Nippon Steel

Extracted Attributes

• Country

  Japan

• Employees

  52205

• Company Type

  Steelmaker

• Headquarters

  Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

• Key Products

  Steel plates, steel pipes, structural steel, railway steel wheels and axles, forged crankshafts, seamless pipes, titanium products

• Business Segments

  Steelmaking and Steel Fabrication, Engineering and Construction, Chemicals and Materials, System Solutions

• Forbes Global 2000 Rank (2023)

  1971

• Crude Steel Production Rank (Japan)

  Largest

• Crude Steel Production Rank (Global)

  Fourth largest

Timeline

• The original Japanese name 'Nihon Seitetsu' was established. (Source: wikipedia)

  1934-XX-XX

• The original company, Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., was split into four separate companies, including Yawata Iron & Steel Co Ltd and Fuji Iron & Steel Co, Ltd. (Source: wikipedia)

  1950-XX-XX

• Nippon Steel Corporation was formed through the merger of Fuji Iron & Steel and Yawata Iron & Steel. (Source: summary)

  1970-01-01

• Merged with Sumitomo Metal Industries, and the company became known as Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal. (Source: summary)

  2012-XX-XX

• The company's English name reverted to Nippon Steel Corporation, and its Japanese name returned to the original 1934 designation. (Source: summary)

  2019-XX-XX

• Involved in a merger agreement with US Steel, which was initially blocked by the Joe Biden administration but later saw the block reversed by Donald Trump. (Source: related_documents)

  XXXX-XX-XX

Nippon Steel

Nippon Steel Corporation (日本製鉄株式会社, Nippon Seitetsu kabushiki gaisha) (previously known as Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal until 2019) is Japan's largest steelmaker, headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company has four business segments, which are steelmaking, engineering, chemicals, and systems solutions. It is the largest producer of crude steel in Japan and the fourth largest in the world. The company is on the Forbes Global 2000 list, ranked 1971 in 2023. The company is the third incarnation of the Nippon Steel name, each time with a slightly different spelling or pronunciation. The original company, known as Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (日本製鐵, Nihon Seitetsu), was split into two separate companies in 1950. These two companies later merged in 1970 to form Nippon Steel Corporation and this name lasted until 2012, when it merged with Sumitomo Metal Industries. The company’s English name reverted to its 1970 name in 2019, while its Japanese name returned to the original 1934 name.

Web Search Results

• Corporate Profile | About Us - Nippon Steel

  With manufacturing bases in Japan and 15 countries or more worldwide, Nippon Steel Corporation is Japan’s largest steelmaker and one of the world’s leading steel producers. Our group—the Nippon Steel Group—does business in four areas, starting with our core segment of Steelmaking and Steel Fabrication and including Engineering and Construction, Chemicals and Materials, and System Solutions. We undertake these businesses based on four pillars laid out in our Medium- to Long-term Management Plan: [...] | 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. | [...] | Pipes & Tubes | Nippon Steel is a world-leader in the high-end seamless pipes usedin oil and gas development and for fossil fuels in coal fired power generation, as well as for carbon capture and storage (CCS),geothermal and biomass power generation, hydrogen stations, and other purposes. We also provide high-quality, high-performance products and services to the automotive,construction, industrial machinery and other industries. |

• Nippon Steel Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets

  Nippon Steel Corporation manufactures steel products. The Company mainly produces and sells steel plates, steel pipes, structural steel, and more. Nippon Steel also offers chemicals, new materials, and other products. []( Terms of ServiceDo Not Sell or Share My Personal InformationTrademarksPrivacy Policy CareersMade in NYCAdvertise Ad Choices Help©2025 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. [...] Nippon Steel Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets =============== Skip To Content Skip to content Bloomberg the Company & Its Products The Company & its ProductsBloomberg Terminal Demo RequestBloomberg Anywhere Remote Login Bloomberg Anywhere LoginBloomberg Customer Support Customer Support ### Bloomberg [...] Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world ### For Customers Bloomberg Anywhere Remote Login Software Updates Manage Products and Account Information ### Support Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 ### Company

• Nippon Steel Corporation

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• The Evolution of Nippon Steel and Where It's Headed

  Striving to emulate US Steel as an ideal company, Nippon Steel had become a strong competitor by the mid-1970s. It was producing products of nearly the same quality as US Steel, the world's largest crude steel producer at the time. Japan 2 Earth Masthead Banner ## 'New York Begins at the World Trade Center' [...] After World War II, with the dissolution of zaibatsu by the Allied command in Japan, the company was split into four: Yawata Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Fuji Iron & Steel Co, Ltd, Nippon Steel Shipping Co, Ltd, and Harima Refractories Co, Ltd. Then in 1970, Yawata Iron & Steel and Fuji Iron & Steel merged to create Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC). ## US Steel Acquisition [...] According to a 1978 Nikkei article by a former Mitsui & Co executive involved in this steel transaction, Yawata Iron & Steel (now NSC) would produce the steel. Then, Mitsui & Co would export it to Pacific Car and Foundry in Seattle. There it would be processed into semi-finished products for delivery to the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

• Products | NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

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• Country

  Japan

• Employees

  52,205

• Instance Of

  Q4830453

• Headquarters

  Marunouchi Park Building

• Inception Date

  1/1/1970

Nippon Steel Corporation (日本製鉄株式会社, Nippon Seitetsu kabushiki gaisha) was formed in 2012 by the merger of the old Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal. The old Nippon Steel Corporation was established in 1970 by the merger of Fuji Iron & Steel and Yawata Iron & Steel. Nippon Steel is the world's third largest steel producer by volume as of 2019.