Sanyo Special Steel. 

Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells special steel products in Japan and internationally. The company operates through Steel Materials, Powder Business, Shape Material Business, and Others segments. The Steel Materials segment manufactures and sells various special steel products, such as bearing steel, machine structural steel, stainless steel, heat resistant steel, and tool steel. The Powder Business segment manufactures and sells metal powder products. The Shape Material Business manufactures and sells raw material products made from special steel bars and pipes. The Others segment provides information processing services for the steel materials, powder, and raw material businesses. The company's steel products are used in a range of automobiles, railways, construction machinery, electronics products, and information and communication equipment. The company was formerly known as Sanyo Steel Works and changed its name to Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. in 1959. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Himeji, Japan. Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Steel Corporation.