Kobe Steel

Japanese steelmaker
Organization business Q1730802
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Kobe Steel

Summary

Kobe Steel is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,888 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kobe Steel was a member of SD Association[3].
  • Kobe Steel is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Kobe Steel is in the country of JP[5].
  • Kobe Steel's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Kobe Steel's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Kobe Steel's headquarters location is recorded as Kobe[8].
  • Kobe Steel's Commons category is recorded as Kobe Steel[9].
  • Kobe Steel's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[10].
  • Kobe Steel's stock exchange is recorded as Nagoya Stock Exchange[11].
  • Kobe Steel's industry is recorded as iron and steel industry[12].
  • January 1, 1905 marks the founding of Kobe Steel[13].
  • 2000-03-31 marks the founding of Kobe Steel[14].
  • Kobe Steel's official website is recorded as http://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/[15].
  • Kobe Steel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kobe Steel[16].
  • Kobe Steel's product or material produced is recorded as Titanium sponge[17].
  • Kobe Steel's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[18].
  • Kobe Steel's legal form is recorded as T417[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300ZDCYYUPHEE5K87[20]

  • Registered legal name: 株式会社神戸製鋼所[21]

  • Legal jurisdiction: JP[22]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[23]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): T417[24]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[25]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[26]

  • Entity created: 2000-03-31[27]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-12-18[28]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-01-17[29]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-01-17[30]

  • Managing LOU: 353800279ADEFGKNTV65[31]

  • Registration authority: RA000412[32]

  • Authority entity ID: 1400-01-005714[33]

  • Other names: Kobe Steel,Ltd.[34]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[35]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1905[13] and 2000-03-31[14].

Operations

Kobe Steel's headquarters location is recorded as Kobe[8].

Industry

Kobe Steel's industry is recorded as iron and steel industry[12].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Tokyo Stock Exchange[10] and Nagoya Stock Exchange[11]. Kobe Steel's product or material produced is recorded as Titanium sponge[17].

Why It Matters

Kobe Steel ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,888 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . sdcard.org. Retrieved . sdcard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → AEC7-6B26-B0F6-952A-890A
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: AEC7-6B26-B0F6-952A-890A, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  2. 19w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
    Instance of → —
    Country → —
    Official website → http://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:کوبے اسٹیل]]"
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