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Tsuguto Moriwaki President and CEO

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Tsuguto Moriwaki President and CEO

Iron & Steel - a material vital to economic development and industries ranging from car manufacturing and shipbuilding to construction and electric appliances. Our mission is to support the stable supply of this key material. Kobe Steel is renowned for their world class technology and extensive record of achievement. Shinsho Corporation is a supplier of Kobe Steel's line of steel materials, including wire rod, bar steel, plate and sheet steel, and steel tubing. We have built a network that enables us to supply products expeditiously to industries worldwide. We also handle surface-treated steel sheet, titanium, stainless, and other high value-added products. We are as committed as ever to our customer-first policy and are striving to meet customer expectations by providing high-quality products and global services.

Reducing the environmental impact of consumer electronics. Kobe Steel was first in the industry to market eco-friendly chromium-free sheet steel. The sheets are made using a corrosion-resistant coating process that uses no chromium compounds, resulting in greatly reduced impact on the environment. Shinsho Corporation is working aggressively to expand the market for chromium-free sheet steel, centered on home appliance manu-facturers. Amid greater environmental awareness in society as a whole, we are contributing to the creation of more eco-friendly household electric appliances.

■ Wire Rods and Bars Wire and bar products from Kobe Steel are among the world's finest. They are used in the auto-motive and a range of other indus-tries. Shinsho handles distribution of these products, and through our strong partnerships with fabri-cators, we are working to ensure stable supply to our customers.

■ Titanium Titanium is a material used for aircraft, chemical applications, and pipes in power generation. Recently, it has found its way into our daily lives as a material used for computer and camera bodies. Kobe Steel was first in Japan to develop titanium for commercial applications. Shinsho Corporation supplies Kobe Steel's titanium pro-ducts to meet diverse customer needs.

■ Wire rod, cold roll steel wire, steel wire, wire rope, twisted steel wire, bolts, nuts, washers, screws, and other secondary and tertiary wire rod products.

■ Steel plate, steel sheet, zinc coated, electromagnetic, and other steel sheets

■ Bar steel, section steel, lightweight section steel, round reinforcing bar, cold finished steel bar, polished steel bar.

■ Steel tube and pipe, columns

■ Special steels, stainless steel (wire, bar, sheet and plate, pipe), titanium and titanium alloys

■ Gratings, tie rod, guard rails, guard cables, studs dowel, steel fiber

■ Special alloys, steel powders

■ Pig iron for casting, forged products, steel ingot, billets

■ Steel plate We supply Kobe Steel's steel plate, which has excellent processability and weldability. Steel plate is vital to diverse industries including ship-building, construction, and bridge construction.

■ Steel powder First developed in Japan, atomized steel powder is used to manufacture sintered parts for automobiles and for shaped parts of increasingly complex shape. The steel powder industry is growing steadily. Shinsho offers stable supply of Kobe Steel's steel powder, which accounts for some 10% of world market share. ■ Steel sheet

Kobe Steel has a built a record of reliability and results on the strength of their high-strength steel sheet. Shinsho Corporation supplies Kobe Steel's thin sheet steel pro-ducts. We are also working to popularize eco-friendly chromium-free sheet steel.

Green Coat / GX-K2 Process Special chromium- free coating

Zinc coating

Steel sheet

These products feature an organic compound coating that contains no harmful substances. The coating minimizes corro-sion of scratches and edges

Demand for electric power is increasing, and with that there is growing interest in independent power producers (IPP) projects. One of our business enterprises is supporting the supply of fuel for these new IPP power stations. Shinsho Corporation meets our modern society's demand for raw material resources in a variety of ways. We handle raw materials for steelmaking including coal, coke, limestone, iron scrap and ferroalloys in blast furnaces. We also supply fuels for IPP power stations. We also work to promote recycling of slag and plastic scrap. Shinsho Corporation is focused on resource development overseas as well. For example, we are involved in an HBI( hot-briquetted iron ) project in Venezuela, and a coal mining project in Australia, supplying high-quality iron resources to customers worldwide. We supply the resources that keep society moving, and as a leader in this field we keep a constant eye to the future.

■ Coal, Coke, scrap iron, HBI, pig iron, limestone, petroleum products, ferroalloys, zinc, electrodes, and refractory materials.

■ Other products include auxiliary materials, secondary and tertiary products.

■ Titanium sponge, chemical products.

■ Coke breeze, slag, pulverized slag and RPF.

■ Shinko Kobe Power Station Leveraging our expertise in supplying coal for iron and steel production and in supply-ing auxiliary materials, Shinsho delivers raw materials and auxiliary materials for power generation to the Shinko Kobe Power Sta-tion, which began full-scale operation in 2004. We thus provide indirect support for Shinko Kobe Power Station, which supplies up to 70% of Kobe City’s power needs.

■ Coal Steelmaking is the backbone in-dustry of Japan, and it simply could not function without the raw material of coal. Through our st-rong partnership with Kobe Steel, Shinsho is working to ensure a stable supply of coal for boilers and coke-making.

■ HBI HBI (hot-briquetted iron) is created using a direct-reduction process. HBI is a new type of iron raw material that exhibits minimal reoxidation and is ideally suited for transport. Shinsho works in partnership with Kobe Steel selling HBI, produced by Midrex Technologies in Venezuela, to cus-tomers in North America.

■ Iron & Steel Raw Materials Shinsho Corporation is engaged in the procurement and supply of the primary raw materials for steelmaking (coke, scrap iron, limestone, etc.). Our primary customers are Kobe Steel and other manufacturers opera-ting electric arc furnaces. Shinsho also supplies materials for alloys and other raw materials for steelmaking.

