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style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">Trade name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Kobelco</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">株式会社神戸製鋼所</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization" title="Romanization">Romanized</a> name</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Kabushiki gaisha Kōbe Seikō-sho</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kabushiki_gaisha" title="Kabushiki gaisha">Kabushiki gaisha</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=5406">5406</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Stock_Exchange" title="Nagoya Stock Exchange">NAG</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nse.or.jp/e/meigara/stocksch/list.html?schKey_Code=5406">5406</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225">Nikkei 225</a> component (TYO)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">Steel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">Kobe, Japan<br />(September 1, 1905<span class="noprint">; 119 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1905-09-01</span>)</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Suzuki Shoten<br />Seiichiro Kobayashi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">2-4, Wakinohama-Kaigandori 2-chome, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D-ku,_Kobe" title="Chūō-ku, Kobe">Chūō-ku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyōgo">Hyōgo</a>, 651-8585, Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Mitsugu Yamaguchi, (<a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">President</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steel_%26_Aluminum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steel & Aluminum (page does not exist)">Steel & Aluminum</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Materials" title="Advanced Materials">Advanced Materials</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Welding" title="Welding">Welding</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Machinery" class="mw-redirect" title="Machinery">Machinery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">Engineering</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Construction_Machinery" class="mw-redirect" title="Construction Machinery">Construction Machinery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric Power">Electric Power</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a> 106.8 billion (FY 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a> 72.5 billion (FY 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a> 250.9 billion (as of March 31, 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">38,106 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-KP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kobe Steel, Ltd.</b> (株式会社神戸製鋼所, <i>Kabushiki gaisha Kōbe Seikō-sho</i>), is a major <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Steel_producers" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel producers">steel manufacturer</a> headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D-ku,_Kobe" title="Chūō-ku, Kobe">Chūō-ku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a>. KOBELCO is the unified brand name of the Kobe Steel Group. </p><p>Kobe Steel has the lowest proportion of steel operations of any major steelmaker in Japan and is characterised as a conglomerate comprising the three pillars of the Materials Division, the Machinery Division and the Power Division.<sup id="cite_ref-収益構造_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-収益構造-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The materials division has a high market share in wire rods and aluminium materials for transport equipment, while the machinery division has a high market share in screw compressors. In addition, the power sector has one of the largest wholesale power supply operations in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-市場シェア_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-市場シェア-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kobe Steel is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Mizuho_Financial_Group" title="Mizuho Financial Group">Mizuho</a> <a href="/wiki/Keiretsu" title="Keiretsu">keiretsu</a>. It was formerly part of the <a href="/wiki/DKB_Group" title="DKB Group">DKB Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanwa_Group" title="Sanwa Group">Sanwa Group</a> keiretsu, which later were subsumed into Mizuho. The company is listed on the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">Tokyo</a> & <a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Stock_Exchange" title="Nagoya Stock Exchange">Nagoya Stock Exchange</a>, where its stock is a component of the <a href="/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225">Nikkei 225</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of March 31, 2022, Kobe Steel has 201 subsidiaries and 50 affiliated companies across <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> and the <a href="/wiki/US" class="mw-redirect" title="US">US</a>. Its main production facilities are <a href="/wiki/Kakogawa_Steel_Works" title="Kakogawa Steel Works">Kakogawa Steel Works</a> and Takasago Works.<sup id="cite_ref-世界展開_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-世界展開-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kobe Steel is also famous as the owner of the rugby team <a href="/wiki/Kobelco_Steelers" class="mw-redirect" title="Kobelco Steelers">Kobelco Steelers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suzuki_%26_Co_1918.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Suzuki_%26_Co_1918.jpg/220px-Suzuki_%26_Co_1918.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Suzuki_%26_Co_1918.