Corrected: FACTBOX-Kobe Steel's data fabrication leaves manufacturers scrambling

Yokohama Rubber Co

02/11/2017 03:25

(Corrects the name of the Tepco site that received affected 
products to the Fukushima Daini station, not Fukushima Daiichi) 
    TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd's  5406.T  
admission that it fabricated specifications on some of its 
aluminium, copper and other products has left about 500 affected 
companies scrambling to pin down the potential impact.  
    No safety issues have surfaced as Kobe Steel attempts to 
confirm the extent of the data tampering.  
    The following lists companies that have received falsely 
certified parts or are checking whether they have received them. 
     
    TOYOTA, NISSAN, HONDA, MAZDA, SUBARU, MITSUBISHI MOTORS  
    Toyota Motor Corp  7203.T , Nissan Motor Co  7201.T , Honda 
Motor Co  7267.T , Mazda Motor Corp  7261.T , Subaru Corp 
 7270.T  and Mitsubishi Motors Corp  7211.T  said there were no 
safety problems with affected aluminium parts sourced directly 
from Kobe Steel. 
    The automaker said they were still checking on other parts 
from their suppliers. 
     
    DAIHATSU  
    Daihatsu Motor  7267.T  said it had not received affected 
products directly from Kobe Steel.  
    It has used affected aluminium products sourced from 
suppliers but said there were no safety problems.  
     
    BOEING 
    Boeing Co  BA.N , the world's biggest maker of passenger 
jets, has used affected Kobe Steel products, a source with 
knowledge of the matter told Reuters.  nL4N1MN3HF   
     
    AIRBUS 
    Airbus SE  AIR.PA  does not buy products directly from 
Japan's Kobe Steel but is investigating whether any of its 
suppliers are affected by the cheating scandal, an Airbus 
spokesman said.  
     
    FORD 
    Ford Motor Co  F.N  said its Ford Mondeo in China has an 
aluminium hood from Kobe Steel but that it had not confirmed 
whether this was an affected product.  
     
    GENERAL MOTORS  
    General Motors Co  GM.N  said it is was investigating 
whether any autos contained products sourced from Kobe Steel. 
     
    ROLLS ROYCE  
    Rolls-Royce Holdings  RR.L  said it received affected 
products but they have not been used.  
     
    KOREAN AIR  
    Korean Air Lines Co  003490.KS  said it has supplied parts 
using Kobe Steel products to Boeing and was investigating.  
     
    HYUNDAI MOTOR 
    Hyundai Motor Co  005380.KS  and sister car maker Kia Motors 
Corp  000270.KS  said panels produced by Kobe Steel have been 
used in the IONIQ and Niro models. 
     
    SUZUKI  
    Suzuki Motor Corp  7269.T  says affected products were used 
in its motorcycles. 
     
    DENSO 
    Denso Corp  6902.T , the Toyota-affiliated parts 
manufacturer, said affected parts were used in heat exchangers. 
     
    MITSUBISHI HEAVY  
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd  7011.T  said Kobe Steel 
products were used on its Mitsubishi Regional Jet and rockets,  
including the H-2A rocket launched on Oct. 10 to put a 
navigation satellite into orbit. The rocket cleared all safety 
checks before launch, the company said. 
    Japanese industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel 
materials were used in some defence equipment made by Mitsubishi 
Heavy. 
     
    KOMATSU 
    Komatsu Ltd  6301.T  said affected aluminium was used in 
defence equipment such as light armoured vehicles provided to 
Japan's Self Defence Force.  
     
    IHI  
    Heavy machinery maker IHI Corp  7013.T  said affected 
products were used in its jet engines.  
    IHI is a supplier for engines used on Boeing Co  BA.N  
aircraft and in Japan's defence and aerospace industries. The 
company did not say which engines used the affected products.  
    Japanese industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel 
materials were used in some defence equipment made by IHI. 
     
    HITACHI 
    Hitachi Ltd  6501.T  said affected aluminium products were 
used in its trains in Japan and the U.K.  
    The company said it plans to exchange parts used in the 
undercarriage of bullet trains running on JR Tokai and JR West 
lines.  
    It was not possible to switch out components used in train 
bodies, such as on JR East bullet trains and in its U.K. trains, 
the company said, adding it is considering whether to seek 
compensation from the steelmaker. 
     
