Nippon Steel & USS Acquisition Overview
NSC's Operational and Equipment Technologies
Operational and equipment technologies of Nippon Steel
Operational and equipment
technologies
World's leading level in energy-saving
technologies
128 29
Energy
efficiency in
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steelmaking
100102
(Japan=100)
Source: RITE
2019
Japan
South
Germany
China
UK
France
India
Russia
The U.S.
R&D capabilities
One of the world's leading research resources
Best-in-class products, equipment, and
operating technologies
R&D organization in Japan as well as overseas
in the future
R&D Personnel R&D Expenses
Number of licenses
Approx
800
70.5
Domestic 14,000
people
Billion yen/Y
Overseas 16,000
Quality and Cost improvement technologies
Automation Technologies
Technologies to recycle
Equipment Technologies
Approx. 1,600 inhouse plant engineering and
maintenance engineers contribute to stable
operation, quality assurance and cost reduction
Patent Value
NSC
Patent Asset Index *
Steel company A
B
C
D
E
*Calculated using PatentSight™, a patent analysis tool of LexisNexis.
Comprehensive evaluation index of patent calculated by multiplying "technical value" calculated based
on the number of citations of patents and "market value" calculated based on the country of
application for patents with valid legal status (patents pending and granted).
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