Kobe Steel
| Kobe Seikosho KK Kobe Steel Ltd.
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| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha |
| ISIN | JP3289800009 |
| founding | 1905 |
| Seat | Kobe |
| management | Mitsugu Yamaguchi (Chairman of the Board) |
| Number of employees | 36,000 (2013) |
| Branch | Steel production and engineering |
| Website | kobelco.jp.co |
Kobe Seikōsho KK ( Japanese 株式会社 神 戸 製鋼 所 , English Kobe Steel Ltd. ) is a Japanese group with headquarters in Kobe . The company mainly produces steel and machines that are marketed worldwide under the Kobelco brand.
history
Kobe Steel was founded in 1905 and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Nikkei 225 stock index. With over 200 subsidiaries and around 60 partner companies, the company is currently one of the three largest players in the Japanese mining industry. In 2002 there was a joint venture with the construction and agricultural machinery holding company CNH Global . This was not extended after the contract period expired and Kobelco is now delivering its own machine to Europe. Within the European Union , these are sold by the subsidiary Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe BV based in Almere . In the German-speaking region, Kobe Steel has also been represented in the steel production sector by its subsidiary Shinsho Europe GmbH , based in Düsseldorf , since 2009 .
Business areas
Share of business units in earnings in 2008:
- Iron and steel (42.1%, 2013/14: 7.6 million t)
- Aluminum and copper (20.5%)
- Construction machinery (15.5%)
- Mechanical engineering (13.8%)
- other (8.1%)
Important production sites (selection)
- Kakogawa , Hyogo Prefecture
- Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
- Takasago , Hyogo Prefecture
- Fujisawa , Kanagawa Prefecture
- Ibaraki , Osaka Prefecture
- Nishijo, Higashihiroshima , Hiroshima Prefecture
- Mooka , Tochigi Prefecture
- Chofu, Shimonoseki , Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Daian, Inabe , Mie Prefecture
- Harima, Hyogo Prefecture
Product data falsification 2017
In October 2017, it became known that the group had sold metal products with falsified product data. CEO Hiroya Kawasaki admitted that years of false information about the strength and durability of aluminum, copper and steel products had been made. Kobe Steel does about two thirds of its business with companies in Japan, e. B. the car manufacturer Toyota and the energy company Tepco . A total of more than 500 customers at home and abroad are supplied.
Trivia
Kobe Steel has operated and owned the Kobelco Steelers Japanese professional rugby team since 1928 .
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the parent company Kobe Steel (English and Japanese)
- Homepage of the European subsidiary (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/07/04/business/kobe-steel-unit-sets-up-italy-venture/
- ↑ KOBE STEEL ANNUAL REPORT 2008 ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-25/news/49405854_1_crude-steel-output-rival-jfe-holdings-inc-kobe-steel-ltd
- ↑ Kobe Steel in Japan: The company is said to have adulterated steel products . In: Spiegel Online . October 13, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 13, 2017]).
- ↑ Incorrect product data raid after scandal at Kobe Steel tagesschau.de, on October 20, 2017