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="238" /></a><figcaption>Suzuki Shoten headquarters (formerly <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mikado_Hotel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mikado Hotel (page does not exist)">Mikado Hotel</a>, before 1918)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1905, the general partnership trading company Suzuki Shoten acquired a steel business in Wakinohama, Kobe, called Kobayashi Seikosho, operated by Seiichiro Kobayashi, and changed its name to Kobe Seikosho. Then, in 1911, Suzuki Shoten spun off the company to establish Kobe Steel Works, Ltd. at Wakinohamacho, Kobe.<sup id="cite_ref-鈴木商店_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-鈴木商店-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Russo-Japanese War, as the Imperial Japanese Navy adopted a policy of fostering private factories, Kobe Steel received technical guidance and orders from the Kure Naval Arsenal and other arsenals in Maizuru and Yokosuka, and expanded its scale.<sup id="cite_ref-日本海軍との関わり_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-日本海軍との関わり-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 1914, the company started making machinery for naval vessels and began its journey as a machine manufacturer. Its business performance expanded, partly due to the shipbuilding boom during World War I. In 1918, it acquired the rights to manufacture diesel engines from Sulzer of Switzerland, helping to speed up the Japanese naval, marine, locomotive and automobile transport sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-大戦景気_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-大戦景気-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the KOBELCO Group operates a broad range of business fields that cover Steel & Aluminum, Advanced Materials, Welding, Machinery, Engineering, Construction Machinery, and Electric Power.<sup id="cite_ref-事業展開_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-事業展開-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Great Hanshin Earthquake of January 1995, the Kobe head office building and company housing collapsed, and the No. 3 Blast Furnace at the Kobe Steel Works was also damaged, resulting in an emergency shutdown, causing approximately JPY 100 billion in damage, the largest for a private company. The Third Blast Furnace, which restarted only two and a half months after the earthquake, had become a 'symbol of recovery', but was suspended in October 2017 in order to strengthen competitiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-第三高炉_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-第三高炉-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years, the company has been focusing on fields other than steel, such as aluminium, machinery, and electric power, and is clearly aiming to change from being a 'steelmaker' to a 'manufacturer that also handles steel'.<sup id="cite_ref-事業展開_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-事業展開-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinzō Abe">Shinzō Abe</a> worked at Kobe Steel before entering politics.<sup id="cite_ref-veconomist_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veconomist-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_locations">Main locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Main locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-主な事業所_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-主な事業所-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_Locations">Domestic Locations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Domestic Locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kobe Head Office <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kobe_Steel_co,ltd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Kobe_Steel_co%2Cltd.jpg/220px-Kobe_Steel_co%2Cltd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Kobe_Steel_co%2Cltd.jpg/330px-Kobe_Steel_co%2Cltd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Kobe_Steel_co%2Cltd.jpg/440px-Kobe_Steel_co%2Cltd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Kobe Steel Kobe headquarters</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Tokyo Head Office</li> <li>Takasago Works</li> <li>Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories</li> <li>Kakogawa Works <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kobe_Steel,_Ltd-%E7%A5%9E%E6%88%B8%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E6%89%80%E5%8A%A0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E8%A3%BD%E9%89%84%E6%89%80_1172657.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Kobe_Steel%2C_Ltd-%E7%A5%9E%E6%88%B8%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E6%89%80%E5%8A%A0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E8%A3%BD%E9%89%84%E6%89%80_1172657.jpg/220px-Kobe_Steel%2C_Ltd-%E7%A5%9E%E6%88%B8%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E6%89%80%E5%8A%A0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E8%A3%BD%E9%89%84%E6%89%80_1172657.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Kobe_Steel%2C_Ltd-%E7%A5%9E%E6%88%B8%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E6%89%80%E5%8A%A0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E8%A3%BD%E9%89%84%E6%89%80_1172657.jpg/330px-Kobe_Steel%2C_Ltd-%E7%A5%9E%E6%88%B8%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E6%89%80%E5%8A%A0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E8%A3%BD%E9%89%84%E6%89%80_1172657.