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Kobe Steel provides aid to Sumatra tsunami relief effort
January 20, 2005
TOKYO, January 20, 2005 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. extends its sincere sympathy to
the victims of the Sumatra tsunami.
To assist the people suffering from the tsunami and the disaster-stricken
areas, Kobe Steel pledges to donate 10 million yen by the end of this month
to the Japanese Red Cross Society through the Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business
Federation).
In addition, subsidiary Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. already
announced it would contribute 50 million yen in aid comprising relief goods
and construction equipment with operators and engineers at no cost to the disaster
areas.
In total, the Kobe Steel Group intends to donate 60 million yen in monetary
contributions and goods.
Kobe Steel itself was one of the most heavily damaged companies in the 1995
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and received assistance from throughout Japan
10 years ago. Kobe Steel hopes that the tsunami-hit areas and the people
suffering from the disaster will be able to recover soon.
The Kobe Steel Group is a global enterprise with businesses in metals, machinery, natural resources and engineering, construction machinery, and environmental solutions.
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