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Nippon wins Global Innovator 2020 Award

Nippon wins Global Innovator 2020 Award

Nippon Steel Corporation has received the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator 2020 Award for the eighth consecutive year. The award recognises innovative companies and institutions by analysis of the trend in intellectual property and patents, based on the patent data owned by Clarivate Analytics.
Nippon Steel named 2019 Steel Sustainability Champion

Nippon Steel named 2019 Steel Sustainability Champion

Nippon Steel Corporation was named the 2019 Steel Sustainability Champion by the World Steel Association. The Association commends member steel companies that are most clearly demonstrating their commitment to sustainable development.

Nippon Steel receives “Equipment Supplier Awardâ€?

Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation jointly received the Equipment Supplier of the Year Award from Shell’s wells business (Shell).

Nippon Steel signs an agreement with Vallourec S.A.

Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel) announced that it has reached an agreement with Vallourec S.A. (Vallourec), an important strategic partner in the pipe and tube business, regarding Nippon Steel’s participation in the share capital increase proposed by Vallourec in the form of a rights offering to subscribe to new Vallourec shares, with preferential subscription rights for existing shareholders (the Rights Issue).

Change in position after Mr. Kinya retires

An announcement was recently made by the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation that Mr. Kinya Yanagawa would retire from Director, Member of the Board and would be appointed as Executive Advisor at the end of the 92nd Annual Shareholders Meeting scheduled to be held in late June 2016.

ArcelorMittal plans to joint bid

ArcelorMittal and Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. are planning a joint bid to buy ThyssenKrupp AG's Steel Americas unit to ramp up automotive steel sheet production.

Earlier this month, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal reportedly submitted a USD 1.