| 2022 |
- Development of New Brake Pad for Shinkansen (Prize for Science and Technology:Development Category, The Commendation for Scienceand Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
- Invention of Ship Structures with Excellent Crashworthiness by Highly Ductile Steel Plates (The National Commendation for Invention (by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation) "Invention Prize")
- Lightweight B-pillar with the Tailor welded blank structure
- 1180MPa class hot-rolled steel sheet for rear rush prevention device of medium and large trucks
- Hot Stamp steel sheet (2.0 GPa class)
- NSCarbolex™ Neutral
- ProStruct™
- NEXAGE®347AlPha
- NSCarbolext™ Solution
- Development of corrosion resistance steel for re-paint cycle extension (CORSPACE™) contributing to reducing life-cycle costs of steel bridges and port facilities (The 9th MONODZUKURI Nippon Grand Award, "Special Prize (Manufacturing and Production Process Category)")
- Development of a New Manufacturing Process for the Production of Titanium Sheets by Direct Slab Casting and Microstructure Control of Slab Surface (The FY2022 Okochi Memorial Production Prize, Joint development with TOHO TITANIUM CO.,LTD.)
- Corrosion resistance steel for re-paint cycle extension prolonging life-time of steel bridges and port facilities. (The FY2022 Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement)
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| 2021 |
- ZEXEED™
- NSafe™-FORM-SS (adopted by an auto mobile company)
- NSafe™-AutoConcept xEV
- NSafe™-AutoFormConcept
- Chromate-free tinplate (EZP™)
- TranTixxii™ (Designing Titanium) (the Good Design Award 2021)
- Hot Rolling Technology for High Tensile Strength Steel Sheets Using Instrumentation and Controls Adapted to Harsh Environments (The FY2021 Okochi Memorial Production Prize)
- Development of New Brake Pad for Shinkansen (The FY2021 Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement)
- Energy saving CO2 capture system for factory exhaust gas (The FY2021 Ichimura Prize in Industry against Global Warming; Joint development with NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth)
- Tailor welded blanks for aluminum Coated Steels for Hot-forming
- Invention of environmentally-friendly steel wire rods for super-high-strength bridge cables (Prize for Science and Technology:Development Category, The Commendation for Scienceand Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
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| 2020 |
- "FeLuce™"
- "MEGA NSHYPER BEAM™"
- Improvement of crashworthiness of oil tankers and prevention of oil spill by development and
application of highly-ductile steel plates (The FY2020 the Iwatani Naoji Memorial Prize, jointrly with National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, IMABARI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD. and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai)
- Development of forming technology of ultrahigh-strength steel sheet contributing to evolution of automobiles (The FY2020 Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement)
- Development and Applications of Highly Ductile Steel Plates Securing Crashworthiness and Grounding Resistance for Prevention of Ocean Oil Pollution (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award of the 3rd Japan Open Innovation Prize, jointrly with National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, IMABARI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD. and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai)
- Adoption of calcia modified soil for breakwater.
- Received Equipment Supplier of the year from Royal Dutch Shell Group (jointly with Sumitomo corporation)
- Increasing application of Designing titanium "TranTixxii™"
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| 2019 |
- Development of forming technology of ultrahigh-strength steel sheet that contributes to weight reduction of automobile parts and reduction of material usage. (the 8th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards for the processing technology of ultrahigh-strength steel plates).
- Received the ECO-VC Gold Award from Panasonic Corporation for 10 consecutive years.
- Developed gas soft-nitrided steel sheet possessing excellent surface hardness and fatigue strength.
- The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet "ORIENTCORE･HI-B™" (The 13th One Step on Electro-Technology Awards selected by the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan)
- Development of Production Technology for Highly Ductile Steel Plates for Shipbuilding Securing Crashworthiness (The FY2019 Okochi Memorial Production Prize)
- "YUS™2120", lean duplex stainless steel seamless pipes.
- "HYDREXEL™" (Adopted by Toyosu Hydrogen Station).
- Development of next-generation high-strength steel material MSB20 and gears that enable rare metal-less (the 8th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Prize (Manufacturing and Production Process Category; Joint development with Aisin AW Co., Ltd. and Aichi Steel Corporation)
- "TCW", metal fitting joints for building houses (Joint development with TATSUMI Corporation).
- Improved road covering plate "METRODECK™".
- Titanium low fin tubes. (Adopted for heat exchangers of freezers for ships).