A high-efficiency energy source created through recycling. RPF is a recycled product developed by our Iron & Steel Raw Materials Sector, which works extensively in the energy sector. RPF is made of waste paper, waste plastic, and sawdust that is mixed and formed into hard pellets and used as a solid fuel. It is used as an alternative fuel for boilers, etc. because its calorific value is nearly equal to that of coal, but it costs less. Shinsho Corporation is working to promote sales of RPF to paper and steel manufacturers that have their own boilers for power generation. Our aim is the popularization of this new energy source.

Mobile phones and notebook computers have become indispensable in our modern IT society. At the heart of these and countless other devices are semiconductors. Shinsho is in the business of supplying semiconductor leadframes as well as aluminum and copper, materials vital to the high-tech sector. We cover the diverse needs of manufacturers with aluminum materials for beverage cans and for aerospace, auto-motive and precision instrument applications. Our rolled copper products are used for electronic materials, the terminals used in automobiles, copper sheet for construction applications, and copper tubing in air conditioning equipment. In particular, we supply fabricated products for the automotive sector, resulting in lighter vehicles and helping to reduce their environmental burden. Information technology is spreading rapidly through-out society, as is an increasing environmental awareness. In this atmosphere, the importance of aluminum and copper will only grow. Shinsho Corporation is a leader in the field, and the scope of our business will continue to grow as well.

■ High-Performance Deformed 　Heat Exchanger Tube Kobe Steel copper tubing is made using the world’s most advanced thin-wall production technology. Shinsho supplies tubing for air conditioners and other heat exchanger equi-pment. This is our contribution to greater comfort in our daily life.

■ Photoconductor Drum With the growing popularity of color laser printers, there has been yearly growth in demand for aluminum photoconductor drums. Shinsho is engaged in all steps from produc-tion to sales, supplying quality material for photoconductor drums to manufacturers for fabrication, and delivering finished products to printer manufacturers.

■ Leadframes Leadframes are a key component of ele-ctronic circuit boards. With their compre-hensive production framework, Kobe Steel manufactures quality leadframes starting from the basic raw materials. Shinsho supplies the finished leadframes to con-sumer electronics manufacturers and others.

■ Copper Sheet and 　Strip for Electronic 　Applications Kobe Steel leverages its renow-ned technological strength to pro-duce copper materials used in IC leadframes, terminals and con-nectors. Shinsho supplies these materials to a range of industries including the telecommunications and automotive industries.

■ Sheet, strip, dies, tubing, rod, wire, and forged products of aluminum and aluminum alloys, and copper and copper alloys.

■ Nonferrous metal fabricated products

■ Ingot, scrap, and recycled ingot of copper, aluminum, zinc, magnesium and nickel.

■ Aluminum Sheet Kobe Steel is the world's top producer of aluminum. Shinsho is engaged in business development at stages ranging from proces-sing to sales of Kobe Steel's high-quality aluminum sheet. We supply aluminum mate-rials for today's automobiles and are exploring other potential applications for aluminum sheet.

New solutions aimed at saving fuel and reducing CO2 emissions. With the progression of global warming, automakers are making great efforts to lighten their vehicles to improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions. Shinsho is actively engaged in supplying Kobe Steel’s aluminum fabricated products to various automakers, thus contributing to lighter cars and trucks. We supply a range of fabricated priducts including bumpers, door beams, engine mounts and forged suspension parts. The fabricated aluminum products Shinsho offers can contribute to alleviating the problem of global warming. Automakers worldwide are taking notice.

■ Aluminum Cans Aluminum is used for approxi-mately half of all beverage cans in Japan. Kobe Steel has cap-tured some 30% of the aluminum can market and 70% of the bottle can market. Shinsho Corporation handles logistics of aluminum can material and we are also getting into the recycling business, coll-ecting aluminum can material and contributing to resource recycling.

From the largest bridges and buildings, to cars, motorcycles, and semiconductors - in all corners of modern life, welds hold things together. Shinsho Corporation is a supplier of welding consumables, and collective strength is what sets us apart. Our clients in the welding sector are always working to improve the quality and safety of the welding process, and Shinsho provides total support in terms of welding consumables, equip-ment, technology and expertise. Kobelco's welding consumables hold the top share of the Japanese market. Shinsho supplies high-quality Kobelco welding consumables as well as robotic welding systems, fusion cutters and environmental systems, and per-forms installation work. Shinsho is also advancing an international strategy that includes business development in China and ASEAN countries based on the operation in Thailand.

■ Bridges and Steel Column Fabrication Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world. Key to its completion was the superior welding techno-logy and consumables that went into it. This same technology is used in the construction of giant skyscrapers.

■ Welding Robot Systems These systems weld steel column, bridges, and construction machinery with no human labor involved. Welds are high quality, consistent and fast. Shinsho can provide robot welding systems to match specific user needs.

■ Welding consumables Shinsho supplies some 800 Kobelco welding consumables, including everything from shield-ed arc welding rods to automatic and semi-auto welding wire and flux. These products are sui-table for diverse welding conditions and have earned a fine reputation as a result.

■ Kobelco welding rods, automated welding materials ■ welders, fusion cutters, welding robots ■ reduced manpower automated welding equipment, dryers ■ welding jigs, ■ office automation (OA) equipment ■ high-pressure gas, high-pressure gas tanks ■ welding materials, other raw materials, packaging materials.

The birth of Kobelco's innovative, eco-friendly Solid Wire Using a newly-developed wire surface processing technology, Kobelco's non-coppercoated solid wire offers outstanding wire feedability and arc stability. The environmental load of the production process has also been reduced by eliminating the process of copper plating. Leveraging our abundant marketing know-how and Kobelco's technological strength, Shinsho provides products and solutions to customers primarily in the automotive and steel column fabrication sectors.

07021500 -F

Tsuguto Moriwaki President and CEO