Nippon Kokan Co., Ltd.

Japanese: 日本鋼管[株] - にほんこうかん

Commonly known as NKK. Founded in 1912 for the purpose of manufacturing steel pipes, later constructed blast furnaces and converters, becoming the second largest integrated steel company after Nippon Steel. With plants in Keihin, Fukuyama, Tsurumi, Shimizu, and Tsu, it is the second largest crude steel producer after Nippon Steel. It is the only one of the five major blast furnace companies to also operate a heavy industry division. Headquarters in Tokyo. Capital in 2001 was 233.7 billion yen, and sales for the fiscal year ending March 2001 were 1.102 trillion yen. In September 2002, it merged with Kawasaki Steel to establish the holding company JFE Holdings.
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Japanese:

通称NKK。1912年鋼管製造を目的に設立，のち高炉・転炉を建設して日本製鉄に次ぐ銑鋼一貫会社となった。京浜，福山，鶴見，清水，津に工場をもち，粗鋼生産高は新日本製鐵に次ぎ第２位。高炉大手５社のなかで唯一の重工業部門を兼営。本社東京。2001年資本金2337億円，2001年３月期売上高１兆102億円。2002年９月，川崎製鉄と経営統合し，持株会社JFEホールディングスを設立。
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