DECEMBER 2001

• 2001/12/21 Kobe Steel and Lucchini Group close to forming alliance

• 2001/12/04 Alliance between Nippon Steel and Kobe Steel

NOVEMBER 2001

• 2001/11/21 Fixed wireless access solutions for broadband connections

• 2001/11/20 Kobe Steel and Dainippon Screen to develop next-generation semiconductor fabrication equipment

• 2001/11/15 Kobe Steel Signs MOU With Mesabi Nugget, LLC: ITmk3 Process to make iron nuggets will be studied

• 2001/11/14 Kobe Steel and Austria's voestalpine Stahl to cooperate in automotive steel sheet technologies

• 2001/11/09 Kobe Steel publishes Environmental Report 2001

OCTOBER 2001

• 2001/10/26 Sports park under renewal in Kobe

• 2001/10/19 Kobe Steel to use IP-VPN service for communication network

• 2001/10/17 Kakogawa Festival to be held on October 28

• 2001/10/16 Management company established to run Kobe Wing Stadium

• 2001/10/10 Kobe Works switches to "all-pellet" operation

• 2001/10/03 Copper coil slitting center to open in Thailand next year

• 2001/10/01 Kobe Steel expands environmental protection funding program

SEPTEMBER 2001

• 2001/09/28 Kobe Steel increases equity share in affiliate Shinko Kosan

• 2001/09/21 Kobe Steel to implement additional cost-reduction measures to improve profitability

• 2001/09/18 Kobe Steel, Kobelco and CNH Global sign final agreement for Global Alliance

• 2001/09/12 Operating company formed in Japan's Aomori Prefecture

• 2001/09/10 Kobe Steel and IBM Japan in Partnership to Enhance Information Technology Strategy and Business Operations

AUGUST 2001

• 2001/08/30 Kobe Steel and Solvay sign agreement aiming at introducing PVC recycling process in Japan

• 2001/08/29 Ibaraki Plant receives ISO 14001

JULY 2001

• 2001/07/30 Kobe, Sumitomo to consolidate aluminum bar inventories

• 2001/07/26 Project Financing to Fund Kobe Steel IPP Business

• 2001/07/19 Kobe Steel starts internship program

• 2001/07/18 Kobe Steel producing boron aluminum alloy

• 2001/07/13 Kobe Steel to start up power plant

• 2001/07/06 Kobe Steel provides welding wire technology to Matsushita Welding Systems

• 2001/07/05 Kobe Steel Develops High Corrosion Resistant Steel Sheet

JUNE 2001

• 2001/06/14 Kobe Steel forms cooperative agreement with Samsung Techwin

• 2001/06/12 Kobe Steel Marketing Residual Stress Controlled TMCP Steel Plate

• 2001/06/11 Health Improvement Center in Kobe Named

• 2001/06/06 Kobe Steel to transfer PC board inspection equipment business to Dainippon Screen

MAY 2001

• 2001/05/30 Kobe Steel markets anti-microbial coating that reduces germs, mildew on metal surfaces

• 2001/05/23 Recycled sludge used in aluminum production

• 2001/05/08 Chofu Plant receives ISO 14001

APRIL 2001

• 2001/04/23 Kobe Steel's capital investment plan in fiscal 2001

• 2001/04/17 Kobe Steel and Lucchini Group to begin technical exchanges on steel products for auto industry

• 2001/04/02 President Mizukoshi welcomes new employees

MARCH 2001

• 2001/03/29 Kobe Steel Kobelco and CNH Global to Set Up Global Alliance in Their Construction Equipment Business

• 2001/03/15 Shinko Sohgo Service begins home security services

• 2001/03/12 World DRI Production Hits All-Time High, Output Exceeds 43 Million Tons

• 2001/03/07 Kobe Steel's Earnings Forecast for Fiscal 2000