Environmental Management Sustainability Report 2006

Overview of the Kobe Steel Group

Consolidated sales (in billions of yen)		Segment sales (in billions of yen)
Number of employees (consolidated)

Group Company Locations

Overseas Group Company Locations

Major Businesses and Group Companies

	Iron & Steel Sector

Steel products

Carbon wire rod, specialty steel wire rod, carbon steel bar, specialty steel bar

Heavy plate, medium plate, sheet (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, surface-treated)

Steel Billet

Fabricated products, pig iron & other products

Steel castings and forgings (marine parts, electric machinery parts, industrial machinery parts), titanium and titanium alloys, steel powder and powder-metallurgy products, construction materials, pig iron for castings, iron for steelmaking, slag products, steel framing for houses

Group companies

The Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.		Shinko Slag Products Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Eagle Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.		Shinko Sohgo Service Ltd.
Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd.		Kobe Special Tube Co., Ltd.
Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd.		Kobelco Logistics, Ltd.
Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co. Ltd.		Shinko Bolt, Ltd.
Shinko Kenzai, Ltd.		Sumitomo Titanium Corporation.
Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.		Ceratechno Co., Ltd.
Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd.		Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd.
Shinko Kobe Power Inc.		Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd.
Shinko Shearex Chugoku Co., Ltd.

	Welding Company

Welding consumables & other products

Covered arc welding electrodes, automatic and semi-automatic welding wires, fluxes, welding robots, welding power sources, welding robot systems, high functional materials

Group companies

NI Welding Corporation		Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.
Ni-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.		Shinko Taseto Co., Ltd.
Kobe Welding Wire Co., Ltd.		Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Robotics Service Co.		Shinsho Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
JFE Welding Co. Ltd.		Hanshin Yosetsu Kizai Co., Ltd.

	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, aluminum extrusions, aluminum blanks and substrates for hard disks

Copper rolled products

Copper tube for air conditioners, copper sheet and strip for electronic materials, leadframes

Aluminum castings and forgings

Aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy castings and forgings (aircraft parts, automotive parts), aluminum fabricated products (automotive parts)

Group companies

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd.		Shinko Moka Sohgo Service Ltd.
Sun Aluminium Industries, Ltd.		Shinko 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.

	Machinery & Engineering Company

Tire and rubber machinery, metalworking machinery, physical vapor deposition systems, plastics processing machinery, beam analyzer systems, compressors, refrigeration compressors, heat pumps, energy-related products, nuclear-related products, various plants (e.g. air separation plants, direct reduction plants), open-grid dams, advanced transit systems

Group companies

EarthTechnica Co., Ltd.		Shinko Airtech, Ltd.
Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd.		Shinko Inspection & Service Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Compressors Corporation		Shinko Techno Engineering Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Sanki Service Co., Ltd.		Shinwa Wood Works, Ltd.
Shinko I. E. Tech Co., Ltd.		Transnuclear, Ltd.
Shinko Air Water Cryoplant Ltd.

	Other Businesses

Electronics-related equipment, information and communication systems, superconductive products, medical materials, special alloys and other new materials, real estate sales and leasing

Group companies

Industrial Services International Co., Ltd.		Japan Superconductor Technology Inc.
Shinko Care Life Co., Ltd.		Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Accounting Service Co., Ltd.		Shinko JFE Industrial Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Research Institute Inc.		Shinsho Corporation
Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.		Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.		Shinko Electric Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Systems Corporation		Shinko Human Create Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd.		Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd.		Shinko Lease Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd.		Shinko Research Co., Ltd.
Genesis Technology, Inc.		Twin Foods Co., Ltd.