KOBELCO

KOBELCO
Kōbe Seikōsho KK (jap. 株式会社神戸製鋼所, engl. Kobe Steel Ltd.) is a Japanese group headquartered in Kōbe. The company mainly produces steel and machinery, which are marketed worldwide under the Kobelco brand.
Kobe Steel was founded in 1905 and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Nikkei 225 index. With over 200 subsidiaries and around 60 partner companies, the company is currently one of the three largest players in the Japanese mining industry. Since 2002, Kobe Steel has maintained a joint venture with its competitor CNH Industrial to jointly manufacture construction machinery for the European and North American markets. Within the European Union, it is marketed by its subsidiary Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe BV, based in Almere. In German-speaking countries, Kobe Steel has also been represented in the steel production sector since 2009 by its daughter company Shinsho Europe GmbH based in Düsseldorf.