Overview
Based on the long accumulation of technology through steelmaking, the Nippon Steel Group operates businesses in four areas: steelmaking and fabrication, engineering and construction, chemicals and materials, and system solutions, with the core business being steelmaking.
PLATE & CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
Through the delivery of high-performance steels such as plates, H-beams, sheet piles, pipe piles, and rails, Nippon Steel contributes to the building and development of a wide range of infrastructure in such fields as ships; energy, e.g., wind power; construction; and railways, thereby securing the foundation of people’s lives.
FLAT PRODUCTS
Nippon Steel supports various industries and people’s lives by delivering steel sheet used to make automobiles, electrical appliances, housing, beverage cans, transformers, and other goods. Having production and processing bases worldwide, this unit provides high quality, high-performance products and services in Japan and overseas.
BAR & WIRE ROD
Nippon Steel delivers high-quality high-performance bars and rods to a wide range of industries including the automotive, construction, and industrial machinery industries. In the automotive business, this unit focuses on high end products used in important automotive components such as engines, drive trains, and suspensions.
PIPES & TUBES
We lead the world in high-function seamless pipes used not only for petroleum/natural gas development, but also for terrestrial heat/biomass power generation and hydrogen stations. We respond to a wide range of needs in automobiles, construction, industrial machinery, and the like by offering high-quality, high-function products and services in Japan and overseas.
RAILWAY, AUTOMOTIVE & MACHINERY PARTS
Nippon Steel is the only manufacturer of railway steel wheels and axles in Japan. This unit's major products are railway rolling stock components and forged crankshafts for automobiles. The unit has two manufacturing bases for railway wheels and axles, and four bases for crankshafts in the world.
TITANIUM
In addition to titanium’s lighter, high-strength, and extremely corrosion-resistant properties, Nippon Steel is utilizing the technologies accumulated in its long history of steelmaking to be a world-leader in titanium products for industrial machinery/plants, building materials, automobiles, and aerospace.
STAINLESS STEEL
Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation provides steel customers with a wide range of high-quality stainless steel products that includes steel plates, sheets, bars, and wire rods by leveraging its most advanced technologies in the world. This subsidiary has developed the world’s first Sn-added low-interstitial ferritic steel grades, named the “FW (forward) series,” and a original duplex stainless steel.
R&D Laboratories
The Nippon Steel Group has research laboratories in Futtsu, Amagasaki and Hasaki. These laboratories lead the world in manufacturing technology development that includes new product development and process improvement, mainly in high-growth sectors, as well as basic research to support these sectors.