Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. manufactures and supplies steel products. It operates through the following business segments: Steel, Powder, Formed Materials and Others. The Steel segment produces and distributes bearing steel, engineering steel, tool steel, super alloy and soft magnetic materials. The Powder segment manufactures and sells metal powder products. The Formed Materials segment includes die-forged and rolled products, cut rings, forged rings, and cold roll formed rings. The Others segment provides services such as information processing as a subsidy, support business for the steel products business, powder business, and raw material business. The company was founded on January 11, 1935 and is headquartered in Himeji, Japan.