    JR TOKAI  
    Central Japan Railway Company Co  9022.T , which operates 
the bullet train line between Tokyo and Osaka, said affected 
products were used in train undercarriages. Company said while 
there were no safety problems they would be replaced during 
routine maintenance.   
    Affected products were also used in trains running on the 
test track for its high-speed, magnetically levitated "maglev" 
railway line currently under construction.  
     
    JR WEST 
    West Japan Railway Co  9021.T  said affected parts were used 
and that it will seek compensation from the steelmaker. 
     
    JR EAST  
    East Japan Railway Co  9020.T  said affected parts were used 
in bullet train bodies.  
     
    TOKYO METRO, HANKYU HANSHIN 
    Railway line operators Tokyo Metro Co and Hankyu Hanshin 
Holdings Inc  9042.T  said affected parts were used in trains.  
     
    KAWASAKI HEAVY 
    Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd  7012.T  said affected 
materials were used in aircraft parts and in engine components 
while it was still investigating to see if there were any other 
products including trains that used affected materials.   
    Japanese industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel 
materials were used in some defence equipment made by Kawasaki 
Heavy. 
     
    MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC 
    Mitsubishi Electric Corp  6503.T  said affected copper was 
used in air conditioners produced domestically.  
     
    TEPCO 
    Fukushima nuclear operator Tokyo Electric Power Holdings Inc 
(Tepco)  9501.T  said it had taken delivery of pipes from Kobe 
Steel that were not checked properly. The pipes were delivered 
to its Fukushima Daini station, located near the destroyed 
Fukushima Daiichi plant, but have not been used, Tepco said.  
Tepco was checking all its facilities. 
     
    TOSHIBA 
    Toshiba Corp  6502.T  said affected products were used in 
cooling equipment.  
     
    VOLKSWAGEN 
    Volkswagen AG  VOWG_p.DE  said Kobe Steel is not a direct  
supplier and that it was checking the situation with its own 
suppliers.  
     
    PANASONIC  
    Panasonic Corp  6752.T  said affected products were used in 
Blu-ray discs and had also received affected copper and copper 
alloy pipes from Kobe Steel.  
     
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES 
    Daikin Industries Ltd  6367.T  said it received affected 
aluminium and copper products.  
     
    MITSUI ENGINEERING 
    Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd  7003.T  said 
affected aluminium was used in its ship engines.  
     
    DAIMLER 
    Daimler AG  DAIGn.DE  said that Kobe Steel is not a supplier 
after the Nikkei said it had received products from the 
steelmaker with falsified specifications. 
     
    PSA GROUP  
    PSA Group  PEUP.PA  also said that Kobe Steel is not a 
supplier after the Nikkei said it had also received products 
from the steelmaker with falsified specifications. 
     
    NEC 
    NEC Corp  6701.T  said it was waiting to hear from Kobe 
Steel whether it had received affected products.  
     
    FUJITSU  
    Fujitsu Ltd  6702.T  said Kobe Steel is not a direct 
supplier and that it was checking the situation with its own 
suppliers. 
     
    YOKOHAMA RUBBER  
    Yokohama Rubber says affected products from Kobe Steel have 
not been used in their tyres and they will check other products. 
     
    SHIMADZU  
    Shimadzu Corp  7701.T  said affected aluminium products have 
been used in gearboxes for aircraft and vacuum pumps.  
     
    SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS 
    Sumitomo Wiring Systems said it had received affected parts. 
     
    HORIBA 
    Horiba said it had received affected aluminium parts.  
     
    The Nikkei also said the following foreign companies have 
been supplied with affected products from Kobe Steel.  
     
    Daimler AG  DAIGn.DE , General Electric Co  GE.N , Intel 
Corp  INTC.O ., Renault SA  RENA.PA , Tesla Inc  TSLA.O , Valeo 
SA  VLOF.PA , Volvo AB  VOLVb.ST  
 
 (Reporting by Sam Nussey, Yuka Obayashi, Osamu Tsukimori, Joe 
White, Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Aaron Sheldrick, Shri Navaratnam 
and Sherry Jacob-Phillips) 
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Keywords: KOBE STEEL SCANDAL/