Environmental Management Environmental Sustainability Report 2004

Company Profile

Company name: Kobe Steel, Ltd. ・stablished on: September 1, 1905 Capital paid: 218.2 billion yen (as of March 31, 2004) President: Yasuo Inubushi     Head office: 10-26 Wakinohamacho 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-8585 Phone: (078) 261-5111 Fax: (078) 261-4123 Tokyo head office: 9-12 Kitashinagawa 5-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8688 Phone: (03) 5739-6000 Fax: (03) 5739-6903 Branch offices, sales offices/works and plants (as of March 31, 2004) Branch office: Osaka and Nagoya Sales office: Hokkaido (Sapporo), Tohoku (Sendai), Niigata (Niigata), Hokuriku (Toyama), Shikoku (Takamatsu), Chugoku (Hiroshima), Kyushu (Fukuoka), Okinawa (Naha) Works and plants: (as of March 31, 2004) <Iron & Steel Sector> Kakogawa, Kobe, and Takasago <Welding Company> Fujisawa, Ibaraki, and Saijo <Aluminum & Copper Company> Moka, Chofu, Hadano, and Daian <Infrastructure and Plant Engineering/Machinery Company> Takasago and Harima *Domestic group companies are listed in the "Table of Group Companies." Consolidated sales Sales by sectors (2003) http://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/ir/index.html Number of employees (Kobe Steel Ltd.)