- CEO
- Yoshihisa Kitano
- Full Time Employees
- 62,218
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Steel
- Address
- 2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicho Tokyo Japan 100-0011
- IPO Date
- Mar 11, 2011
- Business
- JFE Holdings, Inc. (JFEEF) operates as a holding company primarily engaged in steel production, engineering services, and trading activities worldwide. Through its core subsidiaries—JFE Steel Corporation, JFE Engineering Corporation, and JFE Shoji Corporation—the company manufactures and sells a broad range of steel products including hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheets, steel pipes and tubes, steel bars, heavy plates, electrical steel sheets (such as grain-oriented and non-oriented varieties), stainless steel, and processed steel products; provides engineering solutions in energy systems, urban environmental facilities (waste-to-energy plants, sewage treatment, water infrastructure), steel structures, industrial machinery, recycling, and electricity retail; and conducts trading in steel products, steelmaking raw materials, non-ferrous metals, and foodstuffs. JFE targets diverse sectors such as automotive, construction, energy, shipbuilding, and infrastructure, with primary operations in Japan, Asia (including India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia), North America, and Europe.
Founded in 2002 through the merger of NKK Corporation and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, JFE Holdings is headquartered at 2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The Iron and Steel segment, which generates the majority of revenue, focuses on high-value-added products like ultra-high-strength steel sheets for automobiles, JGreeX™ green steel using electric arc furnaces with reduced CO2 emissions, and specialized steels for electrical applications and hydrogen infrastructure. The Engineering segment delivers turnkey projects for decarbonization technologies, including large-scale ammonia co-firing engines, chemical recycling processes via gasification (C-PhoeniX Process®), and offshore wind foundations; while the Trading segment supports global supply chains for raw materials and finished goods.
In recent developments, JFE Steel Corporation agreed on December 3, 2025, to form a 50:50 joint venture with JSW Steel Limited in India, investing approximately JPY 270 billion to acquire and operate Bhushan Power & Steel Limited's integrated steel facility in Odisha, establishing a third overseas steelworks to capture growing demand and expand high-value product production. JFE Engineering completed the acquisition of Sumitomo Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., forming JFE Plant Technology Co., Ltd. to bolster chemical plant capabilities; launched commercial development of a chemical recycling process for waste-to-chemical conversion; and received orders for seismic retrofits in the Philippines and sewage treatment expansions. Additionally, JFE expanded electrical steel capacity in India via acquisitions and joint ventures like JSW JFE Electrical Steel Private Limited, completed Sendai EAF expansion for CO2 reduction, and progressed plans for large-scale electric arc furnaces at Kurashiki (targeting Q1 FY2028) and Chiba to advance carbon-neutral steelmaking under JFE Vision 2035.