Kobe Steel, Ltd. announced that it has opened a branch office in Doha, Qatar this month, as an after-sales service base for Brazed Aluminum Plat-fin Heat Exchanger (product name: ALEX), a product of the machinery business for the energy and chemical sectors. ALEX is a high-performance compact heat exchanger used mainly in energy plants. Since the first delivery in 1964, Kobe Steel has delivered more than 6,000 units to various customers, including more than 100 units to one of the world's largest LNG plants in Qatar. The opening of this branch office aims to strengthen company after-sales service system for customers in Qatar and other countries in the Middle East and enable smooth support during delivery and operations for future expansion projects.