Made in Japan and made a fake! Mitsubishi Materials recently released news that its affiliates suspected of forging product data, at least in the past year, including aircraft, auto parts and other!
Mitsubishi Materials said it found the Mitsubishi wire industry O-coil data fraud as the company also received aluminum and copper products from Kobe Steel after investigating the quality of these products after Kobe Steel's fraud exposure.
The product, produced by Mitsubishi Cable Industries, a Mitsubishi Materials subsidiary, said the survey found inaccuracies of data on rubber seals for aircraft and auto parts supplied by Mitsubishi Cable.
Mitsubishi Materials disclosed in a statement released on Thursday that Mitsubishi Cable has revised the data to meet the specifications set by the company or its customers since April 2015. From April 2015 to September 2017 , At least the data on 270 million products sold to 229 customers have been revised.
Another subsidiary, Mitsubishi Shindoh, was also found by Mitsubishi Materials to alter the metal product data. Since October 2016, Mitsubishi Copper has brass for the automotive and electronics industries , Copper product data fraud, it is estimated that about 29 companies purchased these problematic products.
Mitsubishi Materials said the counterfeiting incidents did not find any security or legal issues for the moment, but they also wondered whether this would have an impact on their financial prospects.
Mitsubishi Materials has set up a working group to investigate the counterfeiting issues and develop measures to improve quality control.
Japanese manufacturing myth still how long?
Japan's manufacturing has always been a guarantee of quality, but according to Japanese media reports, Kobe Steel in Japan in August this year, the company's internal investigation found that the Group's subsidiary Chang-fu, Mokaoka factory and Daan factory, four firms tamper with quality The relevant certificates were seized, including the forging of data on strength and size between September 2016 and August of this year, including about 19,300 tons of aluminum products, about 2,200 tons of copper products and about 19,400 pieces of copper castings , Accounting for about 4% of the sales of aluminum and copper business.According to the data of the past 10 years, the survey also found that some were tampered with.
Mitsubishi Materials holds a 45% stake in Kobe Steel, which includes the Hatano plant at the Kobe Steel data fraud scandal center, after which Mitsubishi Materials also inspected its affiliates and found data fraud.