Overview of the Kobe Steel Group

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Company name	Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Group-wide corporate logo mark
Established	September 1, 1905
Incorporated	June 28, 1911
President	Hiroshi Sato
Capitalization	¥233.3 billion (As of March 31, 2009)
Sales	Consolidated ¥2,177.2 billion (Fiscal 2008) Non-consolidated ¥1,359.3 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Employees	Consolidated: 33,526 (As of March 31, 2009) Non-consolidated: 9,932 (As of March 31, 2009, excluding personnel on loan)
Consolidated subsidiaries and equity-valued affiliates	212 (as of March 31, 2009)

	Fiscal 2008 Consolidated Segment Sales (in billions of yen)

Iron & Steel Segment

Main products	Steel wire rod and bar, steel sheet, steel plate, steel castings and forgings, titanium, steel powder, welding consumables, welding robot systems
Sales	¥1,022.4 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income	¥77.7 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main production locations	Kakogawa Works, Kobe Works, Takasago Works, Ibaraki Plant, Saijo Plant, Fujisawa Industrial Operations
Group Companies	60

Group companies

	OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd.
*	Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd. KS Summit Steel Co., Ltd.
*	Kobelco Eagle Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
*	Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd.
*	Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd.
*	K.K. Shinko Energy Service
*	Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co., ltd.
*	Shinko Kenzai, Ltd.
*	Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.

Group companies

*	NI Welding Corporation
*	NI-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
*	Kobe Welding Wire Co., ltd.
*	Kobelco Robotics Service Co., Ltd.
*	JFE Welding Rod Co., Ltd. (Company name changed to JKW Co., Ltd. in April 2009).

*	Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Taseto Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd.
*	Shinsho Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
*	Taseto Co., Ltd.
*	Hanshin Yosetu Kizai Co., Ltd.

Aluminum and Copper Segment

Main products	Aluminum sheet, aluminum extrusions and fabricated products, aluminum alloy and magnesium allow castings and forgings, copper sheet and strip, and tube.
Sales	¥379.3 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income (loss)	(¥26.8 billion) (Fiscal 2008)
Main production locations	Moka Plant, Chofu Works, Daian Plant
Group companies	28

Group companies

*	Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd.
*	Sun Aluminium Industries, Ltd.
*	Shinko Aluminium Wire Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Daian Sohgo Service Ltd.
*	Shinko-North Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Fab Tech, Ltd.

*	Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Moka Sohgo Service Ltd.
*	Shinko Leadmikk, Co., Ltd. Toyotsu Nonferrous Center Corporation
*	Niko-Aluminium Industries, Ltd.

Machinery Segment

Main products	Tire and rubber machinery, metalworking machinery, physical vapor deposition systems, plastics processing machinery, compressors, refrigeration compressors, energy equipment, nuclear power equipment, plants (steelmaking, energy, environmental, etc.), resource recycling, advanced urban transit systems, cooling towers
Sales	¥331.0 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income	¥29.5 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main manufacturing locations	Takasago Works, Harima Plant
Group companies	40

Group companies

*	Industrial Services International Co., Ltd.
*	Aomori Technical Service Corporation
*	Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd.
*	Kobelco Compressor Corporation
*	Kobelco Sanki Service Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Air Water Cryoplant, Ltd.
*	Shinko Airtech, Ltd.

*	Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Inspection & Service Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Techno Engineering Co., Ltd.
*	Shinwa Wood Works, Ltd.
*	Transnuclear, Ltd.

Construction Machinery Segment

Main products	Hydraulic excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders, crawler cranes, rough terrain cranes and work vessels
Sales	¥333.0 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income	¥11.2 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main manufacturing locations	Hiroshima Factory (Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.) Okubo Plant (Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.)
Group companies	49

Group companies

*	Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.

*	Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Wholesale Power Supply Segment

Group companies

*	Shinko Kobe Power Inc.

Real Estate Segment

Main activities	Real estate sales, brokering, remodeling leasing and building management
Sales	¥37.1 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income	¥1.8 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Main operation centers	Head Office of Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Kobe); Tokyo Branch; Osaka Branch; Kakogawa Branch
Group companies	8

Group companies

*	Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Electronic Materials and Other Businesses Segment

Main Activities	Special alloys and other new materials (e.g. target material); materials analysis; high-pressure gas containers, superconducting products, private retirement home management, general trading
Sales	¥55.1 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Operating income	¥3.1 billion (Fiscal 2008)
Group companies	26

Group companies

*	Kobe Wing Stadium Co., Ltd.
*	I. H. D. Center Co., Ltd.
*	Kobelco Accounting Service Co., Ltd.
*	Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.
*	Kobelco Systems Corporation
*	Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd.
*	Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd.
*	Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd.
*	Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.

*	Shinko Care Life Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko JFE Industrial Co., Ltd.
*	Shinsho Corporation
*	Kobelco Human Create Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Research Co., Ltd.
*	Shinko Lease Co., Ltd.
*	Twin Foods Co., Ltd.
*	Japan Medical Materials Corporation

* Group companies subject to environmental reporting