Takasago GX Try Field begins operations as a demonstration and implementation site focused on achieving carbon neutrality
Apr. 16, 2026
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Kobe Steel has commenced the operations of the Takasago GX Try Field as a site for demonstration and implementation aimed at achieving carbon neutrality. The site is situated at Takasago Works, which serves as a core manufacturing base for Kobe Steel’s advanced materials and machinery businesses.
Recognizing that collaborative efforts that combine diverse knowledge and technologies are essential for realizing carbon neutrality, the GX Try Field pursues solutions to societal challenges through collaboration (co-creation) by working together with external partners, including startups, as well as various other stakeholders, while leveraging the wide array of technologies and products of the Kobelco Group at actual production sites. Through this initiative, the Group aims to sustainably enhance its corporate value.
The GX Try Field is currently focused on hydrogen-related businesses and technology demonstrations at actual production sites. It operates several facilities, including an NC titanium production plant*1, a demonstration facility for hydrogen utilization in a combustion-type industrial furnace*2, a demonstration facility for hydrogen fuel cell excavators*3, a demonstration facility for large-scale liquefied hydrogen vaporizers*4, and a demonstration facility for a hybrid-type hydrogen gas supply system*5, along with the development of an environment for evaluating the operation of fuel cell excavators*6. The future plan is to expand target areas to encompass biomass, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), etc., accelerating technology demonstrations with a view to commercialization and business development that will contribute to the realization of a carbon neutral society.
The term "Try" in the Takasago GX Try Field represents the Group's key focus on "taking on the challenge of carbon neutrality," as well as its commitment to facing challenges without fear of failure and leveraging its strengths to address societal needs. The term is inspired by a “try” in rugby, which signifies our core values.
TAKASAGO GX Try Field
The Kobelco Group’s current medium-term management plan (Fiscal 2024–2026) identifies “enhancing earning power and pursuing growth” and “taking on the challenge of realizing carbon neutrality” as priority issues. To realize these goals, the Group is promoting transformation initiatives, collectively called KOBELCO-X*7.
- AX (Ambidexterity)
Through initiatives at the GX Try Field, we will foster new business opportunities driven by GX and establish our competitive advantage in existing businesses.
- GX (Green Transformation)
Through initiatives at the GX Try Field, we will provide solutions aimed at realizing a carbon-neutral society and contribute to decarbonization by reducing CO2 emissions in production processes.
We will contribute to realizing a carbon neutral society by developing our Group’s unique and optimal solutions through initiatives at the Takasago GX Try Field, a co-creation hub that brings together various internal and external technologies, with a view to a world in which people, now and in the future, can fulfill their hopes and dreams while enjoying safe, secure, and prosperous lives.
- *1Press release on February 24, 2021
- *2Press release on March 9, 2026 (Link in Japanese)
- *3Press release on February 18, 2025 (Link in Japanese)
- *4R&D: Demonstration Tests of Three Types of Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Vaporizers,
vol.74, No. 1 (Jun. 2025) - *5Press release on Sep. 14, 2023
- *6Press release on May 22, 2024 (Link in Japanese)
- *7KOBELCO-X reference material:
KOBELCO-X is a collective term of our Group’s seven transformation initiatives aimed at achieving the transformation into an appealing company.
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