Established in October 2012 by the merger of Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) is the world-leading integrated steel producer.
NSSMC makes a wide range of value-added steel products, in more than 15 countries as well as at 16 steelworks in Japan. It emphasizes three business fields as key strategic areas: high-grade steel products for automobiles, resources and energy, and civil engineering, construction, and railways. It conducts research and development at three major research centers, and six laboratories at steelworks, all in Japan.
In pipe and tubes, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal boasts an integrated system covering the entire process, from development to manufacture and marketing. Based on the collective strengths supported by this system, the Company is meeting diverse customer needs in a wide range of market sectors.
Steel bars for cold heading
[Characteristics]
Steel bars for cold forging with strictly controlled surface and interior qualities
[Example of parts]
Piston pine, Piston couples
High-strength steel for FS/cracking connecting rods
[Characteristics]
Steel for connecting rods with high strength and excellent fracture properties, by optimizing the combination of precipitation strengthening and solute strengthening (FS:Fracture Splitting)
[Example of parts]
Connecting rods
