December 15, 2017
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
We once again deeply apologize for the considerable trouble we have caused to our customers, suppliers, shareholders and many others concerning the improper conduct in Kobe Steel, Ltd. and its group companies. With regard to the verification status of the safety of its nonconforming products used in customers' products, Kobe Steel reports on the progress it has made on the verification at this time (as of December 15).
Owing to the enormous amount of cooperation from its customers, the Kobe Steel Group is earnestly proceeding to verify the safety of the nonconforming products. At this time as outlined in Table 1, the Kobe Steel Group delivered nonconforming products to 525 companies. Out of this total, safety has been confirmed at 500 companies under the three levels below, from A to C.
Safety verification by level
Improper products |
Company name | Material | Main use | No. of customers |
A | B | C | Total (A-C) |
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Aluminum & Copper |
Aluminum & Copper Business, Kobe Steel, Ltd. (October 8, 2017) |
Aluminum flat-rolled products |
Can stock Cars |
57 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 50 |
Aluminum cast & forged parts | Aircraft Rolling stock |
67 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 67 | ||
Aluminum extrusions | Cars Rolling stock |
34 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 32 | ||
Copper sheets | Semiconductors Terminals |
38 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 | ||
Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube Co., Ltd. (October 8 and 26, 2017) | Copper tubes | Air conditioning | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 23 | |
Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. (October 13, 2017) | Copper alloy tubes Molds | Electrical machinery Steelmaking equipment |
176 | 162 | 5 | 8 | 175 | |
Domestic subsidiary: 1 Overseas subsidiaries: 31 (October 13, 2017) | Copper tubes Copper strips Aluminum wires | Air conditioning Terminals |
36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 36 | |
Other | Kobelco Research Institute, Inc. (October 11, 2017) | Target materials |
FPD Optical disks |
70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
Steel Powder Division, Iron & Steel Business, Kobe Steel, Ltd. (October 11, 2017) | Steel powder | Sintered parts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Domestic subsidiaries, etc.: 2 Overseas subsidiaries, etc.: 22 (October 13, 2017) |
Steel wires Stainless steel wires | Bearings Springs |
22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd. (October 20, 2017) | Heavy plate processing | Heavy plate processed products |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 525 | 359 | 124 | 17 | 500 |
Previous report (December 8) | 525 | 357 | 121 | 18 | 496 |
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Initial report (October 26) | 525 | 229 | 91 | 117 | 437 |
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*Total number of customers
1. Shinko Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd., Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (M) Sdn. Bhd., Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd., Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd., Jiangyin Sugita Fasten Spring Wire Co., Ltd., Kobelco Spring Wire (Foshan) Co., Ltd.
3. Changes in the number of companies reported on December 8 are underlined.
In order to complete the safety verification at an early time, the Kobe Steel Group is whole-heartedly devoting itself to cooperating with its customers in the verification.