About KOBELCO
KOBELCO is the unified brand name of the Kobe Steel Group.
The Kobe Steel Group offers distinctive, trustworthy products and technologies in a wide variety of fields, including iron and steel, welding, aluminum and copper, machinery, engineering, construction machinery and electric power.
KOBELCO History
1905: Founded when major pre-war conglomerate Suzuki Shoten enters heavy industry field
1914: Begins first domestic development of air compressors
1916: Begins production of rolled steel products
1917: Begins production of copper tubes and bars
1926: Completes Japan’s first cement plant
1930: Completes first domestically produced electric mining shovel
1937: Begins aluminum casting and forging business
1940: Produces the first welding electrodes in Japan
1955: Achieves first industrial production of titanium metal in Japan
1960: Opens office in New York
1979: Establishes KOBELCO as international unified trademark
2002: Begins commercial operations
2005: Celebrates 100th anniversary
2006: Starts up processing plant for special steel wire rod used in automobiles in China
2016:Begins Electric Power Business
2019: Establishes regional headquarters in Europe