- Improvement of safety for heavy vehicles by developing high efficiency and lightweight permanent magnet retarder. (The FY2019 Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement for the development)
- "Low Noise Gear Units Developed For Electric Train" (The FY2019 Machine Industry Promotion Prize, the Chairman's Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry)
- Manufacturing technology for hot-rolled high strength steel sheet using the shape meter employing LED dot pattern projection method. (The 8th MONODZUKURI Nippon Grand Award Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Prize; Manufacturing and Production Process Category)
- Restoring seaweed bed using steelmaking slag, which bring about various natural benefaction. (The FY2019 Ichimura Prize in Industry against Global Warming.)
- "Beverly™ Series". (The 2nd EcoPro Awards, the Host Award)
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| 2018 |
- "NSafe™-AutoConcept," a structural concept for next-generation vehicles
- Developed 980 MPa class cold rolled and hot-dip galvanized high- tensile-strength steel with excellent formability
- "Spangle Zinc™," an environmentally friendly chromate free new steel product
- Developed the lightest-in-the industry steel can. (Joint development with Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.)
- Developed 1,310 MPa class cold rolled high-tensile-strength steel (Joint development with Mazda Corporation)
- Received the ECO-VC Gold Award from Panasonic Corporation for 9 consecutive years
- Improvement of crashworthiness for ship collision by development of highly ductile steel plates NSafe™-Hull (The FY2018 Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement)
- The environmentally friendly threaded joint "CLEANWELL™-DRY ST" for oil country tubular goods
- The stainless steel "HYDREXEL™" for use under high-pressure hydrogen (The FY2018 Ichimura Prize in Industry against Global Warming and the Iwatani Naoji Memorial Prize)
- Environment impact reducing type super-high-strength steel wires (The FY2018 Okochi Memorial Production Prize)
- Developed steel for CVT pulley with excellent wear-resistance (Joint development with Aisin AW Co., Ltd.)
- Produced "Fire resisting steel-wooden hybrid column"(Joint development with Japan Laminated Wood Products Association and National LVL Association)
- The anti-corrosion method with titanium foil (The FY2018 Excellence Prize of Infrastructure Maintenance Award) (Joint development with Nippon Steel Anti-Corrosion Co., Ltd.)
- Launch the brand deployment of the "FYGRAS™" lineup, stainless steel sheets for precision machining.
- Permanent magnet auxiliary brake system (retarder).(The FY2018 Machine Industry Promotion Prize, the Chairman's Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry)
- Received the "Supplier of the Year 2018" from the Railway Systems Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd.
- Completed the first development phase of the COURSE50 project (development of environmentally friendly processing technology/development of processing technology including hydrogen reduction)
- The cumulative plastic recycling amount by the coke oven chemical raw material production method reached 3 million tons
- Received the FY2018 Chairman's Award of 3R SUISHINKYOGIKAI for effective use of calcia modified soil from the steel slag
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| 2017 |
- Designing titanium "TranTixxii™"
- Titanium sheet (Adopted for the fuel tank of Honda's (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.) sports motorbikes)
- Received the “Excellent Supplier 2016” award from TTX Company in the U.S.
- Fuji Zerox Co., Ltd. granted the qualification of "Premium Partner" for 6 consecutive years
- Increasing application of "NS SuperFrame™ method" for steel house construction
- Increasing application of Designing titanium "TranTixxii™"
- First adoption of calcia modified soil for reclamation
- "Development of Environmentally-conscious Stainless Steel Making Process Combining Resource Saving and Productivity Enhancement" (FY 2017 Awards for Resources Recirculation Technologies and Systems the METI Minister's Award)
- First adoption of Titanium foil sheet for earthquake-resistant construction for important cultural property in Zenkoji temple
- Received the "ECO-VC Gold Award" from Panasonic Corporation for 8 consecutive years
- "Development of permanent magnet type compact lightweight retarder" (The Seventh Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award; Special Prize)
- "CORSPACE™" corrossion resistance steel for painting cycle extension(adopted in Okinawa district with heavy salt damage for the first time)
- "Development of advanced high tensile strength steel sheet for automobile and solution technology" (adopted for the first time for Honda's (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.) new N-BOX)
- "Development of Environmentally-conscious Stainless Steel Making Process Combining Resource Saving and Productivity Enhancement" (Okochi Memorial Grand Production Prize)
- Received the "Diamond Supplier Award" from Navistar in the U.S. (Nippon Steel & Sumikin Crankshaft LLC in the U.S.)
