Update on Safety Verification

(As of March 29, 2019)

We once again deeply apologize for the considerable trouble we have caused to our customers, suppliers, shareholders and many others in regard to the misconduct concerning quality at Kobe Steel, Ltd. and its group companies.

Ever since the discovery of the misconduct concerning quality, the Kobe Steel Group has been undertaking safety verification pertaining to the nonconforming products delivered and used in customers’ products. As a result, Kobe Steel reports that of the 688 companies to which nonconforming products were found to have been delivered, it has confirmed that there were no safety problems or that there were no immediate problems with safety.

With regard to products that are viewed to have no immediate problems with safety, Kobe Steel will, as necessary, conduct additional verification while cooperating with its customers.

The Kobe Steel Group is sincerely accepting comments and requests from customers and striving to respond to them, so that all customers, including consumers of the final products, will be assured of peace of mind and use the Group’s products. We are making full efforts to carry out the measures to prevent recurrence of the misconduct, as previously announced.

Status of safety verification pertaining to customers’ products that used nonconforming products

As of March 29, 2019

Major category Company name Material Main purpose Announced on
October 26, 2017
Since the IIC's
establishment
(October 26, 2017)
No. of customers Safety verification No. of customers Safety verification
Aluminum & Copper Kobe Steel, Ltd. Aluminum &
Copper Business
Aluminum sheets Can stock
Cars
57 57 7 7
Aluminum cast & forged parts Aircraft Rolling stock 67 67 4 4
Aluminum extrusions Cars Rolling stock 34 34 - -
Copper sheets Semiconductors
Terminals
38 38 2 2
Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube Co., Ltd. Copper tubes Air conditioning 23 23 88 88
Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. Copper alloy tubes,
Molds
Electrical machinery, Steelmaking equipment 176 176 29 29
Domestic subsidiary: 1
Overseas subsidiaries: 3*1
Copper tubes
Copper strips
Aluminum wires
Air conditioning Terminals 36 36 - -
Shinko Moka Sogo Service Ltd. Aluminum plate Prototype materials - - 1 1
Other Kobelco Research Institute, Inc. Sputtering target materials Prototype alloys FPD
Optical disks Prototype alloys
Corrosion analysis
70 70 14 14
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Iron & Steel Business Steel Powder Division
Steel powder Sintered parts 1 1 - -
Domestic subsidiaries, etc.: 2
Overseas subsidiaries, etc.: 2*2
Steel wire
Stainless steel wire
Heat treatment
Bearings Springs 22 22 - -
Shinko Kohan Kako, Ltd. Heavy plate processing Heavy plate processed products 1 1 - -
Koshuha All Metal Service Co., Ltd. Heat treatment Heat treatment - - 1 1
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Machinery Business
Machinery Industrial machinery Standard compressors - - 10 10
Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd. Machinery Industrial machinery - - 3 3
Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. Water analysis Water analysis - - 4 4
Total 525 525 163 163
Previous report (May 18, 2018) 525 520 163 158
Report on April 26, 2018 525 520 163 158
Report on March 30, 2018 525 520 163 155
Report on March 23, 2018 525 520 163 141

The numbers of companies are cumulative totals.

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