel dispatching, recruiting and outsourcing

Office-related services, PR services, travel and payrolling

Loans, receipts and expenditures, sale and purchase of accounts receivable, and other financial services

Manufacture and sale of superconducting wire, superconducting magnet systems and superconducting application systems

Planning and operation of private senior citizens' homes and in-home care services

Manufacture and sale of high-pressure gas cylinders and other press-formed and assembled products

Human resource development and consulting, training, and creation and sale of training materials

Leasing and installment sales of industrial machinery, office equipment and other movable propgrty

Patent and technical information search, industry, market and technology surveys, brokerage and registration of technical information, technical PR, etc.

Cold storage warehousing, port transport, customs clearance, etc.

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Power Supply Business

Through power stations equipped with state-of-the-art environmental equipment, we aim to contribute to the stable supply of electricity as well as secure a more stable profit base.Our power supply business began in fiscal 2002 withthe Shinko Kobe Power Station, which contributes to a more stable power supply for the region.

We are also currently pursuing plans to construct additional power stations.

The Shinko Kobe Power Station was established as the cornerstone of a new business following revisions to the Electricity Business Act in April 1995. In establishing the power station we fully capitalized on existing infrastructure at Kobe Works and our expertise in in-house power generation in the Iron & Steel Business. Wholesale power supply commenced in fiscal 2002. All generated power is supplied to Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. The power station is one of the largest independent power producers in Japan, capable of covering approximately 70% of Kobe’s peak electricity demand. Because the power station is located in an urban setting, it also features environmental equipment with some of the highest standards.

We have established a plan to construct a 1.2 million kW power station on land adjacent to the Moka Plant in Tochigi Prefecture. A contract for power supply was formed with Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. in September 2014. Environmental assessments are currently underway, with plans to begin operation of the No. 1 plant in the second half of 2019. The power station will receive city gas from Tokyo Gas, which it will utilize as fuel for state-of-the-art GTCC plants, offering one of the highest levels of generation efficiency in Japan. As Japan's first full-scale inland thermal power station, we believe it will help contribute to a stronger energy infrastructure through dispersed generation and regional development.

Plans for Construction of Shinko Moka Power Station

Upstream operations at Kobe Works are scheduled to end in 2017. As a result, we are pursuing plans to construct a 1.3 million kW power station on what will become the former site of the works’ blast furnace. A contract for power delivery was formed with Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. on March 2015. Environmental assessments are currently underway, with plans to begin operation of the first of two plants in fiscal 2021.

The new power station will feature cutting-edge, ultra-supercritical generating equipment. As an urban power station, it will also feature advanced environmental equipment of the highest standards suitable for the location.

Plans for Expansion of Facilities in Kobe

Generation methodPower station Fuel Capacity

Shinko Kobe Power Station (existing) Coal

Coal

City gas

1.4 mil. kW (700,000 kW ×2)Coal-fired, supercritical pressure power generation

Coal-fired, ultra-supercritical pressure power generation

Gas turbine combined cycle(GTCC)

No. 1 unit: April 2002No. 2 unit: April 2004

No. 1 unit: fiscal 2021 (scheduled)No. 2 unit: fiscal 2022 (scheduled)

No. 1 unit: 2H 2019 (scheduled)No. 2 unit: 1H 2020 (scheduled)

Commencement of supply

(Provisional name) Kobe Works Thermal Power Station (in planning)

Shinko Moka Power Station (in planning)

1.3 mil. kW (650,000 kW ×2)

1.2 mil. kW (600,000 kW ×2)

Shinko Kobe Power Station

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Compliance Committee(Secretariat: Legal Dept.)

Executive Council

Business Activities

Internal Control Activities

Ensuring Reliable Financial Reporting Risk Management Compliance

Customers & Business Partners

Employees Social ContributionShareholders and Investors

President & CEOBoard of DirectorsEnvironmental Management

Committee(Secretariat: Environmental Control

& Disaster Prevention Dept.)

Environmental Management Promotion

CSR Committee(Secretariat: Corporate

Planning Dept.)

Consults

Reports

Compliance Committee

Companywide Compliance Director

Board of Directors

Internal Reporting System

Compliance Planning & Administration Section

Planning & Administrative Departments in Business Units

Compliance Managers

Employees

In 2006, we established a CSR Committee, which is responsible for determining basic policies related to corporate social responsibility and providing centralized implementation.To facilitate discussion, make proposals and conduct follow-up verification related to important issues, we have also established a Compliance Committee to advise the Board of Directors.

The CSR Committee compiles information concerning the CSR activities and publishes it each year in the form of the KOBELCO Sustainability Report.

Sustainability Report 2015

Corporate SocialResponsibility

Kobe Steel has a Compliance Committee that advises the Board of Directors. Two of its members are company directors, while five come from outside the company in order to maintain fairness and neutrality. The Committee proposes recommended plans related to compliance, checks on progress, and deliberates cases reported through the internal reporting (whistleblowing) system.

We appoint a companywide compliance director and a companywide compliance officer. We have also set up a dedicated Compliance Planning & Administration Section in the Legal Department to work in partnership with planning and administrative departments and with compliance managers stationed in our business units.

Strengthening Compliance

CSR Promotion System

CSR Promotion Structure

Corporate Governance System

Compliance System

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Appoints Appoints

Appoints

Appoints Audits (accounting)

Accounting Auditors

Compliance Committee

Compliance Director, Compliance Officer, Outside Experts

Internal Reporting System

Outside Lawyers

Board of Directors

11 DirectorsBusiness Units

Directors, Officers

Management System(decision-making,

information sharing)(including 2 outside directors)

Audits

Audit & Supervisory Board

CommitteesExecutive Council

Executive Liaison Committee

President & CEO

Audits

Consults Advises

At Kobe Steel we believe that executive decision-making and day-to-day operations are inseparable. Directors bear legal responsibility toward share-holders and business partners for the business operations pursued by all major business divisions in the Kobe Steel Group.

The Board of Directors currently consists of executives from senior man-agement, directors in charge of major operations at headquarters, heads of divisions that have an important impact on Group operations, and other officials with comparable levels of responsibility. Additionally, to ensure transparency and fairness, and to reinforce oversight functions, two of the eleven board members are outside directors.

