Our business and strengths

Tohoku Steel is an integrated engineering manufacturer that offers everything related to special steel from material development and treatment to heat processing.

Tohoku Steel Co., Ltd. was born in 1937, based on a proposal by Dr. Kotaro Honda of Tohoku University, a global authority in physics and metallurgy research. Ever since our establishment, we have commercialized numerous new alloys and technologies including mass production of heat-resistant steel and development of the world's first corrosion-resistant, soft-magnetic stainless "K-M steel" through collaboration with and guidance from research institutions such as Tohoku University and its Institute for Materials Research. We have also contributed to the development of industries in Japan and overseas through our top markets shares (*) in heat-resistant steel for intake and exhaust engine valves in automobile-related components and soft-magnetic stainless steel electronic fuel injectors. (* Based on in-house research)
Tohoku Steel is committed toward earning the trust of our customers, and will pursue new possibilities of special steel through a variety of ongoing research and other challenges, to promote the evolution of manufacturing, development of our lifestyles, and for the future of the earth.

What we do at Tohoku Steel

Our strengths

Technical proposals	Technical proposals based on seasoned knowhow We respond to customer needs with our knowhow that has been cultivated through material and technology development. Allow us to offer proposals with added value, from material selection to optimal processing and heat treatment.
Quality	World-class, consistent quality, manufacturing and sales We respond to customer needs with our many years of experience and inspection techniques that have been cultivated in the automobile industry. Our nondestructive testing technology for steel bars is among the best in Japan, and we have also obtained ISO9001 for our quality standards, as well as IATF16949, which is the standard for the European and American automobile industry. About ISO9001 and IATF16949 × ISO9001/IATF 16949     Registration year Scope of registration ISO9001 Steel plant 1995 Design, development, manufacturing, and supplementary service of cold drawn bars, wires, square blocks, and blocks (heat-resistant steel, pure iron, ferrite stainless steel (soft-magnetic material), stainless steel, and alloys) Heat treatment plant 2004 Heat treatment of metal products by commissioning Precision machining plant 2005 Manufacturing of metal processed (cold/warm forged, machined, pressed, etc.) products IATF16949 Steel plant 2006 Manufacturing of soft-magnetic stainless steel for automobiles (cold drawn bars and drawn wires) and heat-resistant steel for automobiles (cold drawn and drawn bars) scrollable Information on the international environmental standard ISO14001 can be found here
Research and development Industry-academia collaborations	Pursuing new possibilities with industry-academia collaborations In the spirit of our founding, Tohoku Steel conducts material research and development with industry-academia collaborations between research institutions, including the Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University. We have established close partnerships with each research institution to commercialize various new alloys and technologies, and are pursuing new materials at the research and manufacturing stage.

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