Kobe Steel

For the construction equipment subsidiary, see Kobelco Construction Machinery America.
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
株式会社神戸製鋼所
Public KK
Traded as TYO: 5406
OSE: 5406
NAG: 5406
OTC Pink: KBSTY
Nikkei 225 Component
Industry Steel
Founded Kobe, Japan (September 1, 1905 (1905-09-01))
Headquarters 2-4, Wakinohama-Kaigandori 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-8585, Japan
Key people
Hiroya Kawasaki, (CEO and President)
Products
Revenue

$ 17.92 billion (FY 2012)

(¥ 1.685 billion) (FY 2012)

$ -286 million (FY 2012)

(¥ -26.976 billion) (FY 2012)
Number of employees
36,018 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2013)
Website Official website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

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 Chuo-ku, Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies.[3]

It was formed on September 1, 1905. Its location in a major city port was useful for importing and exporting iron ore and coal. Kobe Steel is the owner of the rugby team Kobe Steel 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.[4] As of March 31, 2014, the company has 208 subsidiary and 62 affiliated companies across Japan, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.[1]

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

Business segments and products

Manufacturing locations

Gallery

Kakogawa Works 
Kobe Steel headquarters 
Entrance to Kobe Works 

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Corporate Profile". Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  2. "Consolidated Financial Results for Fiscal 2012" (PDF). Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  3. "Key events". Osaka Titanium Technologies. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  4. "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  5. "Business Activities". Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  6. "Facts & Figures Report 2012" (PDF). Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  7. "Kobe Precision Introduces Copper Wafer Recycling Process". Laboratory Network.com. July 14, 1999. Retrieved April 13, 2014.

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