Kobe Steel has adopted a system that places corporate officers in charge of company operations. Officers in charge of company operations are appointed

by the Board and are entrusted by the directors to fulfill the duties assigned to them. Delegating a certain level of authority from directors to officers helps to ensure agility.

Within this management structure, Kobe Steel also employs a corporate auditing system which ensures strong and independent auditing and regula-tory authority, as prescribed in the Companies Act of Japan. Additionally, five Audit & Supervisory Board Members, including three outside members, are appointed to strengthen management auditing functions and improve the effectiveness of corporate governance. Internal audits of companywide business operations are also carried out by the Audit Department, which is established as an independent organization.

Strengthening and Enhancing Corporate Governance

5 Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Including 3 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members)

Audit Dept.

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As a leading environmental corporate group, Kobe Steel Group will:

Enhancing Corporate Value through Groupwide Environmental Management

Environmental management based on 3 corporate visions, Kobe Steel aims to be a leading environmental corporate group.

By following these principles, the Kobe Steel Group aims to fulfill its social responsibilities,

improve its environmental capabilities and raise its corporate value.

Pursue environmentallyfriendly manufacturing.

Contribute to the environment through its products,technologies and services.

Coexist and cooperate with society.

Six Initiatives for

Implementation

Board of Directors

President & CEO

Executive Council

Environmental ManagementCommittee

Secretariat

Subcommittees on Specific Topics ImplementationCommittee

At Kobe Steel, we believe we have a duty to future generations to leave behind a healthy ecosystem, in which all living creatures can thrive. To this end, we have established a Basic Environmental Management Policy as well as six initiatives for implementation. We strive to implement environmentally conscious environmental management during every stage of our operations and have set up a dedicated Environmental Management Committee to explore and make recommendations on these six initiatives. With participation by all Group employees, we are dedicated to becoming a leading environmental corporate group.

The Kobe Steel Group strives to work in cooperation and harmony with society, carrying out activities such as forest development projects and environmental education for children, who represent our next generation. In fiscal 2013 we instituted the KOBELCO GREEN PROJECT, which brings together these different activities under a single banner.

EnvironmentalManagement

EnvironmentallyFriendly

Manufacturing

Disclosure ofEnvironmental

Information

PromotingInitiatives

with Full EmployeeParticipation

Contributing to the Environment

through Products,Technologiesand Services

Coexisting andCooperating with

Society

ThoroughRisk Management

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The KOBELCO Forest Fairy Tale Prize was introduced in fiscal 2013. The contest collects fairytales on forest- and nature-related themes from elementary, middle and high school students. Winning stories are then transformed into picture books by professional authors and illustrators, for use as environmental education tools. During the second annual prize, held in fiscal 2014, we received a total of 438 entries. The two winning stories were then turned into picture books, with around 1,800 book sets donated to elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, special education schools and public libraries in Hyogo Prefecture.

Picture book presentation ceremony (left: Kobe City Board of Education Superintendent Shinnosuke Yukimura)

Since fiscal 2011, the Kobe Steel Group has been carrying out forest development at two locations within Hyogo Prefecture: KOBELCO Green Forest in Miki City and ECOWAY Green Forest in Kobe’s Nada Ward.

In fiscal 2014 we also began carrying out agricultural and coun-tryside forest conservation activities in the Zenihara district of Ibaraki (Osaka Prefecture), in cooperation with the welding branch of Kobe Steel’s labor union.

These forest development projects rely on volunteer participation from Kobe Steel Group employees and their family members. Large numbers of volunteers participate each year.

Activities focus on thinning, pruning and clearing of undergrowth. Planting and harvesting of abandoned crop fields is also carried out in the Zenihara district of Ibaraki. Regular activity has gradually resulted in sound environmental recovery. These forests are now bright, welcoming environments, where healthy sun filters through the trees.

Agricultural and countryside conservation activities in Zenihara District, Ibaraki

Environmental Management Policy

KOBELCO GREEN PROJECT

Group Environmental Management Structure

Basic Environmental Management Policy

Forest Development KOBELCO Forest Fairy Tale Prize

Right: Elementary school division grandprize winner,

The Forest’s Birthday Wreath

Left: Middle school division grand prize winner, Grandma and the Forest

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Funding for large play equipment for kindergartens and nursery schools in Ogaki City (Shinko Engineering)

Funding for educational toys for childcare waiting list nurseries in Ibaraki City (Ibaraki Plant)

Children receiving donated stationery supplies

Commemorative photo taken infront of donations

Washing and cleanup activitiesat a local school

The Kobe Steel Group has a history of contributing to society through rugby. The Kobe Steel Rugby Club interacts with local communities and supports sports programs in a variety of ways, including support for high school rugby teams to popularize and strengthen the sport in Japan. The club's efforts are one of the many ways in which Kobe Steel helps to train the next generation of athletes and broaden sporting horizons. Below is an example of our contri-bution to society through sports.

Special Support for High School Rugby

The Kobelco Cup 2015 (11th Annual All-Japan High School Inter-School Team Rugby Tournament) and 5th Annual All-Japan High School Girls' Inter-School Team Rugby Sevens Tournament was held July 30-August 2, 2015 at Sugadaira, in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture.

The Kobelco Cup is often called the “other Hanazono,” in recognition of the number of participants who have gone on each year to become national level athletes. “Hanazono” is a reference to the nickname for the annual National High School Rugby Tournament. First held in 2005, 2015 marked the Kobelco Cup’s 11th year.

The Kobe Steel Group established the Kobelco Community Contribution Fund in 2006 to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The fund supports activities for children in the community conducted by municipal facilities and organizations in areas where Group offices, plants and research institutes are located. In fiscal 2014, 19 Kobe Steel and Group company locations supported a total of 26 projects.

Japan’s Next Generation of Athletes! Special Support for the Kobelco Cup 2015

SocialContributions

Social Contribution Activities Overseas

Contributions to Society through Sports

Kobe Precision Technology Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Supporting Future Generations

Kobelco Community Contribution Fund

Kobe CH Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

Helping Out with Cleanup Activities at Flood-affected Areas

Once per year, Kobe CH Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd.’s welfare committee and other employee volunteers collect dona-tions (sporting equipment, stationery, monetary donations, etc.) from inside and outside the company for schools on the outskirts of the city. The activity, which was started independently by employees in 2009 to celebrate the com-pany's 10th anniversary, has now entered its sixth year. On September 11, 2014 a variety of items were donated to Wat Sri Phawang School in Ayutthaya Province.