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Kobelco_Kobe_Works_20120928-001.jpg/330px-Kobelco_Kobe_Works_20120928-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Kobelco_Kobe_Works_20120928-001.jpg/440px-Kobelco_Kobe_Works_20120928-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3298" data-file-height="2199" /></a><figcaption>Kobe Wire Rod & Bar Plant</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Fujisawa Office</li> <li>Ibaraki Plant</li> <li>Saijo Plant</li> <li>Fukuchiyama Plant</li> <li>Moka Works</li> <li>Chofu Works</li> <li>Daian Works</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overseas_Regional_Headquarters_and_Offices">Overseas Regional Headquarters and Offices</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Overseas Regional Headquarters and Offices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kobe Steel USA Inc. (U.S. headquarters): 19575 Victor Parkway, Suite 200 Livonia, MI, 48152, USA</li> <li>Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd. (China headquarters, investment company): Room 3701, Hong Kong New World Tower, No.300 Middle Huai Hai Zhong Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200021, People's Republic of China</li> <li>Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou Branch): Room 1203, #285 East Linhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China</li> <li>Kobelco South East Asia Ltd. (Regional headquarters for Southeast Asia and South Asia): 17th Floor, Sathorn Thani Tower ll, 92/49 North Sathorn Road, Khwaeng Silom, Khet Bangrak, Bangkok, 10500, Kingdom of Thailand</li> <li>Kobelco Europe GmbH (Regional Headquarters for Europe and the Middle East): Luitpoldstrasse 3, 80335 Munich, Germany</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_Units_&_Main_Products"><span id="Business_Units_.26_Main_Products"></span>Business Units & Main Products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Business Units & Main Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-事業領域_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-事業領域-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steel_&_Aluminum"><span id="Steel_.26_Aluminum"></span>Steel & Aluminum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Steel & Aluminum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steel Sheets</li> <li>Wire Rods and Bars</li> <li>Aluminum Plate</li> <li>Steel Plates</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Welding">Welding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Welding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Robots and Electric Power Sources</li> <li>Welding Materials</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advanced_Materials">Advanced Materials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Advanced Materials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steel Castings and Forgings</li> <li>Titanium</li> <li>Copper Sheet and Strip</li> <li>Steel Powder</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Machinery">Machinery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Machinery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Standard Compressors</li> <li>Rotating Machinery</li> <li>Tire and Rubber Machinery</li> <li>Plastic Processing Machinery</li> <li>Advanced Technology Equipment</li> <li>Rolling Mill・Press Machine</li> <li>Ultra High Pressure Equipment</li> <li>Energy & Chemical Field</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering">Engineering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Engineering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Iron Unit Field</li> <li>Advanced Urban Transit System</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electric_Power">Electric Power</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Electric Power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Wholesale Power Supply</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scandal">Scandal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2017, Kobe Steel admitted to falsifying data on the strength and durability of its aluminium, copper and steel products.<sup id="cite_ref-veconomist_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veconomist-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scandal deepened when the company said it found falsified data on its iron ore powder, which caused its shares to fall 18%. By 11 October, shares had fallen by a third.<sup id="cite_ref-veconomist_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veconomist-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After testing the parts of their <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">bullet trains</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company">Central Japan Railway Company</a> announced that 310 components were discovered to contain sub-standard parts supplied by Kobe Steel.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following further news in October 2017 that car makers <a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nissan" title="Nissan">Nissan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>, and train manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a>, were among 200 companies affected by the Kobe Steel's mislabelling, which had potential safety implications for their vehicles, the CEO of Kobe Steel conceded that his company now had "zero credibility".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other affected companies include <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-veconomist_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veconomist-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CEO Kawasaki promised to lead an internal investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-veconomist_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veconomist-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 October 2017, Kobe Steel admitted that the number of companies misled was over 500.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the costs of dealing with the scandal, Kobe Steel issued a revised profit forecast in February 2018 announcing that it expects to generate a net profit of ¥45 billion ($421 million) for the full 2017 fiscal year, marking its first net profit in three years.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kobe_Steel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E7%A5%9E%E6%88%B8%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E6%89%80%E5%AF%84%E8%B4%88_%E6%88%A6%E8%89%A6%E3%80%8C%E9%99%B8%E5%A5%A5%E3%80%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Screw of IJN Battleship Mutsu, donated by Kobe Steel (Yamato Museum)"><img alt="Screw of IJN Battleship Mutsu, donated by Kobe Steel (Yamato Museum)" 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