Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal : president says to support Kobe Steel if any request comes

Nippon Steel Corporation is one of the Japanese largest iron and steel groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - manufacturing of steel products (88.5%): long steel, flat steel, rails, sheets, iron bars, tubular products, etc.; - engineering and construction services (4%): design, development and construction of offshore structures, infrastructures and environmental systems; - technologic services (3.9%); - manufacturing of chemical product (3.6%): primarily raw materials and iron and steel by-products (coal, coke, tar, etc.). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (60.2%), Asia (22.8%) and other (17%).