was a steel manufacturer based in

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until it merged with

Nippon Steel was formed in 2012 by the merger of the old Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal. was established in 1970 by the merger of Fuji Iron & Steel and Yawata Iron & Steel. Nippon Steel is the world's third largest steel producer by volume as of 2019. ...

in 2012 to form Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, the third largest steel manufacturer in the world as of 2015. Its origins as a modern company date from 1897, when Sumitomo Copper works was opened in Osaka, and as a steelmaker from 1901, when Sumitomo Steel works began operation. It was the third largest integrated steel manufacturer in Japan with three integrated steelworks (

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;

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; and

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) and several other manufacturing plants and one of the largest manufacturers of Seamless Pipes and Tubes, such as OCTG and Line-pipes used for exploitation of petroleums and LNGs. Sumitomo Metal Industries was the parent company of ''Sumitomo Sitix'' until Sumitomo Sitix was merged with

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's silicon division to create SUMCO (Sumitomo Mitsubishi). SUMCO is currently the second largest

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wafer manufacturer. On October 1, 2012, Nippon Steel formally merged with Sumitomo Metal Industries; the merged stock is listed (under number 5401, the old Sumitomo Metals number 5405 being discontinued) as

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal was formed in 2012 by the merger of the old Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal. was established in 1970 by the merger of Fuji Iron & Steel and Yawata Iron & Steel. Nippon Steel is the world's third largest steel producer by volume as of 2019. ...

Corp.

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, the famous Japanese

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club, started as the club of Sumitomo Metal Industries. Founded in 1947 in

, it moved to near the

plant in 1975. On October 30, 2018, Nippon was ordered by the

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to pay compensation to four surviving Koreans who were victims of forced labor which was supervised by Sumitomo.

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