Volunteer activities at Kobe CH Wire are designed to assist in the healthy development of Thailand’s less fortunate children. When selecting schools for aid, the welfare committee members first investigate schools online and then visit in person before making their decision.

Internal and External Fundraising to Support Needy Schools

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has begun offering support for children living in the rural and mountainous regions of Thai-land where opportunities for education and amusement can be limited. Employees visit schools in these regions to carry out cleaning and repairs and to engage in sports and recreational activities, such as volleyball and soccer, with the children. They also donate presents such as snacks, stationery and toys.

The company also carries out factory tours, which offer a chance to educate visitors on the manufacturing process and environmental conservation activities.

Support for Children Living in Rural Areas

Kobe Precision Technology Sdn. Bhd. has been carrying out volun-teer relief activities for flood damage caused by heavy rains that have fallen in regions throughout Malaysia since late 2014, particularly in two districts where damage was significant. In January 2015, volunteers visited facilities damaged by such floods to offer assistance. The focus was on cleanup of the buildings' interiors (scraping off mud, washing furniture, removing debris, etc.).

Employees and their families were also among those affected by the floods. We hope that relief efforts will help in some small way to reduce the burdens on all those affected.

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Creating a Pleasant Work Environment for Employees

Work-Life Balance

Preventing Harassment

Promoting Diversity

Human Resources Development

Health and Safety Management

Kobe Steel’s human resource programs and human resource development policies respect the personality, individuality and diversity of company employees while creating a lively and attractive work environment. Programs include strong support for healthy work-life balances and the success of women in the workplace. We also cooperate with Group companies in various ways to “support each employee in developing his or her abilities, while respecting mutual cooperation” (one of the principles of the Kobe Steel Group Corporate Philosophy).

Kobe Steel is active in maintaining work environments that are conducive to a healthy work-life balance. Our efforts have garnered official praise, twice receiving the government’s “Ku-rumin Mark” certification, which recog-nizes companies that offer strong sup-port for childrearing.

Specifically, we have introduced childcare and caregiving programs that greatly exceed those required by law, including extending childcare leave to include the first three years of a child's life and introducing paid child-care and family leave. Additionally, we publicize and encourage use of these programs, promoting a fulfilling work-life balance and active childrearing for both female and male employees.

Kobe Steel does not condone harassment in the workplace, including sexual and power harassment. In the event that harassment occurs we respond with swift and firm measures.

Our Corporate Code of Ethics includes clear policies and standards regarding harassment. E-learning and other training on preventing harassment is carried out for managers, and we strive to maintain workplace environments that are uncon-ducive to harassment.

In order to adapt flexibly to changes in the business environment and society and to pursue sustained development and growth, Kobe Steel considers appreciation for diversity to be an integral aspect of management. Promoting diversity is one of our most important management tasks. We respect the diversity of each employee and aim to create thriving workplaces and societies, where each worker is able to demonstrate their talents to the fullest.

In particular we promote success for women in the workplace, actively pursuing recruitment activities that include hard targets for female representation among new hires. We also offer a variety of support programs for female workers after hiring, including individual career planning to promote future prospects for young female workers in career-path positions.

In addition to promoting diversity and women in the workplace, we are also reexamining companywide working styles for both male and female employees. We are striving to create more pleasant working environments for all employees, including efforts to eliminate excessive working hours, increase use of paid vacation and improve productivity.

Human resource development at Kobe Steel aims to instill in employees a sense of pride and satisfaction in their work. To achieve this, it is important that employees have concrete goals and experience growth on a daily basis. We fully support opportunities for employee growth through personal diligence and dedication.

We want each and every employee to share in a diverse sense of value, and to feel pride and enthusiasm in their daily work. To this end, we pursue a variety of training initiatives and have established the following image for human resources at the Kobe Steel Group.

Kobe Steel was included in the “Health and Productivity Stock Selection” created by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Health and Productivity Stock Selection, announced on March 25, 2015, is a list of corporations that take employee health into consideration during management and implement strategic health management initiatives. This was the first year the list was published, and 22 companies were selected, including Kobe Steel.

Health management at Kobe Steel recognizes the importance of early detection and treatment of illnesses and of improvements to lifestyles (preventive care), addressing both physical and mental health.

Vision for Human Resources at the Kobe Steel Group“As employees, we will continually strive

to establish trust in KOBELCO on a global scale.”

Sexual Harassment PreventionManual

WorkEnvironment

SincerityPeople who take matters seriously and act in good faith

CooperationPeople who express their own views while also working in partnership with others and accepting their opinions

InnovationPeople who are never satisfied and constantly strive to innovate

Major InitiativesOne-day full medical checkups, completely covered by the company (“Kobelco Medical Check 50”)Early treatment of high-risk obesity (metabolic syndrome)(Exams for target ages, health guidance)Cancer screenings, completely covered by health insuranceCounseling services (preventative psychological care)Preventative measures geared toward improved lifestyles, and promotion of greater health consciousness(“Health challenge” program)

Included in First “Health and Productivity Stock Selection”

Kurumin Mark

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1. The Early YearsIn 1905, our business began as Kobe Seikosho when Suzuki Shoten acquired Kobayashi Seikosho in Wakinohama, Kobe. At first, Kobe Seikosho operated as a steel casting and forging manufacturer to produce trolley wheels and anchors.

In 1926, we gained a solid foothold as a steel manufac-turer, when we embarked on wire rod production. In 1933, our second wire rod plant was built. In those years, Kobe Steel, as a wire rod manufacturer, and Yawata Iron & Steel had a combined market share of 55 percent.

2. Expanding Operations in the High-Growth Eva In 1949, we began research on titanium amid the postwar turmoil and pioneered the use of this light, but strong metal in industry. In 1953, Takasago Works commenced operation, producing steel castings and forgings including crankshafts for ships and cement plants, as well as air separators and heavy-wall pressure vessels for the chemical industry. Takasago Works is now the major manufacturing center for Kobe Steel’s Machinery Business.

