Environmental Management Environmental Sustainability Report 2004

Introducing Group Companies

Outline of operations: Sector and internal companies as well as main products and subsidiaries and affiliates Iron & Steel Sector Steels   strips: Carbon wire rods, special wire rods, special steel wire rods, carbon steel bars, special steel bars Steel sheets: Steel plates, medium plates, sheets (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, surface-treated) Billets   Fabricated products, pig iron, castings and forgings (marine parts, electric machinery parts, industrial machinery parts), titanium and titanium alloys, steel powder and powder products, construction materials, pig iron for castings, iron for steelmaking, slag products, steel framing for houses. Subsidiaries and affiliates The Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd. Shinko Sohgo Service Ltd. Kobelco Eagle Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.   Kobe Special Tube Co., Ltd. Komuro Kogyo Co., Ltd.   Shinko Nadahama Construction, Ltd. Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd.   Shinko Logistics, Ltd. Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd.   Shinko Bolt, Ltd. Shinko Kenzai, Ltd.   Shinko Mex Co., Ltd. Shinko Wire Co., Ltd.   Sumitomo Titanium Corporation Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd.   Shinko Shearex Chugoku Co., Ltd. Shinko Kobe Power Inc.   Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd Shinko Shearex Co., Ltd.   Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd. Shinko Slag Products Co., Ltd.   21 companies Welding Company Welding consumables: various covered arc welding electrodes, semi-automatic welding wire, flux. Welding robots, welding power supply, various welding robot systems, high-performance materials Subsidiaries and affiliates NI Welding Corp. Shinko Taseto Co., Ltd. Ni-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.   Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd. Kobe JFE Welding Co., Ltd.   Shinsho Kobe Welding Co., Ltd. Kobelco Robotics Service Co., Ltd.   Hanshin Yosetsu Kizai Co., Ltd. Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.   9 companies Aluminum and Copper Company Aluminum rolled products: aluminum sheets for beverage cans, aluminum sheets for aluminum foil, aluminum sheets for heat exchangers, automotive aluminum sheets, various aluminum extrusions, aluminum substrates for magnetic disks Copper rolled products: air-conditioner copper tubes, rolled sheets and strips for electronic material, leadframes Aluminum forgings: aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy forgings (aircraft parts, automobile parts), aluminum fabricated products (automobile parts). Subsidiaries and affiliates Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube Ltd. Shinko Moka Sohgo Service Ltd. Sun Aluminium Industries, Ltd.   Kobe Leadmikk, Ltd. Shinko Alcoa Transportation Products, Ltd.   Daido Light Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Shinko Daian Sohgo Service Ltd.   Toyotsu Nonferrous Center Corporation Shinko-North Co., Ltd.   Niko-Aluminium Industries, Ltd. Shinko Fab Tech, Ltd.   12 companies Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.     Machinery and Engineering Company Civil engineering, bridge components, new transit systems, various plants (ironmaking/nonferrous, pelletizing, cement, petrochemical), plastic processing machines, tire and rubber machines, metal processing machines, rotating machinery and compressors, refrigerators, heat pumps, high-performance products, semiconductor manufacturing equipment Subsidiaries and affiliates Industrial Services International Co., Ltd. Transnuclear, Ltd. Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd.   Earth Technica Co., Ltd. Shinko I. E. Tech Co., Ltd.   Kobelco Compressors Corporation Shinko Air Water Cryoplant Ltd.   Kobelco Sanki Service Co., Ltd. Shinko Airtech, Ltd.   Shinko Techno Engineering Co., Ltd. Shinko Inspection & Service Co., Ltd.   Shinwa Wood Works, Ltd. Shinko Plant Construction Co., Ltd.   13 companies Real Estate Real estate transactions and leasing, building management, regional and urban development Subsidiaries and affiliates Aono Resort Co., Ltd. Shinko Kosan Kensetu Co., Ltd. Kobelco Development Co., Ltd.   Shinko Kosan Building Service, Ltd. Jikurefu Service, Ltd.   Shinko Insurance Service, Ltd. Shiroyama Kaihatu Co., Ltd.   Hachinohe Waterfront Development Co., Ltd. Shinko Care Life Co., Ltd.   9 companies Others (head office functions) Electronics-related equipment, information and communications systems, superconductor products, special alloy and other new material, etc. Subsidiaries and affiliates Kobelco Accounting Service Co., Ltd. Shinsho Corporation Kobelco Research Institute Inc.   Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd. Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.   Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.   Shinko Human Create Co., Ltd. Kobelco Systems Corporation   Shinko Lease Co., Ltd. Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd.   Shinko Research Co., Ltd. Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd.   Genesis Technology Inc. Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd.   Japan Superconductor Technology Inc. Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.   Twin Foods Co., Ltd. Shinko Industrial Co. ,Ltd.   19 companies