The relationships of trust with our customers and their satisfaction, which we have gained by providing products and services to them from from the customer's point of view, are our precious assets. We will seek to ensure that our customers say "only Nippon Steel can do this," with the aim of being the No.1 steelmaker in terms of customer satisfaction.

• Innovation Award 2021 of Schneider Electric SE
• Fourth Shell Supplier Award continuing a three-year streak
• ECO/VC-Activity Award of Panasonic Corp. for 10 consecutive years in a row
• Former Nippon Steel Integrated Crankshaft (NSCL) received the "Diamond Supplier Award" from Navistar in the U.S.

• Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards (2020)
• The Ichimura Prize (2019, 2020)
• The Ichimura Prize in Industry Distinguished Achievement (2019, 2021)
• The Ichimura Prize in Industry against Global Warming (2019)
• The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2019, 2021)
• Japan Open Innovation Prize by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2021)
• The Iwatani Naoji Memorial Prize (2019, 2021)
• The Okoch Prize Production Award (2019, 2020)
• Derwent Top100 Global Innovator Award (2019, 2020)
• World Steel Association 2019 Steel Sustainability Champion (2020)
• Machine Industry Promotion Prize, the Chairman's Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry (2019, 2020)
• National Commendation for Invention, Invention Prize (2019)

• Machinery & Materials Procurement Div. Partnership Award Program (2015-21)
• Partnership with Rio Tinto (2021)
• Support for Declaration of Partnership Building launched by the Cabinet Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, etc. (2020)