We were the first company in Japan to produce high-grade welding electrodes. Our welding electrodes made a major contribution to the Japanese shipbuilding industry, which was the world leader in shipbuilding tonnage in 1956.

In 1958, we finally realized our long-held ambition to become an integrated steelmaker when Nadahama Works was inaugurated. Furthermore, we were the first Japanese engineering company to construct a plant overseas. In 1962, we built the first Japanese fertilizer plant in East Pakistan, known today as Bangladesh.

Japan’s rapid economic growth spurred the momentum for social capital improvements. Those years saw the foundation of our diversified management covering our metal and machin-ery businesses. We supplied deformed steel bars for building construction, aluminum for railway cars, construction machinery for national land development, and many other products.

To meet strong demand from economic growth and to survive international competition as a steelmaker, we needed steel mills on the waterfront, with blast furnaces that couldmake large quantities of steel. In 1970, Kakogawa Works

began operations. The works, featuring leading-edge facilities including three large blast furnaces, enabled us to achieve our dream of supplying steel plates and sheets to the market.

3. Doing Business Around the WorldIn 1961, the Fujisawa Plant and Ibaraki Plant were launched in order to manufacture welding electrodes close to customers. In 1967, the Hatano Plant was constructed to produce copper tubes for air conditioners, refrigerators, and hot and cold water supply. Copper tube output climbed as air conditioners became commonplace.

In 1979, we completed a steel plant in Qatar, which demonstrated the real strength of our diversified approach to managing our steel and machinery businesses. Traditionally, the Machinery Division, as it was called then, played a central role in plant construction. However, the Qatar plant project earned high marks from the international community due to the advantages of our unique management approach, which included operational guidance from the Iron & Steel Division.

In 1981, we began building the Moka Plant for aluminum production. The plant is now Asia’s leading aluminum rolling mill, producing automotive body material, aluminum can stock, and aluminum disk material for hard disk drives.

The completion of the first phase of the Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories at Seishin, Kobe in 1987 enabled us to upgrade our research and development capabilities.

4. Recovery from the 1995 Earthquake and Celebrating our 100th Anniversary

In January 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake destroyed our Kobe Head Office and brought the blast furnace and other production equipment at Kobe Works to a halt. At Kakogawa Works, three material unloaders were destroyed and two employees were killed. We sustained damages totaling 102 billion yen, in what was the most serious crisis in our history. We managed to return the No.3 Blast Furnace at Kobe Works to operation within two and a half months after the earthquake following a massive restoration effort, which included the help of other steelmakers.

Around this time, companies other than power firms were given permission to enter the electricity generation business, following deregulation in government policy. In 2004, we completed the Shinko Kobe Power Station in Kobe. Its power generation capacity of 1.4 million kilowatts makes this station Japan’s largest wholesale power supply operation.

In September 2005, the Kobe Steel Group celebrated its 100th anniversary. Over the past century, we have overcome serious adversity and many difficulties. In 2006, we adopted KOBELCO as a Group brand to provide a greater shared unity and increase our recognition by society. Aiming at global growth, the Kobe Steel Group is steadily moving ahead and is looking forward to the next 100 years.

Kobe Steel: 110 Years in Business

History ofKobe Steel

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Kobe Seikosho (Kobe Steel Works) is founded by Suzuki Shoten, a general partnership company.

The company is incorporated as Kabushiki Gaisha Kobe Seikosho (Kobe Steel Works, Ltd.).

A 1,200 metric ton press begins operation at the Steel Castings and Forging Plant.

Kobe Steel begins development of air compressors and starts manufacturing the following year (first in Japan).

Kobe Steel completes Japan’s first integrated cement plant.

Kobe Steel begins production of Japan’s first electric mining shovel.

Production of 7,600 horsepower diesel engines begin, the world’s biggest at that time.

Aluminum production commences at the Chofu Works.

Piano wire rod production begins, a first in Japan.

An oxygen plant is constructed, marking the start of basic oxygen steelmaking in Japan.

Production of titanium metal commences.

Phase 1 construction of the Yokohama Plant begins.Kobe Steel completes Japan’s largest titanium melting furnace.

The Nadahama No.1 Blast Furnace is inaugurated, establishing integrated steel production.

The Central Research Laboratory is inaugurated.

Kobe Steel completes a fertilizer plant in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was Japan’s biggest plant export.

Corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy is used in all-aluminum monorail cars on the Haneda Line.

Kakogawa Works and the Structural Engineering Laboratory are completed.

An automated guideway transit (AGT) system called the KRT goes into operation at the Okinawa International Ocean Exposition.

Kobe Steel receives an order to supply an AGT system and construct the Port Island Line in Kobe.

The ARCMAN 6-axis articulated welding robot is developed.KOBELCO is adopted as an international trademark.

The P&H KOBELCO 5650 crawler crane, among the world’s largest, is developed.

The world’s largest 2,000˚C hot isostatic press is completed.

A manufacturing facility for superalloy powder is completed.

The Biotechnology Research Laboratory opens. Wire rod with the world’s largest diameter of 60 mm is successfully produced.

A pressure-resistant titanium alloy shell is adopted for the Shinkai 6500 research submersible.

Kobe Steel’s Rugby Club wins the National CompanyRugby Championship and the All-Japan Championship for the first time.

The Tsukuba Research Laboratory for biotechnology research is established.

Kobe Steel receives orders for an HIP system with the world’s highest operating temperature of 3,000 ˚C and an HIP system supporting the world’s highest pressure of 10,000 atmospheres.

Kobe Steel launches a business that develops condominiums with assisted living services.

Kobe Steel lists its shares on the London Stock Exchange and established an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program in the United States.

Kobe Steel develops one of the world’s highest classes of superconducting magnets.

Kobe Steel sustains losses totaling 102 billion yen caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

The wholesale power supply (IPP) business is launched.

Kobe Steel participates in a project to build a new city center in eastern Kobe.

DAMP-SHAPE™ is adopted for the 700 Series Nozomibullet trains.

Environmentally friendlychromate-free steel sheetis developed.

The No. 1 Power Plant of the Shinko Kobe Power Station begins commercial operation.

Kobe City awards Kobe Steel an order for a connecting bridge at Kobe Airport and a Port Liner extension.

