Kobe Steel Co.

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Kobe Steel Co.

Kobe Steel Co.

Company Registration No. :
SEC CIK #0000899097

Company Location :
Kobe, Japan

SHORT BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

Kobe Steel, Ltd. (株式会社神戸製鋼所, Kabushiki-gaisha Kōbe Seikō-sho), operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies.[3] The company supplies about half of the global market of the wires used in valve springs of auto engines.[4]

It was formed on September 1, 1905. Its location in a major city port was useful for importing and exporting iron ore and coal. It is one of Kobe's oldest industrial companies.[5] Its main production facilities are Kakogawa Steel Works and Kobe Steel Works. Kobe Steel is the owner of the rugby team Kobelco Steelers.

The company is listed on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchange, on the Osaka Securities Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[6] As of March 31, 2019, the company had 218 subsidiary and 52 affiliated companies across Japan, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.[1]

Kobe Steel is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) keiretsu.

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