NKK, Kawasaki Steel set up firm ahead of integration

NKK, Kawasaki Steel set up firm ahead of integration

TOKYO, Japan - Kanji Emoto (R), chairman of JFE Holdings Inc., and Yoichi Shimogaichi, JFE Holdings president, attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27, the same day NKK Corp. and Kawasaki Steel Corp. set up the joint holding company as the first step in forming the JFE Group and becoming the world's fourth largest integrated steelmaker.

Kawasaki, NKK to integrate operations in 2002

Kawasaki, NKK to integrate operations in 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Shimogaichi (L), president of NKK Corp., Japan's second-largest steelmaker, and Kanji Emoto, president of Kawasaki Steel Corp., ranking third, shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on April 13. They announced that the two companies have agreed to integrate their operations in October 2002 under a joint holding company.

NKK, Kawasaki Steel set up firm ahead of integration

NKK, Kawasaki Steel set up firm ahead of integration

TOKYO, Japan - Kanji Emoto (R), chairman of JFE Holdings Inc., and Yoichi Shimogaichi, JFE Holdings president, attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27, the same day NKK Corp. and Kawasaki Steel Corp. set up the joint holding company as the first step in forming the JFE Group and becoming the world's fourth largest integrated steelmaker. (Kyodo)

Kawasaki, NKK to integrate operations in 2002

Kawasaki, NKK to integrate operations in 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Shimogaichi (L), president of NKK Corp., Japan's second-largest steelmaker, and Kanji Emoto, president of Kawasaki Steel Corp., ranking third, shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on April 13. They announced that the two companies have agreed to integrate their operations in October 2002 under a joint holding company.