Shinko Kobe Power Station starts operation of the No. 2 Power Plant, giving it a total power generation capacity of 1.4 million kilowatts.

Kobe Steel celebrates its 100th anniversary.

KOBELCO is adopted as the Kobe Steel Group’s brand.

The Group formulates a Kobe Steel Corporate Philosophy.

A large-scale demonstration plant using the Upgraded Brown Coal (UBC®) Process begins operation in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The world’s first commercial plant using the ITmk3® Process commences production of iron nuggets in Minnesota, USA.

The Group’s medium-to long-term business vision, KOBELCO VISION “G,” is launched.

Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd., is established in Shanghai as our China headquarters.

Kobelco Construction Machinery completes its Itsukaichi Factory and Global Engineering Center

Fiscal 2013-2015 Medium-Term Business Plan is Iaunched

Kobelco Automotive Aluminum Rolled Products (China) Co., Ltd., is established in China to make aluminum sheet for automobiles.

Kobelco Angang Auto Steel Co., Ltd. is established in China to make advanced cold-rolled, high-strength steel sheet for automobiles.

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Overseas Group CompaniesCOMPANY NAME LOCATION TEL / FAX ESTABLISHED EQUITY SHARE BUSINESS


Grand Blanc Processing, LLC Michigan, USA

TEL: +1-810-694-6000FAX: +1-810-694-5164

Investment2003-4

20.0% Production and sale of CHQ wire

Jiangyin Sugita Fasten Spring Wire Co., Ltd. Jiangsu, China

TEL: +86-510-8666-8585FAX: +86-510-8666-8989

2005-8 60.0%Production and sale of oil-tempered wire for automotive suspension springs

Kobe CH Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Bangkok, Thailand

TEL: +66-2988-0576FAX: +66-2988-0954

1997-8 30.0% Production and sale of CHQ wire

Kobe Special Steel Wire Products (Pinghu) Co., Ltd. Zhejiang, China

TEL: +86-573-8522-3100FAX: +86-573-8522-3115

2007-11 47.0% Production and sale of CHQ wire

Kobe Wire Products (Foshan) Co., Ltd. Guangdong, China

TEL: +86-757-8540-9380 FAX: +86-757-8540-9396

2004-11 60.0%Production and sale of cold-fi nished steel bar and CHQ wire

Kobelco Angang Auto Steel Co.,Ltd. Liaoning, China

TEL: +86-412-6757635FAX: +86-412-6757635

2014-8 49.0%Production and sale of automotive cold-rolled, high-strength steel

Kobelco CH Wire Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.

Guanajuato,Mexico — 2014-9 10.0% Production and sale of CHQ wire

Kobelco Spring Wire (Foshan) Co., Ltd. Guangdong, China

TEL: +86-757-8543-3186 FAX: +86-757-8543-3189

2012-1 50.0%Production and sale of steel wire for high-grade springs

Mahajak Kyodo Co., Ltd. Bangkok, ThailandTEL: +66-2988-1493FAX: +66-2988-1008

Investment2002-5

27.5%Production and sale of cold-fi nished steel bar

Microfi ne Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China

TEL: +86-21-6443-5061FAX: +86-21-6443-5066

2011-10 100.0%Sale of steel products, market research, technical services

PRO-TEC Coating Company Ohio, USA

TEL: +1-419-943-1100FAX: +1-419-943-1101

1990-3 50.0%Production of hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet and cold-rolled, high-strength steel sheet

Shinko Wire (Guangzhou) Sales Co., Ltd. Guangzhou, China

TEL: +020-2283-6066FAX: +020-2283-6068

2013-7 100.0% Sale of steel products

Tesac Shinko Wirerope Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Shanghai, ChinaTEL: +86-21-3313-0512FAX: +86-21-3313-0515

2011-3 100.0%Sale of wire ropes, technical support, consulting

Welding Business

Kobe MIG Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Samutprakarn, Thailand

TEL: +66-2324-0588FAX: +66-2324-0797

1988-9 66.0%Manufacture and sale of solid welding wires for carbon steel

Kobe Welding (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Penang, Malaysia

TEL: +60-4-3905792FAX: +60-4-3905827

1995-4 85.0%Manufacture and sale of covered electrodes for mild steel

Kobe Welding of Korea Co., Ltd.

Kyungnam, South Korea

TEL: +82-55-292-6886FAX: +82-55-292-7786

1995-3 91.0%Manufacture and sale of fl ux-cored wires for mild steel

Kobe Welding of Shanghai Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China

TEL: +86-21-6191-7850FAX: +86-21-6191-7851

2010-2 100.0%Sale of welding materials, welding systems and parts.

Kobe Welding of Tangshan Co., Ltd. Hebei, China

TEL: +86-315-3852805FAX: +86-315-3852829

2002-11 48.0%Manufacture and sale of solid welding wires for carbon steel

Kobe Welding of Qingdao Co., Ltd. Qingdao, China

TEL: +86-532-8098-5005FAX: +86-532-8098-5008

2008-2 90.0%Manufacture and sale of fl ux-cored welding wires for mild steel

Kobelco Welding Asia Pacifi c Pte. Ltd. Singapore

TEL: +65-6268-2711FAX: +65-6264-1751


Kobelco Welding India Pvt. Ltd. Haryana, India

TEL: +91-124-4010063FAX: +91-124-4010068

2011-6 80.0%Sale of welding materials, welding systems and parts

Kobelco Welding Market-ing of Korea Co., Ltd.

Busan, South Korea

TEL: +82-51-329-8999FAX: +82-51-329-8949

2011-4 51.0% Sale of welding materials

Kobelco Welding of America Inc. Texas, USA

TEL: +1-281-240-5600FAX: +1-281-240-5625

1990-3 100.0% Sale of welding materials

Kobelco Welding of Europe B.V.

Heerlen, Netherlands

TEL: +31-45-547-1111FAX: +31-45-547-1100

1994-6 94.6%Manufacture and sale of fl ux-cored wires for stainless steel andfl ux-cored wires for carbon steel

Thai-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.

