Kobe Steel Group, a Kobe, Japan, based steelmaker, aluminum and copper products supplier.
Kobe Steel, Ltd. is one of Japan's leading steelmakers, as well as the top supplier of aluminum and copper products. Other businesses include welding consumables, urban infrastructure and plant engineering services, and industrial machinery. The company also has high-tech businesses in electronics and information systems.
Kobe Steel has numerous consolidated and equity-valued companies in Japan, the Americas, Asia and Europe. KOBELCO is the corporate mark used by Kobe Steel on a variety of products and in the names of a number of group companies.
All Kobelco welding consumables are desigated with Trade Designation and are grouped into the following three groups on the basis of the characteristics of individual products as detailed below
FAMILIARC: A coined word produced by combining "Familiar" and "Arc". For general welded structures made of mild steels and high tensile strength steels that have the tensile strength of less than 590 MPa.
TRUSTARC: A coined word produced by combining "Trust" and "Arc". For such steels that require highly credible qualities as high tensile strength steels with the tensile strength of 570MPa or higher, low temperature steels, and heat-resistant low-alloy steels.
PREMIARC: A coined word produced by combining "Premium" and "Arc". For High-alloy steels, stainless steels, and nonferrous metal.