Kobe Steel, Ltd.
MEMBER CLASS
Production and Transformation
JOIN DATE
May 2022
HEADQUARTER LOCATION
Japan
CERTIFICATIONS
About Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Since the establishment of Kobe Steel in 1905, the Kobe Steel Group (also known as the KOBELCO Group) has worked with customers to create and provide products that meet their needs along with the development of society.
Our Group’s business has grown in a wide range of fields while fulfilling the expectations of society. Today, we are engaged in multiple businesses, including the materials businesses which consists of steel, aluminum, advanced materials, and welding; the machinery businesses which consists of industrial machinery, engineering, and construction machinery; and the electric power business.
The KOBELCO Group aims to further increase its corporate value by fulfilling various social responsibilities and contributing to solving social issues through providing technologies, products, and services under the framework of sustainability management based on the Group Corporate Philosophy.
As one of the few manufacturers that provides both steel and aluminum products, Kobe Steel has been operating its business globally. The aluminum-related business is growing in Japan and other Asian countries as well as in North America. As a member of
ASI, our company will support the initiative to drive transformation for the global aluminum industry with the aim of contributing to the environment and society and achieving sustainable growth through its business activities.
- Shoji Miyazaki - Executive Vice President
Certifications
Performance Standard V2 (2017)
- Certificate Number: 159 Rev. 2
- Certification Period: 26.10.2021 - 25.10.2024
- Audit Report Public Summary
- All activities at Ulsan Aluminum Ltd in Ulsan, South Korea, including the manufacture of aluminium and aluminium coil and sheet specifically for automotive, can and specialty products.
- Aluminium Re-melting/Refining
- Casthouses
- Material Conversion (Production and Transformation)
Chain of Custody Standard V1 (2017)
- Certificate Number: 184 Rev. 2
- Certification Period: 08.02.2022 - 07.02.2025
- Audit Report Public Summary
- The manufacture of aluminium and aluminium coil and sheet which includes the processes of recycling and remelting at the Yeongju Plant, Korea and the Joint Venture site, Ulsan Aluminum, Korea.
- Aluminium Re-melting/Refining
- Casthouses
- Post-Casthouse
Performance Standard V3 (2022)
- Certificate Number: 340
- Certification Period: 22.11.2023 - 21.11.2026
- Audit Report
- Tianjin plant facility in Tianjin, China, covering the production of thin automobile aluminium alloy plate and strip (series 5000 and 6000).
- Material Conversion
Performance Standard V3 (2022)
- Certificate Number: 364
- Certification Period: 29.05.2024 - 28.05.2027
- Audit Report
- Manufacture of Aluminium products at Moka Works, Tochigi, Japan.
- Aluminium Re-melting/Refining
- Casthouses
- Semi-Fabrication
- Material Conversion
Chain of Custody Standard V2 (2022)
- Certificate Number: 379
- Certification Period: 24.06.2024 - 23.06.2027
- Audit Report
- Manufacture of Aluminium products at Moka Works, Tochigi, Japan.
- Aluminium Re-melting/Refining
- Casthouses
- Post-Casthouse
Chain of Custody Standard V2 (2022)
- Certificate Number: 410
- Certification Period: 01.11.2024 - 31.10.2027
- Audit Report
- Production and sale of (series 5000 and 6000) thin automobile Aluminium alloy plate and strip at Kobelco Automotive Aluminum Rolled Products (China) Co., Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary funded by the Kobelco Group.
- Post-Casthouse
Additional Information
Activities in the aluminium value chain*
- Aluminium re-melting, refining or recycling
- Semi-fabrication (rolling, extrusion, casting)
- Aerospace - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- Automotive - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- Construction - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- Consumer durables - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- Engineering - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- IT - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- Packaging - Product or component manufacturing (material conversion)
- Collection of post-use recyclable material
- Trade or collection of aluminium for re-melting or recycling
* may contain both ASI-certified and non ASI-certified
Countries of operation
Americas
- Brazil
- Mexico
- United States
Asia
- Cambodia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Europe
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
Middle East and North Africa
- United Arab Emirates
Pacific
- Australia
Other Production and Transformation Members
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