January 23, 2018
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
We deeply apologize for the considerable trouble we have caused many people by the improper conduct of Kobe Steel, Ltd. and its group companies.
Due to the improper conduct of inspection data by Kobe Steel and the Kobe Steel Group, JIS certification bodies have sequentially undertaken an examination of all Kobe Steel Group locations that have received JIS certification.
Kobe Steel and the Kobe Steel Group have 20 locations that have received JIS certification.
The examination results of the certification bodies as of today are listed below. (Only the results of examinations completed at facilities are noted.)
| As of January 23, 2018 | Shaded sections have been added. |
| Company | Location | Certification Body |
JIS No. |
Product | Results | Date of Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Steel, Ltd. | Kakogawa Works | JICQA | G3101, others | Rolled steels for general structure, etc. (7 heavy plate related JIS standard items) *1 |
Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 |
| JICQA | G3101, others | Rolled steels for general structure, etc. (8 sheet related JIS standard items) *2 |
Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | ||
| JICQA | G3101, others | Rolled steels for general structure, etc. (6 wire rod related JIS standard items) *3 |
Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | ||
| Kobe Works | JICQA | G3101, others | Rolled steels for general structure, etc. (8 wire rod & bar related JIS standard items) *4 |
Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | |
| Kobelco Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | Shimonoseki Works | JICQA | G3446 | Stainless steel pipes for machine and structural purposes | Certification maintained | Dec. 12, 2017 |
| JICQA | G3459 | Stainless steel pipes | Certification maintained | Dec. 12, 2017 | ||
| JICQA | G3463 | Stainless steel boiler and heat exchanger tubes | Certification maintained | Dec. 12, 2017 | ||
| Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd. | Toyama Works | JICQA | G4303, others | (4 JIS standard items of stainless steel bars and steels for machine structural use) *5 | — | — |
| Shinko Bolt, Ltd. | Head office/plant | JICQA | B1186 | Sets of high strength hexagon bolt, hexagon nut and plain washers for friction grip joints | Certification maintained | Jan. 9, 2018 |
| Shinko Wire Company, Ltd. | Amagasaki Works | JICQA | G3536 | Steel wires and strands for prestressed concrete | Certification maintained | Jan. 9, 2018 |
| JICQA | G3548 | Zinc-coated steel wires | Certification maintained | Jan. 9, 2018 | ||
| Onoe Works | JICQA | G3525, others | Wire ropes, etc. (5 wire rope related JIS items) *6 | Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | |
| Tesac Wirerope Co., Ltd. | Nishikihama Works | JICQA | G3525 | Wire ropes | Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 |
| JICQA | G3546 | Wire ropes with profile wires | Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | ||
| Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd. | JICQA | G4309 | Stainless steel wires | Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | |
| JICQA | G4314 | Stainless steel wires for springs | Recertification | Jan. 23, 2018 | ||
| JICQA | G4315 | Stainless steel wires for cold heading and cold forging | Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 | ||
| Tesac Usha Wirerope Co., Ltd. | JICQA | G3525 | Wire ropes | Certification maintained | Jan. 23, 2018 |
| Company | Location | Certification Body |
JIS No. |
Product | Results | Date of Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Steel, Ltd. | Fujisawa Plant | JQA | Z3321 | Stainless steel rods, wires and strip electrodes for welding | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 |
| JQA | Z3323 | Stainless steel flux cored wires and rods for arc welding | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 | ||
| Ibaraki Plant | JQA | Z3211 | Covered electrodes for mild steel, high tensile strength steel and low temperature service steel | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 | |
| JQA | Z3221 | Stainless steel covered electrodes | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 | ||
| JQA | Z3313 | Flux cored wires for gas shielded and self-shielded metal arc welding of mild steel, high strength steel and low temperature service steel | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 | ||
| Fukuchiyama Plant | JQA | Z3312 | Solid wires for MAG and MIG welding of mild steel, high strength steel and low temperature service steel | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 | |
| Saijo Plant | JQA | Z3211 | Covered electrodes for mild steel, high tensile strength steel and low temperature service steel | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 | |
| Kobe Welding of Tangshan Co., Ltd. | JQA | Z3312 | Solid wires for MAG and MIG welding of mild steel, high strength steel and low temperature service steel | Certification maintained | Dec. 22, 2017 |
| Company | Location | Certification Body |
JIS No. |
Product | Results | Date of Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Steel, Ltd. | Moka Plant | JQA | H4000 | Aluminum and aluminum alloy sheets, strips and plates | Suspended | Dec. 8. 2017 |
| Aluminum & Fabrication Plant, Chofu Works | JICQA | H4040 | Aluminum and aluminum alloy bars and wires | Suspended | Dec. 5, 2017 | |
| JICQA | H4080 | Aluminum and aluminum alloy extruded tubes and cold-drawn tubes | Suspended | Dec. 5, 2017 | ||
| JICQA | H4100 | Aluminum and aluminum alloy extruded profiles | Suspended | Dec.5, 2017 | ||
| Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube Co., Ltd. | Hatano Plant | JQA | H3300 | Copper and copper alloy seamless pipes and tubes | Canceled | Oct. 26, 2017 |
| JQA | H3330 | Plastic covered copper tubes | Canceled | Nov. 15, 2017 | ||
| Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. | JQA | H3300 | Copper and copper alloy seamless pipes and tubes | Canceled | Dec. 8, 2017 | |
| Shinko Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd. | JICQA | H4040 | Aluminium and aluminium alloy bars and wires | — | — |
Notes
| *1 | G3101 (Rolled steels for general structure), G3103 (Carbon steel and molybdenum alloy steel plates for boilers and pressure vessels), G3106 (Rolled steels for welded structure), G3114 (Hot-rolled atmospheric corrosion resisting steels for welded structure), G3136 (Rolled steels for building structure), G3140 (Higher yield strength steel plates for bridges), G4051 (Carbon steels for machine structural use) |
| *2 | G3101 (Rolled steels for general structure), G3106 (Rolled steels for welded structure), G3136 (Rolled steels for building structure), G4051 (Carbon steels for machine structural use), G3131 (Hot-rolled mild steel plates, sheet and strip), G3141 (Cold-reduced carbon steel sheet and strip), G3302 (Hot-dip zinc-coated steel sheet and strip), G3312 (Prepainted hot-dip zinc-coated steel sheet and strip) |
| *3 | G3101 (Rolled steels for general structure), G4051 (Carbon steels for machine structural use), G3502 (Piano wire rods), G3505 (Low carbon steel wire rods), G3506 (High carbon steel wire rods), G3503 (Wire rods for core wire of covered electrode) |
| *4 | G3101 (Rolled steels for general structure), G3138 (Rolled steel bars for building structure), G4051 (Carbon steels for machine structural use), G4052 (Structural steels with specified hardenability bands), G4053 (Low-alloyed steels for machine structural use), G3112 (Steel bars for concrete reinforcement), G4801 (Spring steels), G4805 (High carbon chromium bearing steel) |
| *5 | G4308 (Stainless steel wire rods), G4051 (Carbon steels for machine structural use), G4053 (Low-alloyed steels for machine structural use), G4303 (Stainless steel bars) |
| *6 | G3525 (Wire ropes), G3546 (Wire ropes with profile wires), G3549 (Wire ropes for structure), G3550 (Stainless steel wire ropes for structure), G3557 (Stainless steel wire ropes for general purposes) |
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