Kobe Steel Ltd Company Profile

Shinko Building		Tel: +81 78 261 5111
10-26, Wakinohamacho 2-chome		Fax: +81 78 261 4123
Chuo-ku, Kobe		www-admin@kobelco.co.jp
Japan		www.kobelco.co.jp
Asia Pacific

Date of Establishment	1905
Employees	33,657
Ticker Symbol	Tokyo: 5406
SIC Codes	3312 3356 3365 3462 3531 6531
Sector	Metals


Kobe Steel Ltd Principal Activities and Company Overview
Kobe Steel Ltd manufactures steel and produces aluminum and copper products. Other major business segments are machinery, construction machinery and real estate. The Company operates through the following segments:- � Iron and Steel: products include wire rod and bar, plate, sheet, steel castings & forgings, titanium products, steel powder, independent power producer, welding consumables, welding systems and functional materials. � Aluminum and Copper: products include automotive aluminum sheet, aluminum can stock, computer hard disk material, aluminum extrusions & fabricated products, castings & forgings, copper sheet and strip and copper tube. � Machinery: products include Rubber and plastics processing machinery, advanced technology products, crushers, ferrous & nonferrous rolling mills, environmental and energy related equipment and plants, nuclear power-related equipment, steel structures and advanced transit systems. � Construction Machinery: products include excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders, recycling equipment, crawler cranes, wheel cranes, civil engineering machinery and work vessels. � Real Estate: operations and services include condominium & home sales, brokerage services, remodelling and building maintenance � Other Businesses: products and services include urban information systems, superconducting magnets and target material for LCDs

Kobe Steel Ltd Board of Directors
Koshi Mizukoshi, Chairman Yasuo Inubushi, President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Sato, EVP (Oversees company-wide technical development; Heads the Technical Development Group; Oversees the Environmental Control and Energy Department; Responsible for the Iron Unit Division) Toshio Kimura, EVP (Heads the Iron and Steel Sector) Shigeto Kotani, EVP President of the Machinery and Engineering Company Toru Asaoka, Senior Managing Director (Oversees the Human Resources Department, the Corporate Planning Department and the Finance Department; Oversees domestic branch and sales offices (including Takasago Works) and overseas offices (excluding those under the Iron and Steel Sector); Responsible for the Audit Department and the Accounting Department; Responsible for operations in the Osaka and Kobe area; Responsible for information systems) Hiroyuki Nakayama, Senior Managing Director and President of the Aluminum and Copper Company Takashi Matsutani, Senior Managing Director (Oversees the General Administration Department (excluding marketing planning); Responsible for the Secretariat and Publicity Department, the Legal Department and company-wide corporate compliance; Responsible for special projects in the Iron Unit Division) Isao Aida, Senior Managing Director and President of the Welding Company

Kobe Steel Ltd Leadership, Senior Decision Makers and Key Executives
Koshi Mizukoshi, Chairman Yasuo Inubushi, President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Sato, EVP (Oversees company-wide technical development; Heads the Technical Development Group; Oversees the Environmental Control and Energy Department; Responsible for the Iron Unit Division) Toshio Kimura, EVP (Heads the Iron and Steel Sector) Shigeto Kotani, EVP President of the Machinery and Engineering Company Toru Asaoka, Senior Managing Director (Oversees the Human Resources Department, the Corporate Planning Department and the Finance Department; Oversees domestic branch and sales offices (including Takasago Works) and overseas offices (excluding those under the Iron and Steel Sector); Responsible for the Audit Department and the Accounting Department; Responsible for operations in the Osaka and Kobe area; Responsible for information systems) Hiroyuki Nakayama, Senior Managing Director and President of the Aluminum and Copper Company Takashi Matsutani, Senior Managing Director (Oversees the General Administration Department (excluding marketing planning); Responsible for the Secretariat and Publicity Department, the Legal Department and company-wide corporate compliance; Responsible for special projects in the Iron Unit Division) Isao Aida, Senior Managing Director and President of the Welding Company � Executive Officers Katsunori Aoki, Vice President of the Machinery and Engineering Company; General Manager of the Engineering Division in the same Company, General Manager of the Civil Engineering & Construction Business Unit Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Responsible for the production of steel products in the Iron and Steel Sector; General Manager of Kakogawa Works Keiji Koyama, Responsible for the Titanium Division and Steel Powder Division in the Iron and Steel Sector; Responsible for the Planning and Administration Department � Senior Officers Hideo Ohgi, Responsible for the copper sheet business, the aluminum casting and forging business, and technical development in the Aluminum and Copper Company Masaaki Nakazono, General Manager of the IPP Division in the Iron and Steel Sector Tomoyuki Kaya, Responsible for steel product sales in the Iron and Steel Sector Koichi Onishi, Responsible for the Environmental Control and Energy Department; Responsible for steel production technology in the Iron and Steel Sector; General Manager of the Technology Administration Department Kazuo Shigekawa, Vice President of the Machinery and Engineering Company; General Manager of the Industrial Machinery Division Hideki Nakamura, Responsible for steel product marketing and technical services in the Iron and Steel sector Keiichi Murase, Responsible for the General Administration Department; Responsible for the Purchasing Department and the Civil Construction Technology Department in the Iron and Steel Sector Tatsuki Yoshida, Responsible for the Human Resources Department, domestic branch and sales offices (including Takasago Works), and the Rugby Administration Office � Officers Tetsu Takahashi, General Manager of Moka Plant in the Aluminum and Copper Company Ryosuke Shimomura, Responsible for aluminum and copper sheet sales in the Aluminum and Copper Company Terumichi Abe, General Manager of the Steel Casting and Forging Division in the Iron and Steel Sector Shuzo Mohri, General Manager of the Compressor Division in the Machinery and Engineering Company; General Manager of the Takasago Machinery Center Seiichi Nagai, Responsible for the extrusion business in the Aluminum and Copper Company Takanori Kominami, General Manager of Kobe Works in the Iron and Steel Sector Yutaka Kawata, Deputy General Manager of the Technical Development Group; General Manager of the Research & Development Planning Department Jun Tanaka, Responsible for the Corporate Planning Department; Responsible for overseas offices (excluding those under the Iron and Steel Sector) Hiroaki Fujiwara, Responsible for the Finance Department Ikuhiro Yamaguchi, Responsible for sales of steel sheet and wire rod and bar in the Iron and Steel Sector Yasunobu Kumon, Responsible for steel export and steel plate sales in the Iron and Steel Sector Hironobu Yoshida, General Manager of the Raw Materials Department in the Iron and Steel Sector

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