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 Sustainability Report 2009
Message from the President
Overview of the Kobe Steel Group
1. ITmk3 Ironmaking Technology
2. Upgraded Brown Coal
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
Strengthening Compliance
Highlights on Society
Contributing to Society
Relations with Customers and Business Partners
Relations with Shareholders and Investors
Creating an Attractive Working Environment
Disaster Prevention Activities
Eco Highlights
Policy and Framework for Environmental Management
Countermeasures for Air Emission Problem at Steelworks
Material Balance
Medium-Term Environmental Targets, Results and Evaluation
Measures Against Global Warming
Resource Recycling Measures
Proper Control of Chemical Substances
Reducing the Environmental Burden
Environmental Accounting
Products, Technologies and Services to Benefit the Environment
Contributing to the Environment through R&D
Disclosure of Environmental Information
Cooperation with the Local Community
Promotion of Employee Initiatives
Thorough risk management
Emission Data of Production Facilities
Reader Evaluations
Third-Party Comment and Editorial Postscript
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Sustainability Report 2009
Overview of the Kobe Steel Group
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Company name Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Group-wide corporate logo mark KOBELCO
Established September 1, 1905
Incorporated June 28, 1911
President Hiroshi Sato
Capitalization ¥233.3 billion
(As of March 31, 2009)
Sales Consolidated ¥2,177.2 billion
(Fiscal 2008)
Non-consolidated ¥1,359.3 billion
(Fiscal 2008)
Employees Consolidated: 33,526
(As of March 31, 2009)
Non-consolidated: 9,932
(As of March 31, 2009, excluding personnel on loan)
Consolidated subsidiaries and equity-valued affiliates 212 (as of March 31, 2009)
Fiscal 2008 Consolidated Segment Sales
(in billions of yen)
Fiscal 2008 Consolidated Segment Sales (in billions of yen)
Iron & Steel Segment
Main products Steel wire rod and bar, steel sheet, steel plate, steel castings and forgings, titanium, steel powder, welding consumables, welding robot systems
Sales ¥1,022.4 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income ¥77.7 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main production locations Kakogawa Works, Kobe Works, Takasago Works, Ibaraki Plant, Saijo Plant, Fujisawa Industrial Operations
Group Companies 60
Iron & Steel
Group companies
  OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd.
* Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
KS Summit Steel Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Eagle Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
* Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd.
* Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd.
* K.K. Shinko Energy Service
* Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co., ltd.
* Shinko Kenzai, Ltd.
* Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.
 
* Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd.
* Shinko Slag Products Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Sohgo Service Ltd.
* Shinko Special Tube Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Logistics, Ltd.
* Shinko Bolt, Ltd.
* Ceratechno Co,. Ltd.
* Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd.
* Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd.
   
Welding
Group companies
* NI Welding Corporation
* NI-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
* Kobe Welding Wire Co., ltd.
* Kobelco Robotics Service Co., Ltd.
* JFE Welding Rod Co., Ltd.
(Company name changed to JKW Co., Ltd. in April 2009).
 
* Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Taseto Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd.
* Shinsho Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
* Taseto Co., Ltd.
* Hanshin Yosetu Kizai Co., Ltd.
Aluminum and Copper Segment
Main products Aluminum sheet, aluminum extrusions and fabricated products, aluminum alloy and magnesium allow castings and forgings, copper sheet and strip, and tube.
Sales ¥379.3 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income (loss) (¥26.8 billion) (Fiscal 2008)
Main production locations Moka Plant, Chofu Works, Daian Plant
Group companies 28

Group companies
* Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd.
* Sun Aluminium Industries, Ltd.
* Shinko Aluminium Wire Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Daian Sohgo Service Ltd.
* Shinko-North Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Fab Tech, Ltd.
 
* Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Moka Sohgo Service Ltd.
* Shinko Leadmikk, Co., Ltd.
Toyotsu Nonferrous Center Corporation
* Niko-Aluminium Industries, Ltd.
Machinery Segment
Main products Tire and rubber machinery, metalworking machinery, physical vapor deposition systems, plastics processing machinery, compressors, refrigeration compressors, energy equipment, nuclear power equipment, plants (steelmaking, energy, environmental, etc.), resource recycling, advanced urban transit systems, cooling towers
Sales ¥331.0 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income ¥29.5 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main manufacturing locations Takasago Works, Harima Plant
Group companies 40

Group companies
* Industrial Services International Co., Ltd.
* Aomori Technical Service Corporation
* Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Compressor Corporation
* Kobelco Sanki Service Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Air Water Cryoplant, Ltd.
* Shinko Airtech, Ltd.
 
* Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Inspection & Service Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Techno Engineering Co., Ltd.
* Shinwa Wood Works, Ltd.
* Transnuclear, Ltd.
Construction Machinery Segment
Main products Hydraulic excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders, crawler cranes, rough terrain cranes and work vessels
Sales ¥333.0 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income ¥11.2 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main manufacturing locations Hiroshima Factory
(Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.)
Okubo Plant (Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.)
Group companies 49

Group companies
* Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.
 
* Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Wholesale Power Supply Segment
Generating capacity 1,400,000 kW
Sales ¥80.7 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income ¥17.2 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Generator type Coal-fired thermal power
Total construction cost Approximately ¥200 billion
Group companies 1

Group companies
* Shinko Kobe Power Inc.
   
Real Estate Segment
Main activities Real estate sales, brokering, remodeling leasing and building management
Sales ¥37.1 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income ¥1.8 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main operation centers

Head Office of Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Kobe); Tokyo Branch; Osaka Branch; Kakogawa Branch
Group companies 8

Group companies
* Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd.
   
Electronic Materials and Other Businesses Segment
Main Activities Special alloys and other new materials (e.g. target material); materials analysis; high-pressure gas containers, superconducting products, private retirement home management, general trading
Sales ¥55.1 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income ¥3.1 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Group companies

26

Group companies
* Kobe Wing Stadium Co., Ltd.
* I. H. D. Center Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Accounting Service Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.
* Kobelco Systems Corporation
* Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd.
* Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
 
* Shinko Care Life Co., Ltd.
* Shinko JFE Industrial Co., Ltd.
* Shinsho Corporation
* Kobelco Human Create Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Research Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Lease Co., Ltd.
* Twin Foods Co., Ltd.
* Japan Medical Materials Corporation

* Group companies subject to environmental reporting
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