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▼ Product Data Tampering Found at Mitsubishi Materials Units
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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Thursday that two subsidiaries have falsified product quality data and shipped products that did not satisfy internal and client requirements.
The two subsidiaries of the major nonferrous metal producer are Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd. and Mitsubishi Shindoh Co.
Of Mitsubishi Cable’s clients, 229 companies were affected. Mitsubishi Shindoh shipped substandard products to 29 companies.
Mitsubishi Cable also supplies products to the Defense Ministry. Affected products are used in Self-Defense Forces airplanes and ships.
In a statement, Mitsubishi Materials President Akira Takeuchi made an
apology and promised to take steps to prevent any recurrence of a similar problem.
So far, the group has not identified any law violation or safety problem related to the two subsidiaries’ scandals, the parent said.
Another subsidiary Mitsubishi Aluminum Co. shipped substandard products to clients. But the safety of the products has been confirmed by the group and all affected buyers, according to the parent.
Mitsubishi Cable tampered with product inspection and other data for resin seal products, called O-ring, used widely in aircraft, automobile and electric power equipment.
The misconduct was detected in February through an internal probe that followed a product quality investigation conducted by the parent company in December last year.
Mitsubishi Cable checked the facts of the problem and stopped shipments of substandard products on Oct. 23 this year. The company reported to the parent company two days later.
At Mitsubishi Shindoh, strength and other data were falsified for brass strips, used in terminals of automotive equipment.
Chief apologizes for fraud
Takeuchi on Friday apologized for the product quality inspection data manipulation scandal.
“I deeply apologize for causing trouble to many people and parties, especially our customers and shareholders,” he said at a press conference in Tokyo, held after the company disclosed the wrongdoing on Thursday.
Takeuchi denied the parent company’s involvement in the misconduct.
It took nine months for Mitsubishi Materials to disclose the scandal.
Explaining the reasons for the delay in suspending shipments and disclosing the irregularities, Takeuchi said that Mitsubishi Materials received a report from the subsidiary in October and that it was unclear at the time which client companies were affected by the data manipulation.
Mitsubishi Shindoh’s data tampering, involving brass strips used in auto parts, was discovered in October.
The two subsidiaries of the major nonferrous metal producer are Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd. and Mitsubishi Shindoh Co.
Of Mitsubishi Cable’s clients, 229 companies were affected. Mitsubishi Shindoh shipped substandard products to 29 companies.
Mitsubishi Cable also supplies products to the Defense Ministry. Affected products are used in Self-Defense Forces airplanes and ships.
In a statement, Mitsubishi Materials President Akira Takeuchi made an
apology and promised to take steps to prevent any recurrence of a similar problem.
So far, the group has not identified any law violation or safety problem related to the two subsidiaries’ scandals, the parent said.
Another subsidiary Mitsubishi Aluminum Co. shipped substandard products to clients. But the safety of the products has been confirmed by the group and all affected buyers, according to the parent.
Mitsubishi Cable tampered with product inspection and other data for resin seal products, called O-ring, used widely in aircraft, automobile and electric power equipment.
The misconduct was detected in February through an internal probe that followed a product quality investigation conducted by the parent company in December last year.
Mitsubishi Cable checked the facts of the problem and stopped shipments of substandard products on Oct. 23 this year. The company reported to the parent company two days later.
At Mitsubishi Shindoh, strength and other data were falsified for brass strips, used in terminals of automotive equipment.
Chief apologizes for fraud
Takeuchi on Friday apologized for the product quality inspection data manipulation scandal.
“I deeply apologize for causing trouble to many people and parties, especially our customers and shareholders,” he said at a press conference in Tokyo, held after the company disclosed the wrongdoing on Thursday.
Takeuchi denied the parent company’s involvement in the misconduct.
It took nine months for Mitsubishi Materials to disclose the scandal.
Explaining the reasons for the delay in suspending shipments and disclosing the irregularities, Takeuchi said that Mitsubishi Materials received a report from the subsidiary in October and that it was unclear at the time which client companies were affected by the data manipulation.
Mitsubishi Shindoh’s data tampering, involving brass strips used in auto parts, was discovered in October.
- November 25, 2017
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