1. Steel Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
2. Sophia University.
3. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
4. Neturen Co., Ltd.
5. Steel Research Laboratory, JFE Steel Corporation
6. National Institute for Materials Science
7. Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
8. Nippon Steel & Sumikin Technology Co., Ltd.