Samutprakarn, Thailand

TEL: +66-2324-0588FAX: +66-2324-0797


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Welding Business

Machinery Business

Kobelco Cranes

COMPANY NAME LOCATION TEL / FAX ESTABLISHED EQUITY SHARE BUSINESS


Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) Co., Ltd. Jiangsu, China

TEL: +86-512-6878-7060FAX: +86-512-6878-7066

2010-9 60.0%Manufacture and sale of aluminum forgings for automotive suspensions

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, LLC Kentucky, USA

TEL: +1-270-842-6492FAX: +1-270-846-4648

2003-5 60.0%

Manufacture and sale of aluminum forgings for automotive suspensions and aluminum cast rods for compressors

Kobe Electronics Material(Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Ayutthaya, Thailand

TEL: +66-35-314-070FAX: +66-35-314-065

2001-9 100.0%Copper coil slitting, sale of copper strips for electronic materials

Kobe Precision Technology Sdn. Bhd. Penang, Malaysia TEL: +60-4362-7222 1992-2 100.0%

Manufacture and sale of aluminum substrates for hard disks

Kobelco Automotive Aluminum Rolled Products (China) Co., Ltd.

Tianjin, China — 2014-1 100.0%Production and sale of aluminum sheet for automotive panels

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

Ehsan, MalaysiaTEL: +60-3-5191-2601FAX: +60-3-5191-2611

1987-10 100.0%Manufacture and sale of copper tubes and tube parts

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Rayong, ThailandTEL: +66-3896-1962FAX: +66-3896-1965

1996-11 100.0%Manufacture and sale of inner-grooved copper tubes and smooth bore tubes for air conditioners

Singapore Kobe Pte. Ltd. Singapore　 TEL: +65-6261-0788FAX: +65-6265-7926

1976-8 100.0%Copper coil slitting, Manufacture and sale of leadframes

Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co., Ltd. Jiangsu, China

TEL: +86-512-8717-1555FAX: +86-512-8717-1550

2005-5 100.0%Copper coil slitting, sale of copper strips for electronic materials

Machinery Business

Beijing Kobelion KobelcoCompressors Corporation Beijing, China

TEL: +86-10-6771-0301FAX: +86-10-6771-0367, 0357

2011-1 100.0% Sale of standard compressors

KOBELCO Advanced Coating (America), Inc. Illinois, USA　 TEL: +1-847-520-6000

FAX: +1-847-520-62222006-8 100.0% PVD toll coating services

Kobelco Advanced Lube-system Asia Co., Ltd.

Busan, South Korea

TEL: +82-51-205-0794 2013-6 50.0%Manufacture, sale, after-sales service and maintenance of industrial machinery/compressor LO units, etc.

Kobelco Compressors America, Inc. California, USA

TEL: +1-951-739-3030FAX: +1-951-739-3029

2006-2 100.0%

Manufacture and sale of process gas compressor system, refrigera-tion systems, pressure vessels and heat exchangers

Kobelco CompressorsManufacturing Indiana, Inc. Indiana, USA

TEL: +1-574-295-3145FAX: +1-574-293-1641

Acquisition 1988-9

100.0%Manufacture and sale of screw compressors

Kobelco CompressorsManufacturing (Shanghai)Corporation

Shanghai, ChinaTEL: +86-21-3996-6381FAX: +86-21-3996-6380

2004-2 100.0%Manufacture and sale of standard compressors

Kobelco Compressors (Shanghai) Corporation Shanghai, China

TEL: +86-21-3996-6392FAX: +86-21-3996-6389, 6390


Kobelco Compressors (Shanghai) Corporation Guangdong Branch

Shenzhen, ChinaTEL: +86-20-3878-5361FAX: +86-20-3878-5253


Kobelco Machinery Asia Pte. Ltd. Singapore

TEL: +65-6261-5807FAX: +65-6261-3719

1999-1 100.0%Sale and service of standard compressors and industrial machinery

Kobelco Machinery do Brasil Ltda. Sao Paulo, Brazil TEL: +55-11-2186-0265 2013-11 100.0%

Marketing, sale and after-sales service of nonstandard compressors

Kobelco Machinery Europe GmbH Munich, Germany TEL: +49-89-5434-478-0 2012-7 100.0%

Sale of nonstandard compressors, parts procurement

Kobelco Machinery India Pte. Ltd. West Bengal, India

TEL: +91-33-4011-5222FAX: +91-33-4011-5223

2009-6 90.0%Marketing and sale of steel produc-tion and metalworking machinery

Kobelco Machinery Middle East FZE. Dubai, UAE TEL: +971-4-238-4009 2012-7 100.0%

After-sales service of nonstandard compressors

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Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc. Ohio, USA

TEL: +1-330-655-3111FAX: +1-330-656-9724

Acquisition 1989-6

100.0%Manufacture and sale of tire, rubber and plastics processing machinery

L&T Kobelco Machinery Pte. Ltd. Tamil Nadu, India TEL: +91-44-6720-2300 2010-11 49.0%

Manufacture and sale of rubber mixers and extruders

Yiyang Yishen Rubber Machinery Co., Ltd. Hunan, China

TEL: +86-737-620-3330FAX: +86-737-620-3035

1995-9 25.0%Manufacture and sale of tire curing presses

Wuxi Compressor Co., Ltd. Zhejiang, ChinaTEL: +86-510-8502-4889, Ext.98883FAX: +86-510-8501-9865

Investment2011-4

44.3%Design, manufacture and sale of nonstandard compressors


Midrex Metallurgy Technology Services (Shanghai) Ltd. *

Shanghai, China TEL: +86-21-61573700 2011-5 100.0%

Sales, support and engineering for Chinese projects* A subsidiary company of Midrex

Technologies, Inc.

Midrex Technologies, Inc. North Carolina, USA

TEL: +1-704-373-1600FAX: +1-704-373-1611

Acquisition 1983-8

100.0%Sales, engineering and technical services for direct reduction processes

Midrex Technologies India Pte. Ltd.* Haryana, India TEL: 0124-4908712 2011-7 100.0%

Sales and support for Indian projects* A subsidiary company of Midrex Technologies, Inc.

Midrex UK Ltd. * London, UK TEL: +44-207-0891520 2009-5 100.0%Project fi nancing and support* A subsidiary company of Midrex

Technologies, Inc.


Kobelco Eco-Solutions (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Selangor, Malaysia — 2012-2 100.0%

Planning, provision, construction and maintenance management of water treatment facilities, sale of spare parts, chemicals and consumables, etc.

