NKK Corp. and Kawasaki Steel Corp. plan to rename themselves JFE Group when they merge under a joint holding company in October, the firms announced Friday.
The move is expected to reduce costs at the steelmakers — Japan’s second- and third-largest — by 80 billion yen a year.
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