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Overview of the Kobe Steel Group

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Overview of the Kobe Steel Group

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Company name Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Group-wide corporate logo mark KOBELCO
Established September 1, 1905
Incorporated June 28, 1911
President & CEO Hiroshi Sato
Capitalization ¥233.3 billion
Sales Consolidated: ¥1,858.5 billion
Non-consolidated: ¥1,090.1 billion
Employees Consolidated: 34,772
Non-consolidated: 9,933
(excluding seconded personnel)
Consolidated subsidiaries and equity-valued affiliates 207

Overview of the Kobe Steel Group (as of March 31, 2011)
Fiscal 2010 Consolidated Segment Sales
(in billions of yen)



* After subtracting ¥71.6 billion for intersegment sales from the total sales for the businesses included in the above chart, consolidated sales for fiscal 2010 totaled ¥1,858.5 billion.

Iron & Steel Business

Main products & businesses Steel wire rod and bar, steel sheet, steel plate, steel castings and forgings, titanium, steel powder, wholesale power supply
Sales ¥840.3 billion
Ordinary income ¥23.7 billion
Main production locations Kakogawa Works, Kobe Works, Takasago Works
Group Companies 40

Group Companies

* Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd.
* Sakai Steel Sheets Works, Ltd.
* Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Kenzai, Ltd.
* Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd.
* Shinko Kobe Power Inc.
* Shinko Slag Products Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Sohgo Service Ltd.
* Shinko Special Tube Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Logistics, Ltd.
* Shinko Bolt, Ltd.
OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Wire Company, Ltd
* Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
KS Summit Steel Co., Ltd.
* Sanwa Tekko Co., Ltd.
* Ceratechno Co,. Ltd.
* Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd.
PRO-TEC Coating Company

Welding Business

Main products Welding consumables, welding robots, welding robot systems, welding power sources
Sales ¥77.7 billion
Ordinary income ¥4.6 billion
Main production locations Ibaraki Plant, Saijo Plant, Fujisawa Works
Group Companies 22

Group Companies

* NI Welding Corporation
* NI-Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
* Kobe Welding Wire Co., Ltd. 1
* Kobelco Robotics Service Co., Ltd.
* JKW Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Actec Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Welding Service Co., Ltd.
* Taseto Co., Ltd.
* Hanshin Yosetsu Kizai Co., Ltd.
* Shinsho Kobe Welding Co., Ltd.
Kobe Welding of Korea Co., Ltd.
Kobe Welding of Qingdao Co., Ltd.

Aluminum & Copper Business

Main products Aluminum sheet, aluminum extrusions and fabricated products, aluminum and magnesium castings and forgings, copper sheet and strip, copper tube
Sales ¥304.0 billion
Ordinary income ¥14.7 billion
Main production locations Moka Plant, Chofu Works, Daian Plant
Group Companies 26

Group Companies

* Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd.
* Sun Aluminium Industries, Ltd.
* Shinko Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd.
Shinko Kanmon Sohgo Service, 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.
* Niko-Aluminium Industries, Ltd.
Toyotsu Nonferrous Center Corporation
Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, LLC
Kobe Electronics Material (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Kobe Precision Technology Sdn. Bhd.
Singapore Kobe Pte. Ltd.

Machinery Business

Main products Energy and chemical equipment, nuclear power equipment, tire and rubber machinery, plastics processing machinery, ultra-high-pressure equipment, vapor deposition systems, metalworking machinery, compressors, refrigeration compressors, heat pumps, other plants (steel rolling, nonferrous, etc.), internal combustion engines
Sales ¥154.5 billion
Ordinary income ¥14.5 billion
Main production locations Takasago Works, Harima Plant
Group Companies 14

Group Companies

* Kobelco Compressor Corporation
* Kobelco Sanki Service Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Air Water Cryoplant, Ltd.
* Shinko Inspection & Service Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Techno Engineering Co., Ltd.
* Shinwa Wood Works, Ltd.
* Shinko Airtech, Ltd.
Kobelco Compressors Manufacturing (Shanghai) Corporation

Natural Resources & Engineering Business

Main products Ironmaking plants (direct reduced iron), other plants (pelletizing, etc.), equipment for the nuclear power industry, sabo and disaster prevention products, advanced urban transit systems
Sales ¥64.2 billion
Ordinary income ¥3.0 billion
Group Companies 20

Group Companies

* Industrial Services International Co., Ltd.
* Aomori Technical Service Corporation
* Kobe Heating and Cooling Supply Co., Ltd.
* Transnuclear, Ltd.
Midrex Technologies, Inc.

Kobelco Eco-Solutions

Main products Water treatment plants, waste treatment plants, chemical and food processing equipment
Sales ¥69.6 billion
Ordinary income ¥3.1 billion
Main production locations Harima Plant
Group Companies 6

Group Companies

* Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Eco-Maintenance Co., Ltd.

Kobelco Construction Machinery

Main products Hydraulic excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders
Sales ¥313.1 billion
Ordinary income ¥26.3 billion
Main production locations Hiroshima Factory
Group Companies 36

Group Companies

* Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Construction Machinery (East Japan) Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Construction Machinery (West Japan) Co., Ltd.
Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd.
Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
  Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Kobelco International (S) Co., Pte. Ltd.
Kobelco Construction Machinery America LLC.
Thai Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Kobelco Cranes

Main products Crawler cranes, rough terrain cranes, work vessels
Sales ¥40.9 billion
Ordinary loss ¥ -1.3 billion
Main production locations Okubo Plant
Group Companies 11

Group Company

* Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.

Other Businesses

Main products & businesses Real estate (sales, leasing, etc.), special alloys, electronic materials (e.g. target materials), material analysis, high-pressure gas containers, superconducting products, private assisted living facilities, general trading
Sales ¥65.5 billion
Ordinary income ¥6.4 billion
Group Companies 32

Group Companies

* Kobe Wing Stadium Co., Ltd.
* I. H. D. Center Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Accounting Service Co., Ltd. 1
* Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.
* Kobelco Personnel Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Business Support Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Financial Center, Ltd.
* Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
* Shinko Industrial Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Care Life Co., Ltd.
* Kobelco Human Create Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Real Estate Co., Ltd.
* Shinko Research Co., Ltd.
* Shinsho Corporation
* Kobelco Systems Corporation
* Shinko Lease Co., Ltd.
* Twin Foods Co., Ltd.
Japan Medical Materials Corporation
Kobe Steel USA Holdings Inc.
Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd.

* Group companies for which environmental data is compiled
1. Absorbed into Kobe Steel, Ltd. as of April 1, 2011

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