- Truck & bus aluminum wheel excellent in strength/light weight "ToughBright™"
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| 2016 |
- “Approach to expand biomass mixed combustion in pulverized-coal-fired thermal power generation” (New Energy Foundation “New Energy Award” (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award))
- High corrosion-resistant steel sheets for oil tanker “NSGP™-1” and “NSGP™-2”
(Simultaneous adoption for the first time in the world after revision of the SOLAS treaty)
- Shipbuilding steel sheet “NSafe™-Hull” excellent in collision safety (Received the Class Notation of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for the first time in the world for bulk carriers)
- Received the “Best Supplier Award 2016” from Pioneer Electronics AsiaCentre Pte. Ltd. (Nippon EGalv Steel Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia))
- Received the ECO-VC Gold Award for 7 consecutive years from Panasonic Corporation
- “Environment impact reducing type super-high strength PWS steel material”
(Received the “Nippon Keidanren Chairman’s Innovation Prize” at the National Commendation for Invention)
- High corrosion-resistant coated steel wire “Toughguard™Hard” (Jointly developed with J-WITEX Corporation)
- “Gyro-Press Method™” Large pipe diameter 2,000 mm (first adoption)
- HAT-type Steel Sheet Piles "NSHAT™" (Adopted for infrastructure construction in Singapore and Australia)
- Stainless steel “HYDREXEL™” for hydrogen station (Received the Nikkei Superiority Award for Excellent Products and Services)
- Developed the automobile body frame parts of 3D hot bending square steel pipe
- The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. adopted the seamless steel pipe for hydrogen station TYPE I steel accumulator
- Received “2015 Excellence in Value” from American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
(International Crankshaft Inc. (U.S.))
- Received the “Excellent Supplier 2015” award from TTX Company (U.S.)
- Received the “Excellent Quality Award” from General Motors (Huizhou Sumikin Forging Co., Ltd. (China), SMI Amtek Crankshaft Pvt. Ltd. (India))
- Permanent magnet type compact lightweight retarder (received the Fiscal 2017 the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prize for Science and Technology (Development Category))
- “Development of high performance stainless steel spring plate for exhaust gasket”
(Received the “Engineering Award” from the Japan Society of Spring Engineers together with Honda R & D Co., Ltd.)
- Verified the performance of the discoloration resistant titanium building material with the structure for which 15 years have passed since construction.
- Titanium sheet (Adopted for the fuel tank of Honda’s (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.) motocross Bike)
- Titanium alloy (Adopted for the sports car muffler of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
- Titanium cover/petrolatum covering method (Adopted for the first time for signs of the Japan Coast Guard)
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| 2015 |
- Introduction of equipment for adding plastics of containers and packaging into all the works is complete.
- Multi-refining converter process (MURC) (The Commendation by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the FY2016 Science and Technology Prize: Development Category)
- Thick steel plates for mega container ships, covered by BCA and CTOD warranties (first approval worldwide for ship’s class)
- “NSGP™-3” highly corrosion-resistant steel plates (first applied to actual bulk carriers)
- “ABREX™” series, Abrasion-resistance steel plate (manufacturable thickness range greatly expanded)
- “CORSPACE™” corrosion resistance steel for painting cycle extension (registered in the New Technology Information System [NETIS] of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
- “SBHS500W” high-yield-point steel plate for bridges with weather-resistant specification was first adopted
- 7% nickel steel plates for LNG tanks (FY2014 Japan Institute of Energy, Achievement Award [category of technologies]; jointly awarded with Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.)
- Development and expanded application of 590-/780MPa-class hot-rolled highstrength steel sheets and GA780MPa-class hot-rolled high-strength steel sheets that are excellent in fatigue characteristics and workability
- Received the gold prize of the ECO/VC-Activity Award of Panasonic Corporation for six consecutive years
- “Tough Guard™ Mild” rough-surface highly corrosion-resistant weld wire
- “Thin wire rods” with a diameter of 5.0 mm or less (expanded lineup of products)
- Development of “SMart BEAM™” lightweight welded H-beam using “SuperDyma™” highly corrosion-resistant plated steel sheet
- Temporary retaining wall of hat-shaped steel sheet pile + H-steel method was first adopted
- “NS SuperFrame™ method” for construction of four-story steel houses (acquired a “structure rating” of the Building Center of Japan [BCJ] for high-ceilinged single-floor structures)
- Mechanical Joint “Gachi-cam Joint™” for steel pipe piles and steel pipe sheet piles
- Received the Global Partner Award from Royal Dutch Shell plc (jointly with Sumitomo Corporation)
- “HYDREXEL™” stainless steel for use under high-pressure hydrogen (The jointless welding method was first adopted for the hydrogen station of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.)
