Kawasaki Steel Corporation

Japanese: 川崎製鉄[株] - かわさきせいてつ

The company started out as Kawasaki Shipyard (now Kawasaki Heavy Industries) Hyogo Plant in 1906, and was spun off and became independent in 1950. It built Japan's first integrated steelworks in Chiba in 1951 and in Mizushima in 1961, and has been aggressively expanding its market share. It has also been active in expanding overseas, building the Tubarão Steelworks in Brazil. Steel plates make up a large proportion of the company's products, and the company is known as "Kawatetsu of Plates." Other products include steel pipes and bar steel. In September 2002, it merged with Nippon Kokan to form JFE Holdings. The company's head office is in Tokyo. In 2011, the company's capital was 147.1 billion yen, and sales for the fiscal year ending March 2011 were 3.1955 trillion yen. Sales breakdown (%) is as follows: steel 84, engineering 8, shipbuilding 7, LSI 1.
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Japanese:

1906年設置の川崎造船所（現川崎重工業）兵庫工場に始まり，1950年分離独立。日本で最初の銑鋼一貫の製鉄所を1951年以降千葉に，1961年以降水島に建設，積極的にシェアを拡大した。また，ブラジルにツバロン製鉄所を建設するなど海外進出にも積極的。製品では鋼板の比重が高く〈板の川鉄〉と称される。他には鋼管，条鋼など。2002年９月，日本鋼管と経営統合，JFEホールディングス設立。同社は本社東京。2011年資本金1471億円，2011年３月期売上高３兆1955億円。売上構成（％）は，鉄鋼84，エンジニアリング８，造船７，LSI１。
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