JFE Holdings

At the time JFE Holdings was created in 2002, NKK Corporation was Japan's second largest steelmaker and Kawasaki Steel was the third largest steelmaker.{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-04-14-0104140018-story.html |title=JJapan steel merger to join No. 2, No. 3 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=April 14, 2001 |access-date=May 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010103600/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-04-14/business/0104140018_1_nkk-corp-nippon-steel-kawasaki-steel |url-status=live }}

Both companies were major military vessel manufacturers during World War II.

JFE's main business is steel production. It also engages in engineering, ship building, real-estate redevelopment, and LSi business. The company also operates several overseas subsidiaries, including California Steel Industries in the United States, Fujian Sino-Japan Metal in China, and Minas da Serra Geral in Brazil. Other than steel, they are also known for products such as the bicycle tree.{{cite book|first=Stuart D. B. |last=Picken|title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business|date=December 19, 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-5589-0|pages=215–216}}

JFE Holdings owns JFE Steel, the fifth largest steel maker in the world with revenue in excess of US$30 billion. JFE Holdings has other subsidiaries including JFE Engineering, JFE Steel and JFE Shoji, and part-owns Japan Marine United, a major shipbuilding company.

NKK and Siderca S.A. of Argentina established a seamless pipe joint venture by spinning off the seamless pipe division of NKK's Keihin Works in 2000. In November 2009, JFE agreed to partner with JSW Steel, India's third-largest steel producer, to construct a joint steel plant in West Bengal.{{cite news |title=JSW Steel, Japan JFE to consider steel plant in India |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSBMB00911220091119 |author=Sunil Nair |date=November 19, 2009 |newspaper=Reuters |access-date=November 20, 2009}} In July 2010, JFE acquired a 14.9% stake in India's JSW Steel Ltd.

Its shipbuilding unit, Universal Shipbuilding was created in 2002 when NKK Corporation a predecessor of JFE, merged its shipbuilding unit with that of Hitachi Zosen. In 2012, JFE merged its ship building unit, Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, with Marine United Inc. of IHI after discussion started in April 2008 to form Japan Marine United Corporation{{cite news|last=Suga |first=Masumi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-30/jfe-ihi-to-merge-shipbuilding-units-to-survive-competition-1-.html |title=JFE, IHI to Merge Shipbuilding Units to Survive Competition |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=January 30, 2012 |access-date=May 28, 2015}} It aimed to become Japan's largest shipbuilder.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-02/jfe-ihi-shipbuilding-merger-to-target-6-2-billion-of-sales-in-five-years.html |title=JFE, IHI Ship Merger to Target $6.2 Billion of Sales in 5 Years - Bloomberg Business |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=March 1, 2012 |access-date=May 28, 2015}} However, on January 1, 2021, JMU (with 49% of shares) merged into a new joint venture with Imabari Shipbuilding (with 51% of shares) named Nihon Shipyard and covering all ship types except LNG tankers. In parallel, Imabari Shipbuilding bought 30% of JMU's shares. The cooperation between Imabari Shipbuilding and JMU make it one of the largest marine engineering and shipbuilding company in the world.

JFE Engineering Corporation is developing a quick charging station that it claims can take a battery from zero charge to 50% full in about 3 minutes. It has two batteries, one that stores electrical energy from the grid and another that delivers it to the car at extremely high current (500-600 ampere), which allows it to use a low voltage power supply.{{cite web |url=http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20100621/183598/ |title=JFE Engineering Announces 'Super-rapid' EV Charging System |author=Keisuke Ogawa |date=June 21, 2010 |work=Tech-On! |publisher=Nikkei Business Publications |access-date=June 27, 2010}} The company claims that even though one station costs about $63,000, that's roughly 40% less than the competing CHAdeMO system.{{cite web |url=http://gas2.org/2010/05/05/ultra-quick-battery-charge-system-developed-50-full-in-3-minutes/#more-7511 |title=Ultra Quick Battery Charge System Developed: 50% Full in 3 Minutes |author=Nick Chambers |date=May 5, 2010 |publisher=gas2.0 |access-date=June 27, 2010}}

The bicycle tree is an automatic storage system for bicycles that can hold up to 6,000 bikes. The systems works by fitting the bicycle with an electronic tag and a computer saves the owner's data. Then a mechanical arm pulls the bike into a cylindrical well and stores it in a free location. When the owner wants to retrieve the bike, a card is swiped through a reader and the computer retrieves the bike based on the data.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/05/japan-best-bike-shed |title=Has Japan designed the world's best bike shed? |first= David |last=Munk |date=November 5, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2017 |work=The Guardian}}

JFE Holdings, Inc. reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 31 March 2019 at 60,500 Kt (+600/+1% y-o-y).{{Cite web |title=JFE Holdings, Inc.'s Sustainability Report for 2020Q1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001094856/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/csr/pdf/csr_2020e.pdf |url=https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/csr/pdf/csr_2020e.pdf|archive-date=October 1, 2021 }} [https://analytics.exerica.com/App/Name/JFE%20Holdings,%20Inc./Total%20CO2e%20Emissions%20-%20Location-Based%20Scope%201%20%2b%20Scope%202/2019Q1/12 Alt URL] There have been no significant reductions in recent years.

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• [http://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/ JFE Holdings, Inc.] (English)
• [http://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/ JFE Steel Corporation] (English)
• [http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/ JFE Engineering Corporation] (English)
• [https://www.jfe-shoji-ele.co.jp/en/ JFE Shoji Electronics Corporation] (English)

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