- Development and application of ferritic heat-resisting steel with high creep strength (jointly awarded the Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize of the Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan with Kyushu Institute of Technology)
- Titanium cover-type petrolatum lining method for steel sheet piles and steel pipe sheet piles (large-scale adoption)
- “Super-TIX™ 51AF” alloyed titanium (won the “Technical Development Award” of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and was used for connecting rods and engine parts of motorcycles, and also won the Honda Frontier Prize of the Honda Memorial Foundation)
- Development of the method of manufacturing specially rolled titanium foil (used for the fuel battery component of the fuel battery vehicle “MIRAI” of Toyota Motor Corporation)
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| 2014 |
- Sintering NOx reduction technology through the improvement of lime coating coke (LCC)
- Multi-refining converter process (MURC)
(The 61st Okochi Memorial Production Prize)
- 7% nickel steel plates for LNG tanks
(used for the LNG storage tanks for shale gas in Canada; 2013 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Award)
- "NSGP™-2" highly corrosion-resistant steel plates for crude oil tankers
(first approval worldwide for ClassNK certification for tank ceilings)
- NSafe™-Hull steel plates for ship construction, excellent for collision safety (first practical use in the world)
- Super-high-tensile-strength steel for building structures of 1000N class, with the highest strength in the world
(adopted by the Technical Research Institute of Obayashi Corporation)
- Fatigue strength improvement technology at welds-UIT method
(selected for the recommended technology of the New Technology Information System [NETIS] by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2014)
- Eco-friendly type steel wire for ultra-high-tensiie-strength bridge cables (PWS™ steel wire rods)
(The Ichimura Prize in Industry for Outstanding Achievement)
- Eco-friendly, high-performance, low-carbon, unleaded, free-cut steel
(Commendation by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
- HYDREXEL™ stainless steel for use under high-pressure hydrogen
- Active suspension for railway vehicles (adopted by the Granclass car of the Hokuriku Shinkansen)
- Development of a tooth flank correction shape that achieves lower noise generation in gear systems for railway vehicles
- Hot-rolled steel sheet shape measurement, using LED projection
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| 2013 |
- New melting furnace (EB furnace: Electron Beam Refining Furnace)
- Hot-dip galvanized high-tensile-strength steel with a strength class of 1.2 GPa
- Hot-press product using a direct water-cooling method (jointly with Unipres)
- 7% nickel steel plates for LNG tanks
- Method for refining tsunami-deposited soil (CAL-SPIN™ method) certified by the Council for Construction Technology Review and Certification) (jointly with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering)
- "SUS304 H-SR3" stainless steel plates with ultrafine crystal grain
- Combination wall of hat-shaped steel sheet pile and steel pipe pile by gyro press method (jointly with Giken Ltd.)
- Welded lightweight H-shaped steel (SMartBEAM™) was utilized as construction louver material
- Active suspension for railroad cars was adopted by the Kyushu Railway Company for the Cruise Train Seven Stars (Nanatsuboshi) in Kyushu
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| 2012 |
- SBHS500 high performance steel was used to construct the fully-welded large truss box composite bridge of the Tokyo Gate Bridge.
- For the first time in the world, 590MPa class high-tension steel (cold-rolled steel sheet) was used for the side panels, and 780 MPa class high-tension steel (hot-rolled steel sheet) was used for the suspension arms.
- 980MPa class high-tension steel was used for the first time in the world for parts of light automobiles that are difficult to form.
- SuperDyma™ highly corrosion-resistant steel sheet was used for the first time in automobile body panels.
- SuperDyma™ highly corrosion resistant plated steel sheet products which conform to JIS standards
- NSHYPER BEAM™ VE/NSYP™345B consisting of 490N rolled steel sheet for building construction whose design reference strength (F value) has been increased to 345N was used for the first time.
- The SMartBEAM™ method was used for the first time in 3-story wooden buildings.
- A hat-shaped steel sheet pile + H-steel method was used for the first time in harbor construction work.
- The support strength properties of steel sheet piles intended for foundation construction were favorably evaluated by the Railway Technical Research Institute.
- SBHS400W high yield point steel sheet for bridges was modified to conform to JIS, and then adopted for the first time.
- Active suspension for railway rolling stock was used by the Kinki Nippon Railway Company on all of its "Shimakaze" tourist limited express trains.
- Recycling technology for general waste plastic based on the coke oven chemical raw material recycling method (The Okochi Memorial Production Prize)
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