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Business Segments & Products

Iron & Steel

Steel wire rod and bar (ordinary wire rod, specialty steel wire rod, ordinary steel bar, specialty steel bar), steel plate (heavy plate, medium plate), steel sheet (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, surface-treated), steel billet, steel castings and forgings (ship parts, electrical appliance parts, industrial machinery parts), titanium and titanium alloys, steel powder, pig iron for steelmaking, foundry pig iron, slag products, stainless steel tube, construction materials, other specialty steel products, steel wire, wholesale power supply

Welding

Welding consumables (covered arc-welding electrodes, welding wires for automatic and semi-automatic welding, dozed fluxes), welding robots, welding power sources, welding robot systems, welding-related testing, analysis and consulting

Aluminum & Copper

Aluminum rolled products (can stock, sheet for heat exchangers, automotive sheet, extrusions, blanks and substrates for hard disks, foil), copper rolled products (sheet and strip for semiconductors and automotive terminals, leadframes, water pipes, tube for air conditioners), aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy castings and forgings (aircraft parts, automotive parts), aluminum fabricated products (automotive parts, construction material, scaffolding material)

Machinery

Energy and chemical equipment, nuclear power equipment, tire and rubber machinery, plastics processing machinery, ultra high-pressure equipment, vacuum deposition systems, metalworking machinery, compressors, refrigeration compressors, heat pumps, ferrous and nonferrous rolling mills

Natural Resources & Engineering

Ironmaking plants (direct reduced iron), other plants (pelletizing, petrochemical), nuclear power-related plant, sabo and disaster prevention products, civil engineering, advanced urban transit systems

Kobelco Eco-Solutions

Water treatment plants, solid waste treatment plants, process equipment

Kobelco Construction Machinery

Hydraulic excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders

Kobelco Cranes

Crawler cranes, rough terrain cranes, work vessels

Other Businesses

Real estate development, construction, sales, brokering and remodeling. Real estate leasing, building management and condominium management. Specialty alloys and other materials (sputtering targets), material analysis, high pressure gas vessels, superconducting materials, life care facilities for the elderly, trading company