Sanyo Special Steel Co.,Ltd. (E01243) Stock Price

Sanyo Special Steel and its group companies (37 consolidated subsidiaries and 1 affiliate accounted for using the equity method) operate in close coordination with Nippon Steel Corporation under a shared business strategy. The group is active across a wide range of segments, including steel products, powder products, and semi-finished materials.

In the steel products segment, the company manufactures and sells specialty steel products such as bearing steel, machine structural steel, stainless steel, heat-resistant steel, and tool steel. This segment includes Sanyo Special Steel Manufacturing India Private Limited and Ovako Group AB along with its 22 subsidiaries.

In the powder products segment, the company manufactures and sells metal powder products, with Yōkō Bussan Co., Ltd. being the primary company in this segment.

In the semi-finished materials segment, the company manufactures and sells semi-finished material products made from specialty steel bars and steel pipes. This segment includes Santoku Tech Co., Ltd., SANYO SPECIAL STEEL U.S.A., INC., and Sanyo Special Steel Manufacturing de México, S.A. de C.V.

As other operations, the company provides information processing services that support and assist the steel products, powder products, and semi-finished materials segments, with Santoku Computer Service Co., Ltd. being the primary company in this segment.

Through these operations, the Sanyo Special Steel Group addresses diverse needs in the specialty steel field and pursues global business expansion.

Sanyo Special Steel aims to strengthen its brand as a high-reliability steel manufacturer through the production and sale of specialty steel products. The company group is guided by a management philosophy of "trust-based management," which establishes trust from society, customers, and among people. While balancing economic and social value, the company pursues enhanced corporate value. The medium-term management plan for fiscal years 2021 through 2025 focuses on further enhancing corporate value in the global specialty steel market, strengthening profitability in overseas operations, expanding technological advancement, achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, promoting digital transformation, strengthening governance, and advancing diversity management and health-focused management initiatives.

Sanyo Special Steel continues to provide high-quality products that precisely meet specialty steel needs through integrated production from electric furnace steelmaking to finished products. The flagship product is bearing steel, the material for bearings, where cleanliness is critical to product lifespan—leveraging the company's core strength in "high-cleanliness steel manufacturing technology." The company group also pursues enhanced cost competitiveness by reducing fixed and variable costs, securing appropriate margins, upgrading sales composition, and capturing global demand reliably.

To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the company is advancing CO2 emission reductions across all stages of society through four initiatives: "eco-process," "green energy utilization," "eco-products," and "eco-solutions." Digital transformation drives reform and efficiency improvements in production and business processes. The company strengthens governance, promotes diversity management and health-focused management. Through these strategies, Sanyo Special Steel contributes to a sustainable society while pursuing enhanced corporate value in the global specialty steel market.