Overview of the Kobe Steel Group (as of March 31, 2010)

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Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Company name Kobe Steel, Ltd. Group-wide corporate logo mark Founded September 1, 1905 Incorporated June 28, 1911 President Hiroshi Sato Capitalization ¥233.3 billion Sales Consolidated ¥1,671.0 billion Non-consolidated ¥990.9 billion Employees onsolidated: 33,629 Non-consolidated: 10,129 (excluding seconded employees) Consolidated subsidiaries and equity-valued affiliates 213

Fiscal 2009 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 718.0 billion Operating loss 24.3 billion Main production locations Kakogawa Works, Kobe Works, Takasago Works, Ibaraki Plant, Saijo Plant, Fujisawa Industrial Operations Group Companies 64

Iron & Steel group companies

OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd. * Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd. KS Summit Steel 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.

* Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd. * Shinko Slag Products Co., Ltd. * Shinko Sohgo Service Ltd. * Shinko Special Tube Co., Ltd. * Kobelco Logistics, Ltd. * Shinko Bolt, Ltd. * Ceratechno Co,. Ltd. * Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd. * Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd.

Welding group companies

* NI Welding Corporation * NI-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd. * Kobe Welding Wire Co., ltd. * Kobelco Robotics Service Co., Ltd. * JKW Co., Ltd. * Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.

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

Aluminum and Copper Segment

Main products Aluminum sheet, aluminum extrusions and fabricated products, aluminum and magnesium castings and forgings, copper sheet and strip, and copper tube Sales 261.7 billion Operating income 7.5 billion Main production locations Moka Plant, Chofu Works, Daian Plant Group Companies 28

Group Companies

* Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd. * Sun Aluminium Industries, Ltd. * Shinko Aluminum 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 (ironmaking, energy, environmental, etc.), resource recycling, advanced urban transit systems Sales 305.5 billion Operating income 29.0 billion 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 260.0 billion Operating income 7.9 billion Main manufacturing locations Hiroshima Factory (Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.) Okubo Plant (Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.) Group Companies 47

Group Companies

* Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.

* Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Wholesale Power Supply Segment

Generating capacity 1,400,000 kW Sales 81.5 billion Operating income 20.3 billion Generator type Coal-fired thermal power Total construction cost Approximately ¥200 billion Group company 1

Group Company

* Shinko Kobe Power Inc.

Real Estate Segment

Main activities Real estate sales, brokering, remodeling leasing and building management Sales 46.2 billion Operating income 3.1 billion Main operation centers Head Office of Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Kobe); Tokyo Branch; Osaka Branch; Kakogawa Branch Group Companies 8

Group Company

* 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 43.6 billion Operating loss 0.2 billion Group Companies 25

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. (Absorbed into parent company Shinko Industrial Co. Ltd. in April 2010) * 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