Annual Report 2002 [PDF/1.6MB]

Domestic SteelOverseas SteelTerre Armée Civil EngineeringRaw Materials, Fuels & ChemicalsFoodsMachineryElectronicsAerospaceDevelopment Of Raw MaterialsBusiness[ Plastics ] Addition to the domestic raw materialbusiness, we are trying to expand kind ofmerchandise, such as partition parts for housing,parts of automobiles, optic fiber, child seats, andso on, and further expanding by setting upoverseas group companies such as Plastic WorldChina Ltd., a compound company in GuandongProvince, China, K-Net Asia Ltd., a trading firm inHong Kong, and K&K Molding, Inc. a moldingcompany in the Philippines.[ Timber ] We import logs and lumbers from NorthAmerica, Europe, New Zealand, and we actuallyhold top share as an importer of American logs inJapan. And we are trying to expand business ofprocessed wooden products such as glue-lam.Optical fiber slots using high-performance plasticCoal tar pitchChild seat[ Pulp ] Our main business is to import wood chipfrom North America and Australia, to import ofchemicals for paper manufacturing from East Asia.Nowadays, we start other type of action, such asexport of used paper, export of processed paperfor computer manufacturers, and so on. Andaiming to secure stable supply of wood chip, wejoined in eucalyptus-plantation project in Tasmania,Australia.K&K Molding Incorporated (PHILIPPINES)Plastic raw material pelletsMajor Products HandledIron ore, sintering ore, coal for coke making, dolomiteand other steel making materials, cokes and othercoal products, nickel, chromium, zinc, alloy iron,scrap iron and other metal raw materials, coal tar,cola tar pitch, creosote oil and other chemical coalproducts, magnesium chloride, nitric acid and otherinorganic chemicals, ferrite core, molding materials,iron oxide, fertilizers, general use plastic, engineeringplastics and other plastic raw materials andcompound products, fine ceramics, ultra-fine nickelpowder and other functional chemical products,industrial gases, crude oil, gasoline, LP gas,lubricating oil and other petroleum products,aluminum, scrap aluminum, deoxidized aluminum,aluminum products, logs, glue-lam, woodchips, paper manufacturing products such aspigments, binders and strengtheners and otherproductsKP sheet(automobile interior material)JOMO Station (gas station) managed by our Group companyFerrite core and raw materials used in electronic parts17