Accelerating the Fusion of Technologies: Intra-Group Linkup Create "Only One" Products, Strength Manufacturing Capabilities

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The Kobe Steel Group sees as its challenge the creation of new value in a wide variety of fields, including the automotive
industry, environment and resources, energy, electronic materials and equipment, by blending the distinctive basic
technologies possessed by our Technical development Group with the advanced technologies developed out of each
business sector's close association with customers and front-line production. By encouraging interaction and the exchange
of ideas on new products and technologies among different Group companies, and by promoting the exchange of production
technologies, we are accelerating the development of new products and high value-added production technologies.

R&D

MRL's contribution is to enhance the competitive edge of KSL business sectors.

 

MERL is actively involved in the development of novel technologies and new products as well as in the improvement of product performance, design & manufacturing processes

PRL is contributing to the enhancement of competitiveness in KSL's existing business domain utilizing its advanced electronics and system control technologies.

 

ERL is contributing to enhance competitiveness in KSL's existing business domain utilizing its advanced electronics and system control technologies, and also concentrating its efforts in developing new technologies and products

Kobe Steel has promoted to develop the utilization technologies of unused hydrocarbon resources (low rank coal, ultra heavy oil)

 

The latest Kobe Steel Engineering Reports are available in PDF format.

The latest Kobelco Technology Review is available in PDF format.