Awards Received in FY2019
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| Award name | Sponsor | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Awards from customers | ||
| Excellent Partners Meeting 2019 ECO-VC Gold Award (10th consecutive year) | Panasonic Corporation | Adoption of high-workability white-color VIEWKOTE™ for residential-use downlight lighting fixture (Nippon Steel) |
| Equipment Supplier of the Year | Royal Dutch Shell Group | Continued high performance in items, including high-grade product development, achievement of 90+% on-time delivery, cost reduction across the entire supply chain, and joint development of 20+ projects (Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Corporation) |
| Named Top 100 Global Innovator 2020 (the only steel company for the eighth consecutive year) | Clarivate Analytics (USA) | Awarded as one of the world’s most innovative companies by analysis of the trend in intellectual property and patents (Nippon Steel) |
| Awards from governments and institutions | ||
| 2019 MEXT Minister’s Award “Prize for Science and Technology (Development Division)” | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | Development of steelmaking process that achieved minimum outside emission of chrome (Nippon Steel) |
| 2019 National Commendation for Invention: Invention Prize | Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation | Invention of eco-friendly oil well pipe connection (Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel Technology) |
| The 2nd EcoPro Award “Sponsor’s Award (Prize for Excellence)” | EcoPro sponsor group | Vivary Unit™ iron supply unit, that uses steel slag (Nippon Steel) |
| The 8th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award (METI Minister’s Prize, Excellence Prize, and Prize of the Director of the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry) | METI, MEXT, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Development of processing technology of ultra-high-strength steel sheets, which enable weight reduction in automotive parts and reduction in use of materials (Nippon Steel) |
| The 54th JSPMI Award (Chairman’s Award) | Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry (JSPMI) | Development of low-noise gear device for railways |
| The 16th LCA Japan Forum Award (Encouragement Award) | LCA Japan Forum | Initiatives such as production and website disclosure of an LCA-related video, donation of a cartoon “Secret of Steel” to elementary schools and libraries across Japan, distribution of a workbook on steel as novelty goods of a plant visit (Nippon Steel) |
| The 13th IEEJ Prize of Meritorious Deed | The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) | Contribution of non-oriented electrical steel sheets ORIENTCORE HI-B to an energy-saving society (Nippon Steel) |
| The 66th Okochi Memorial Production Prize | Okochi Memorial Foundation | Development of manufacturing technology of high-ductility steel plates for ships, that ensure collision safety (Nippon Steel) |
| The 52nd Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement | Ichimura Foundation for New Technology | Improved safety of large vehicles by development of high-efficiency, light-weight permanent magnetic retarder (Nippon Steel) |
| The 52nd Ichimura Prize in Industry against Global Warming for Distinguished Achievement | Ichimura Foundation for New Technology | Technology to restore sea forest by use of steel slag, which benefits diverse ecosystems (Nippon Steel, Penta-Ocean Construction) |
| 2019 Minister of MEXT Award “Prize for Science and Technology (Development Division)” | MEXT | Development of manufacturing technology of high-strength hot-rolled steel plates, that uses a new high-precision flatness meter (Nippon Steel) |
| 2019 Steel Sustainability Champion | World Steel Association | Comprehensive sustainability-related actions, including actions based on strong commitment to the environment, measurement and disclosure of diverse data based on the environmental policy, and sending of information to stakeholders via a sustainability report |