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JFE Holdings: Japan’s #2 steel maker and its quiet global engineering arm

Why JFE — born from the 2002 NKK and Kawasaki Steel merger — sits behind Nippon Steel domestically but has a quietly global presence through JFE Engineering, JFE Shoji and the deepening JSW Steel alliance in India.

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Nippon Steel: The Japanese Giant That Bought U.S. Steel

After an 18-month saga, Nippon Steel completed its 4.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel in 2025, becoming the world's fourth-largest steelmaker