Kobelco Eco-solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

TEL: +84-8-3933-0646FAX: +84-8-3933-0622

2010-11 100.0%

Planning, construction and maintenance management of water, sewage and waste treatment facilities, production of glass-lined instruments, etc.


Chengdu KobelcoConstruction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Sichuan, ChinaTEL: +86-28-479-0028FAX: +86-28-479-1622

1994-9 89.0% Manufacture of hydraulic excavators

Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery Financial Leasing Ltd.

Sichuan, ChinaTEL:+028-8841-2070FAX:+028-8841-2071

2008-2 76.0%Leasing of hydraulic excavators and related equipment in China

Chengdu KobelcoConstruction Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd.

Sichuan, ChinaTEL:+028-8841-2188FAX:+028-8841-2166

2003-7 56.0%Sales and service operations in China

Hangzhou Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang, ChinaTEL: +86-571-2889-6588FAX: +86-571-2889-6566


Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd.

Uttar Pradesh, India

TEL: +91-120-4079900FAX: +91-120-4079999

2006-11 95.0%Manufacture, sales and service operations in India

Kobelco Construction Machinery Australia Pty. Ltd.

New South Wales, Australia

TEL: +61-2-8863-4900FAX: +61-2-8863-4999

2001-8 100.0%Sales and service operations in Australia and New Zealand

Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V.

Almere,Netherlands

TEL: +31-36-2020-300 2013-6 100.0%Sales and service operations in Europe, Russia-CIS, Maghreb-West Africa, and Israel

Kobelco Construction Machinery Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

Selangor, MalaysiaTEL: +60-3-5192-7533FAX: +60-3-5192-5855

1982-12 100.0%Sales and service operations in Malaysia

Kobelco Construction Machinery U.S.A. Inc. Texas, USA TEL: +1-281-888-8430 2001-7 100.0%

Sales and service operations in North, Central and South America

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Kobelco Construction Machinery Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Dong Nai, VietnamTEL: +84-61-3834-656FAX: +84-61-3834-665

2004-6 100.0%Sales and service operations in Vietnam

Kobelco International (S) Co., Pte. Ltd. Singapore

TEL: +65-6268-8200FAX: +65-6261-3719

1999-9 100.0%Sales and service operations in Southeast Asia

Kobelco Precision Machinery Hangzhou Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang, ChinaTEL:+0571-2889-3025FAX:+0571-2889-3028

2010-12 100.0%Manufacture and sales of construc-tion machinery parts

P.T. Daya Kobelco Construction Machinery Indonesia

Jakarta, IndonesiaTEL: +62-21-7592-2828FAX: +62-21-7592-2822

2000-11 100.0%Sales and service operations in Indonesia

Ricon Private Limited SingaporeTEL: +65-6862-2401FAX: + 65-6861-5828

1975-4 75.0%Sales and service operations in Singapore

Thai Kobelco ConstructionMachinery Ltd. Rayong, Thailand

TEL: +66-3895-0040FAX: +66-3895-0045


Kobelco Cranes

Chengdu Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd. Sichuan, China

TEL: +86-28-6508-5564FAX: +86-28-6508-5577

2010-10 51.0%Manufacture, sales and service operations of cranes in China

Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd. West Sussex, UK

TEL: +44-1342-301122FAX: +44-1342-326987

2003-9 100.0% Sales and service operations of cranes in Europe and Africa

Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India

TEL: +91-11-40151900FAX: +91-11-40151952

2010-8 99.78%Manufacture, sales and service operations of cranes in India

Kobelco Cranes Middle East FZE. Sharjah, UAE

TEL: +971-6-557-8114FAX: +971-6-557-8115

2008-11 100.0%Sales and service operations of cranes in the Middle East

Kobelco Cranes North America Inc. Texas, USA

TEL: +1-713-856-5755FAX: +1-713-856-9072

2003-11 100.0%Sales and service operations of cranes in North, Central and South America

Kobelco Cranes (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China

TEL: +86-21-5382-0120FAX: +86-21-5382-2090

2010-2 100.0%Sales and service operations of cranes in China

Kobelco Cranes South East Asia Pte. Ltd. Singapore

TEL: +65-6268-1308FAX: +65-6268-2490

2007-6 100.0%Sales and service operations of cranes in South East Asia

Other Businesses

Beijing Oriental Shentong Expert Training Co., Ltd. Beijing, China

TEL: +86-10-6777-1333FAX: +86-10-6597-4448

2004-4 33.3%Employee training, human resources development and consulting, publishing, employment screening

Kobelco Logistics (Shanghai) Ltd. Shanghai, China

TEL: +86-21-6473-0982FAX: +86-21-6473-0171

2011-6 100.0%International freight forwarding of import and export cargo

Kobelco Precision Parts (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Jiangsu, China

TEL: +86-512-8187-8277FAX: +86-512-8187-8272

2010-12 80.0%

Precision processing of conveyor parts for vacuum equipment for manufacturing LCDs, semiconductors and solar panels; bonding of target material for LCD panels

Kobelco Trading (Shang-hai) Co., Ltd.

Shanghai, ChinaBeijing, ChinaGuangzhou, ChinaChengdu, ChinaDalian, ChinaWuhan, China

TEL: +86-21-5396-6464FAX: +86-21-5396-5975

2006-9 100.0%

Import/export and trading of iron and steel, raw materials, nonferrous metals, machinery, welding materials and products for the information industry

Shanghai Shinsho Trading Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China

TEL: +86-21-5396-6464FAX: +86-21-5396-5975

1998-4 100.0%

Consulting for international trading and other trading, trading in compa-nies of bonded area and commer-cialpurpose simple processing.

