Kobelco Group's Business Domain
The Kobelco Group has eight business segments,
each creating distinctive products and technologies across diverse range of fields.
- Materials Businesses
- Machinery Businesses
- Electric Power Business and Other Businesses
Steel & Aluminum
We achieve maximum synergy as one of the few manufacturers of both steel and aluminum products worldwide.
Steel wire rods and bars
- Ordinary wire rods
- Special wire rods
- Special steel wire rods
- Ordinary steel bars
- Special steel bars
- Foundry pig iron
- Pig iron for steelmaking
Steel plates and sheets
- Steel plates
- Steel sheets (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, surface treated)
Steel slag
- Slag products
Aluminum rolled products
- Aluminum can stock
- Aluminum sheets for automobiles (aluminum sheets for automotive panels, aluminum alloy clad sheets for heat exchangers and battery coolers)
- Fins for air conditioners
- Aluminum plates for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment
- Aluminum disk materials for HDDs
Advanced Materials
A leading producer of advanced materials in Japan, contributing to the weight reduction of automobiles, aircrafts, rolling stock, vessels, and more
- Steel castings and forgings (marine, electrical, and industrial machinery parts, etc.)
- Aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy castings and forgings (aircraft parts, automobile parts, etc.)
- Titanium and titanium alloys, aluminum alloy forged and processed products (automotive parts)
- Aluminum extrusions and machined products (automotive extrusions, automotive parts, extrusions for rolling stock, etc.)
- Copper rolled products (copper strips for semiconductors, copper strips for automotive terminals, lead frames)
- Steel powder
Welding
Striving to become No. 1 in Asia as the world's most reliable welding solutions company, we are promoting total welding solutions including welding materials, welding robot systems, and welding technologies.
Welding materials
- Shielded metal arc welding electrodes
- Wires for automatic and semi-automatic welding
- Fluxes
Welding systems
- Welding robots
- Welding power sources
- Welding robot systems
Testing and inspection
- Welding-related testing, analysis and consulting
Machinery
We offer a wide range of products, including industrial machinery, compressors, and energy equipment. To capture global demand in growth markets such as the environment, energy, and automotive sectors, we are working to create distinctive products and technologies while also strengthening our manufacturing capabilities and building an optimal production system.
Industrial Machinery
- Isostatic pressing (IP) equipment
- PVD coating systems (high-performance products)
- Tire and rubber machinery
- Steelmaking machinery & rolling mills (heavy machinery)
- Semiconductor silicon wafer inspection system
Energy & Chemical Machinery
- Plastics processing machinery
- Non-standard compressors (rotating machinery)
- Heat exchangers and vaporizers
- Standard compressors and chillers (Kobelco Compressors Corporation)
Engineering
Our engineering capabilities allow our industry-leading processes to be combined and integrated with a variety of technologies and expertise.
We contribute to society by responding flexibly to our customers' diverse and evolving demands and providing value-added solutions.
Plants
- Direct reduction ironmaking
- Pelletizing
- Petrochemical
- Nuclear power-related
- Water treatment
- Waste treatment, etc.
Social infrastructure
- Civil engineering
- Advanced urban transit systems
Chemical and foodstuff
- Chemical and food processing equipment
Construction Machinery
Kobelco Construction Machinery, a construction machinery company specializing in excavators and cranes, strives to create new value and contribute to the development of a prosperous society. We will meet our customers' needs by offering differentiated products, unique services, and innovative solutions that combine our long-standing environmental technologies and manufacturing expertise—focusing on low fuel consumption and low noise—with new technologies such as ICT and IoT. Our global network of local subsidiaries and distributors ensures that we can meet the specific needs of each region and application worldwide.
Civil engineering and construction machinery
- Hydraulic excavators
- Mini excavators
- Mini wheel loaders
- Road machines
Environmental recycling machinery
- Metal recycling machines
- Construction recycling machines
- Industrial waste recycling machines
- Forestry machines
Crawler cranes
- Lattice boom crawler cranes
- Telescopic boom crawler cranes
Wheel cranes
- Rough terrain cranes
- Lattice boom wheel cranes
Electric Power
Our power supply business began in fiscal 2002 and contributes to a stable supply of electricity for local communities. Currently, we operate four coal-fired power generation facilities in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture (Kobe Power Plant No. 1 to 4 units) and two gas-fired power generation facilities in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture (Moka Power Plant No. 1 and 2 units).
- Electric power supply
Other Businesses
- General trading company
- High-pressure gas cylinder manufacturing