Kobelco Systems’ mission is to respond to our customers’ diverse needs, through the synergy between Kobe Steel’s dedication to ‘monozukuri’ (a Japanese approach to manufacturing) and quality on the one hand and IBM’s first-class IT processes and know-how on the other. We have possessed a wealth of business expertise, built up through first-hand experience in our customers’ industries. Kobelco Systems combines this expertise with our know-how concerning the conception, design, development, maintenance and operation of advanced systems, drawing on our group companies’ extensive experience in constructing IT systems worldwide. Based on this combination, we devise and provide integrated, comprehensive solutions that are optimized for each customer throughout the entire system-building cycle, from planning down to operation.