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Nippon Steel - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Nippon Steel M&A Summary

Nippon Steel has acquired 5 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Nippon Steel’s largest acquisition to date was in 2023, when it acquired United States Steel for $14.9B. Nippon Steel has acquired in 2 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include metals/mining (80%) and diversified (20%).

Nippon Steel Business Overview

Where is Nippon Steel headquartered?

Nippon Steel is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

What is Nippon Steel’s revenue?

Nippon Steel disclosed revenue of 8,868,097M JPY for 2024 and 7,975,586M JPY for 2023.

How many employees does Nippon Steel have?

Nippon Steel has 113,639 employees.

What sector is Nippon Steel in?

Nippon Steel is a metals/mining company.

When was Nippon Steel founded?

Nippon Steel was founded in 1950.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity6
    • M&A Buy Activity5
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Nippon Steel

Nippon Steel Corp.

2-6-1, Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 100-8071
Japan,
+81 3 6867 4111
www.nipponsteel.com

Nippon Steel is a steel manufacturing company. The Company's operations encompass a wide range of activities, including steelmaking, rolling, and processing, catering to diverse industries such as automotive, construction, machinery, and shipbuilding. Nippon Steel was founded in 1950 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 3 - 1 1 - - 5
vol $1.6B $1.1B $14.9B $17.6B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
  6

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
United States Steel Corp. 2023-12-18 14.9B USD Add-on Acquisition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · www.ussteel.com
Nippon Steel Trading Corp. 2022-12-21 1.1B JPY Add-on Acquisition
Tokyo, Japan · www.nst.nipponsteel.com
NSCC Carbon (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. 2018-10-01 - Divestiture
Jiangsu, China
Ovako AB 2018-03-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden · www.ovako.com
Essar Steel India Ltd. 2018-03-02 - Joint Venture
Mumbai, India · www.essarsteel.com
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA 2013-11-29 1.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
Calvert, Alabama
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Metals/Mining 4 (80%) 16.5B (94%) - -
Diversified 1 (20%) 1.1B (6%) - -
Manufacturing - - 1 (100%) -
Total 5 $17.6B 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 2 16.5B - -
  Pennsylvania 1 14.9B - -
  Alabama 1 1.6B - -
China - - 1 -
India 1 - - -
Japan 1 1.1B - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (20%) 1.1B (6%) - -
Cross-border 4 (80%) 16.5B (94%) 1 (100%) -
Total 5 $17.6B 1 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $17.6B
TOTAL $17.6B
Largest United States Steel Corp.
$14.9B (2023-12-18)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Strategic(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Metals/Mining

Revenue

8,868,097   12% 2024
7,975,586   18% 2023
6,808,890   41% 2022
4,829,272   19% 2021
5,921,525   4% 2020
6,117,947   8% 2019
5,668,663   23% 2018
4,632,890   6% 2017
4,907,429   13% 2016
5,610,030   2015
(millions of JPY) Show More Show Less

Employees

113,639

Established

1950

Public

Tokyo (TSE): 5401

Former Name

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.

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