Shinsho Osaka Seiko (Nangtong) Corporation Jiangsu, China

TEL: +86-513-8919-1055FAX: +86-513-8919-1056

2013-1 55.0%

Cutting and chamfering, cold forging processing and shaving processing for round stick of specialty steel and import/export and trade of these products

Suzhou Shinko-Shoji Material Co., Ltd. Jiangsu, China

TEL: +86-512-6287-1233 FAX: +86-512-6287-1231

2006-7 100.0%Slitting, shearing and sale of aluminum sheets and strips

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Kobe Steel Business LocationsHead Offi ces / Branch Offi ces / Sales Offi ces

Kobe Head Offi ce 2-4, Wakinohama-Kaigandori 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-8585, Japan Tel. +81-78-261-5111 Fax. +81-78-261-4123

Tokyo Head Offi ce ON Building, 9-12, Kita-Shinagawa 5-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8688, Japan Tel. +81-3-5739-6000 Fax. +81-3-5739-6903

Osaka Branch Offi ce Midosuji Mitsui Building, 1-3, Bingomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka 541-8536, Japan Tel. +81-6-6206-6111 Fax. +81-6-6206-6101

Nagoya Branch Offi ce Nagoya Prime Central Tower 15th Floor, 27-8, Meieki 2-chome, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 451-0045, Japan Tel. +81-52-584-6111 Fax. +81-52-584-6105

Hokkaido Sales Offi ce Nippon Seimei Kitamonkan Building, 1-3, Kita-Shijo Nishi 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0004, Japan Tel. +81-11-261-9331 Fax. +81-11-251-2533

Tohoku Sales Offi ce Sendai NS Building, 2-25, Ichibancho 1-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0811, Japan Tel. +81-22-261-8811 Fax. +81-22-261-0762

Niigata Sales Offi ce Nippon Seimei Niigata Building, 4-10, Higashiodori 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata 950-0087, Japan Tel. +81-25-245-8681 Fax. +81-25-243-1645

Hokuriku Sales Offi ce Urban Place, 18-7, Ushijimacho, Toyama, Toyama 930-0858, Japan Tel. +81-76-441-4226 Fax. +81-76-442-4088

Shikoku Sales Offi ce Takamatsu Kogin Building, 6-8, Bancho 1-chome, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-0017, Japan Tel. +81-87-823-7222 Fax. +81-87-823-7333

Chugoku Sales Offi ce Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hiroshima Building 11th Floor, 4-25, Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 730-0036, Japan Tel. +81-82-258-5301 Fax. +81-82-258-5309

Kyushu Sales Offi ce Shinkansen Hakata Building, 1-1, Hakataeki Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan Tel. +81-92-431-2211 Fax. +81-92-432-4002

Okinawa Sales Offi ce Naha Shintoshin Media Building-West, 3-31, Omoromachi 1-chome, Naha, Okinawa 900-0006, Japan Tel. +81-98-866-4923 Fax. +81-98-869-6185

Takasago Works 3-1, Araicho Shinhama 2-chome, Takasago, Hyogo 676-8670, Japan Tel. +81-79-445-7111 Fax. +81-79-445-7231

Research LaboratoriesKobe Corporate Research Laboratories 5-5, Takatsukadai 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2271, Japan Tel. +81-78-992-5600 Fax. +81-78-992-5532

Works and PlantsKakogawa Works 1, Kanazawacho, Kakogawa, Hyogo 675-0137, Japan Tel. +81-79-436-1111 Fax. +81-79-436-1400

Research & Development Laboratory 2222-1, Onoecho Ikeda, Kakogawa, Hyogo 675-0023, Japan Tel. +81-79-427-5000 Fax. +81-79-427-5072

Kobe Works 2, Nadahama Higashicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0863, Japan Tel. +81-78-882-8030 Fax. +81-78-882-8290

Fujisawa Plant 100-1, Miyamae, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8551, Japan Tel. +81-466-20-3111 Fax. +81-466-20-3115

Ibaraki Plant 2-19, Higashi-Unobecho, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0879, Japan Tel. +81-72-621-2111 Fax. +81-72-621-2015

Saijo Plant 6400-1, Saijocho Misonou, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0024, Japan Tel. +81-82-423-3311 Fax. +81-82-420-0038

Fukuchiyama Plant 36, Osadanocho 3-chome, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto 620-0853, Japan Tel. +81-773-27-2131 Fax. +81-773-27-6358

Moka Plant 15, Kinugaoka, Moka, Tochigi 321-4367, Japan Tel. +81-285-82-4111 Fax. +81-285-84-0231

Chofu Works 14-1, Chofu Minatomachi, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi 752-0953, Japan Tel. +81-83-246-1211 Fax. +81-83-246-1271

Daian Plant 1100, Daiancho Umedo, Inabe, Mie 511-0284, Japan Tel. +81-594-77-0330 Fax. +81-594-77-2249

Harima Plant 41, Niijima, Harimacho, Kako-gun, Hyogo 675-0155, Japan Tel. +81-79-436-2101 Fax. +81-79-436-2199

Overseas Offi ces

NEW YORK Kobe Steel USA Inc. (US headquarters, New York head offi ce)535 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022, U.S.A. Tel. +1-212-751-9400 Fax. +1-212-355-5564

DETROIT Kobe Steel USA Inc. (US headquarters, Detroit branch)19575 Victor Parkway, Suite 250 Livonia, MI 48152, U.S.A. Tel. +1-734-462-7757 Fax. +1-734-462-7758

SINGAPORE Kobe Steel Asia Pte. Ltd. (Singapore head offi ce)72 Anson Road, #11-01A Anson House, Singapore 079911, Republic of Singapore

Tel. +65-6221-6177 Fax. +65-6225-6631

HONG KONG Kobe Steel Asia Pte. Ltd. (Hong Kong Offi ce)Room 1604, MassMutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel. +852-2865-0040 Fax. +852-2520-6347

BANGKOKKobe Steel, Ltd. Bangkok Offi ce10th Floor, Sathorn Thani Tower ll, 92/23 North Sathorn Road, Khwaeng Silom, Khet Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Kingdom of Thailand

Tel. +66-2636-8971 to 8974 Fax. +66-2636-8675

BEIJINGKobe Steel, Ltd. Beijing Offi ceUnit 1005, Building A, The Lucky Tower, No. 3 North Dongsanhuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, People’s Republic of China

Tel. +86-10-6461-8491 to 8493 Fax. +86-10-6461-8490

SHANGHAIKobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd. (China headquarters, investment company)Room 3701, Hong Kong New World Tower, No. 300 Middle Huaihai Road, Luwan District, Shanghai 200021, People’s Republic of China

Tel. +86-21-6415-4977 Fax. +86-21-6415-9409

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