Kobe Steel
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| Public KK | |
| Traded as |
TYO: 5406 OSE: 5406 NAG: 5406 OTC Pink: KBSTY Nikkei 225 Component |
| Industry | Steel |
| Founded |
Kobe, Japan (September 1, 1905) |
| Headquarters | 2-4, Wakinohama-Kaigandori 2-chome, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, 651-8585, Japan |
Key people | Hiroya Kawasaki, (CEO and President) |
| Products |
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| Revenue | (¥ 1.685 billion) (FY 2012) |
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$ -286 million (FY 2012) (¥ -26.976 billion) (FY 2012) | |
Number of employees | 36,018 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2013) |
| Website | Official website |
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Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (株式会社神戸製鋼所 Kabushiki-gaisha Kōbe Seikō-sho), operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies.[3]
It was formed on September 1, 1905. Its location in a major city port was useful for importing and exporting iron ore and coal. Kobe Steel is the owner of the rugby team Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers.
The company is listed on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchange, on the Osaka Securities Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[4] As of March 31, 2014, the company had 208 subsidiary and 62 affiliated companies across Japan, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.[1]
Kobe Steel is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.
Business segments and products
- Iron & Steel: ordinary wire rod, specialty steel wire rod, specialty steel wire, ordinary steel bar, specialty steel bar, heavy plate, medium plate and sheet (hot-rolled, coldrolled, surface treated), titanium and titanium alloys, foundry pig iron and pig iron for steelmaking, stainless steel tube, specialty steel products, wholesale electric power supply
- Welding: covered welding electrodes, welding wire for automatic and semi-automatic welding, flux, welding robots and welding robot systems, welding power sources, welding-related testing, analysis and consulting
- Aluminum & Copper: aluminum can stock, aluminum sheet for heat exchangers and automotive use, aluminum extrusions, aluminum disk material for HDDs, aluminum foil, copper sheet and strip for semiconductors, copper sheet and strip for terminals, aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy castings and forgings
- Machinery: equipment for nuclear power plants, equipment for energy and chemical fields, tire and rubber machinery, plastic processing machinery, metalworking machinery
- Engineering: ironmaking plants (direct reduction), other plants and equipment (pelletizing, petrochemical, etc.), nuclear power-related plants, erosion control and disaster prevention structures, civil engineering, advanced urban transit systems
- Kobelco Eco-Solutions: industrial water plants, water and sewage plants, ultrapure and pure water, industrial water and waste water treatment equipment, recycling plants for processing organic waste materials (sewage sludge and foodstuffs), municipal waste incineration and melting plants, Bulky waste recycling facilities for bulky waste, Polychlorinated biphenyl waste treatment facilities, brewing equipment, hydrogen oxygen generator, environmental analysis
- Kobelco Construction Machinery: hydraulic excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders, road-building equipment, demolition machines
- Kobelco Cranes:crawler cranes, rough terrain cranes, work vessels
- Other: sputtering targets, superconducting products, real estate services, administration of public facilities[5][6]
Manufacturing locations
- Kakogawa, Hyōgo
- Kobe, Hyogo
- Takasago, Hyōgo
- Fujisawa, Kanagawa
- Ibaraki, Osaka
- Nishijo, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima
- Mooka, Tochigi
- Chofu, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
- Daian, Inabe, Mie
- Harima, Hyōgo
- Moore, South Carolina
- Hayward, California (Kobe Precision, Inc.)[7]
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See also
References
- 1 2 "Corporate Profile". Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Consolidated Financial Results for Fiscal 2012" (PDF). Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Key events". Osaka Titanium Technologies. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Business Activities". Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Facts & Figures Report 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Kobe Precision Introduces Copper Wafer Recycling Process". Laboratory Network.com. July 14, 1999. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
External links
- Official global website (in English)
- Kobe Steel Group of Companies
- History of Kobe Steel Group
- Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe
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