Update on safety verification status concerning improper conduct in the 易游YY体育官方网站

November17,2017

易游YY体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd.

We once again deeply apologize for the enormous amount of trouble we have caused to our customers, suppliers, shareholders and many others concerning the improper conduct in 易游YY体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd. and its group companies.

With regard to the verification status of the safety of its nonconforming products used in customers' products, 易游YY体育官方网站 Steel reports on the progress it has made on the verification at this time (as of November 17).

Verification status of safety of nonconform易游YY体育官方网站g products used 易游YY体育官方网站 customers' products (as of November 17)

(1) Customers' responses at present

For customers to whom nonconforming products, which the 易游YY体育官方网站 found in its self-investigation over the past one year, were shipped and for products other than those delivered directly to customers, Kobe Steel at this time has not confirmed cases that would require the immediate suspension of use or immediate recall of the products.

(2) Current progress of safety verification

Owing to the enormous amount of cooperation from its customers, the 易游YY体育官方网站 is earnestly proceeding to verify the safety of the nonconforming products. At this time as outlined in Table 1, the 易游YY体育官方网站 delivered nonconforming products to 525 companies. Out of this total, safety confirmation is proceeding at 480 companies under the three levels below, from A to C.

Safety verification by level

  • A: Customers have completed safety verification.
  • B: Customers have concluded that no problems exist at this time, but cont易游YY体育官方网站ue further verification.
  • C: 易游YY体育官方网站 Steel has concluded that safety can be assumed with a high degree of certainty in its technical opinion and has informed customers to this effect.

Table 1

Improper
products
Company name Material Ma易游YY体育官方网站 use No. of
customers
A B C Total
(A-C)
Alum易游YY体育官方网站um
& Copper
Alum易游YY体育官方网站um &
Copper Bus易游YY体育官方网站ess,
易游YY体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd.
(October 8, 2017)
Alum易游YY体育官方网站um
flat-rolled
products
Can stock
Cars
57 30 8 0 38
Alum易游YY体育官方网站um
cast &
forged
parts
Aircraft
Roll易游YY体育官方网站g stock
67 2 65 0 67
Alum易游YY体育官方网站um
extrusions
Cars
Roll易游YY体育官方网站g stock
34 15 15 0 30
Copper
sheets
Semiconductors
Term易游YY体育官方网站als
38 8 9 0 17
易游YY体育官方网站lco & Materials Copper
Tube Co., Ltd.
(October 8 and 26, 2017)
Copper
tubes
Air condition易游YY体育官方网站g 23 17 6 0 23
Shin易游YY体育官方网站 Metal Products Co., Ltd.
(October 13, 2017)
Copper alloy tubes
Molds
Electrical
mach易游YY体育官方网站ery
Steelmak易游YY体育官方网站g
equipment
176 144 9 22 175
Domestic subsidiary: 1
Overseas subsidiaries: 31
(October 13, 2017)
Copper
tubes
Copper
strips
Alum易游YY体育官方网站um
wires
Air condition易游YY体育官方网站g
Term易游YY体育官方网站als
36 21 4 11 36
Other 易游YY体育官方网站lco Research Institute, Inc.
(October 11, 2017)
Target
materials
FPD optical disks 70 70 0 0 70
Steel Powder Division, Iron &
Steel Business, 易游YY体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd.
(October 11, 2017)
Steel
powder
S易游YY体育官方网站tered parts 1 0 1 0 1
Domestic subsidiaries, etc.: 2
Overseas subsidiaries, etc.: 22
(October 13, 2017)
Steel wire
Sta易游YY体育官方网站less
steel wire
Bear易游YY体育官方网站gs
Spr易游YY体育官方网站gs
22 22 0 0 22
Shin易游YY体育官方网站 易游YY体育官方网站han Ka易游YY体育官方网站, Ltd.
(October 20, 2017)
Heavy plate
process易游YY体育官方网站g
Heavy plate
processed
products
1 0 1 0 1
Total 525 329 118 33 480
Previous report (November 10) 525 317 111 46 474
November 7 report 525 292 109 69 470
October 31 report 525 252 90 101 443
October 26 report 525 229 91 117 437
  • *Total number of customers

    Notes:
  • 1. Shinko Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd., 易游YY体育官方网站lco & Materials Copper Tube (M) Sdn. Bhd., 易游YY体育官方网站lco & Materials Copper Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Suzhou 易游YY体育官方网站 Copper Technology Co., Ltd.

  • 2. Nippon Koshuha Steel Co., Ltd., Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd., Jiangyin Sugita Fasten Spring Wire Co., Ltd., 易游YY体育官方网站lco Spring Wire (Foshan) Co., Ltd.

  • 3. Changes 易游YY体育官方网站 the number of companies reported on November 7 are underl易游YY体育官方网站ed.

In order to complete the safety verification at an early time, 易游YY体育官方网站 Steel is whole-heartedly devoting itself to cooperating with its customers in the verification.

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