Environmental Management Environmental Sustainability Report 2005

Introducing Group Companies

Outline of Operations: Main Products and Group Companies Iron & Steel Sector Steel products Carbon wire rod, specialty steel wire rod, carbon steel bar, specialty steel bars Steel plate, sheet (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, surface-treated) Steel Billets   Fabricated products and pig iron Castings and forgings (marine parts, electric machinery parts, industrial machinery parts), titanium and titanium alloys, steel powder and P/M 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 Slag Products Co., Ltd. Kobelco Eagle Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.   Shinko Sohgo Service Ltd. Komuro Kogyo Co., Ltd.   Kobe Special Tube Co., Ltd. Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd.   Shinko Logistics, Ltd. Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd.   Shinko Bolt, Ltd. Shinko Kenzai, Ltd.   Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co. Ltd. Shinko Wire Co., Ltd.   Sumitomo Titanium Corporation Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd.   Ceratechno Co., Ltd. Shinko Kobe Power Inc.   Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd. Shinko Shearex Chugoku Co., Ltd.   Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd.     (Total: 20 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 Corporation Shinko Taseto Co., Ltd. Ni-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.   Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd. Kobe Welding Wire Co., Ltd.   Shinsho Kobe Welding Co., Ltd. Kobelco Robotics Service Co., Ltd.   Hanshin Yosetsu Kizai Co., Ltd. Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.   JFE Welding Co., Ltd.     (Total: 10 companies) Aluminum and Copper Company Aluminum rolled products Aluminum sheet for beverage cans, aluminum sheet for aluminum foil, aluminum sheet for heat exchangers, automotive aluminum sheet, various aluminum extrusions, aluminum blanks and substrates for memory disks Copper rolled products Air-conditioner copper tubes, rolled sheet and strip for electronic materials, leadframes Aluminum castings and forgings Aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy castings and 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 Daian Sohgo Service Ltd.   Daido Light Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Shinko-North Co., Ltd.   Toyotsu Nonferrous Center Corporation Shinko Fab Tech, Ltd.   Niko-Aluminium Industries, Ltd. Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.   (Total: 11 companies) Machinery & Engineering Company Civil engineering, bridge components, new transit systems, various plants (ironmaking, pelletizing, petrochemical), plastic processing machines, tire and rubber machines, metal working machinery, rotating machinery and compressors, refrigerator compressors, heat pumps, high-performance products, semiconductor manufacturing equipment Subsidiaries and affiliates Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd. EarthTechnica 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. Transnuclear, Ltd.   (Total: 11 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 alloys and other new materials Subsidiaries and affiliates Kobelco Accounting Service Co., Ltd. Shinko Industrial Co., Ltd. Kobelco Research Institute Inc.   Shinsho Corporation Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.   Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd. Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.   Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. Kobelco Systems Corporation   Shinko Human Create Co., Ltd. Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd.   Shinko Lease Co. Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd.   Shinko Research Co., Ltd. Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd.   Genesis Technology Inc. Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.   Japan Superconductor Technology Inc. Shinko JFE Industrial Co., Ltd.   Twin Foods Co., Ltd.     (Total: 20 companies)