On December 7, Japanese media reported that 13 companies involved in Dongli's fraudulent products have gradually exposed the water surface, and many companies are related to automobiles.

On November 28, Toray Hybrid Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc., Japan, took the initiative to expose its material data fraud scandal. The Toray company’s president, Rizhao Zhaoguang, publicly stated that between April 2008 and July 2016, the two quality assurance office directors of Toray HC abused their authority and applied tire reinforcements to the inspection report. The inspection data of polyester industrial yarns and other products have been changed to the specifications required by customers. From October 2016, Toray has changed its quality assurance system. According to reports, there were 149 counterfeit incidents involving products that had been sold to 13 companies and the products had already flowed into China.

Toray data fraud caused widespread concern in the industry. Many customers are related to the automotive industry, and the industry is concerned that this event will trigger a large-scale automotive recall? How can such a thing happen to the global supplier of Japanese management? As Kobe Steel, Takata Airbags, and Mitsubishi Falsehood have exploded, people began to question the quality of Japan's proud manufacturing.

Dongli fraudulent products infiltrate into the automotive industry

According to industry experts, the polyester industrial yarn is mainly used for the manufacture of tire liners for automobiles. The polyester industrial yarns used by all tire companies in Japan are manufactured by Toray HC.

According to media reports, most of the 13 customers receiving Toray Data counterfeiting products are domestic companies in Japan, including Korean companies, including Bridgestone, Sumitomo, Ukoma, Toyo Tires, Hankook, and Kame. Lake, Nexans and so on. On December 5, two Japanese tire companies Bridgestone and Ukumamar acknowledged the use of Toray's counterfeit products, followed by Toyoda Gosei, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Nikon and "Meiji Flow Systems," Gates U nita. Asia, Japan, Whalder and ICHIKAWA have successively acknowledged and said that the corresponding product is safe.

Previously, CCTV reported that Dongli fraudulent products had already flowed into the Chinese market. On December 6, the reporter interviewed Zhang Hongmin, chairman of Shandong Rubber Industry Association of Tire Province, to understand the Chinese tire market. He told reporters: “The domestic tire manufacturers have purchased polyester industrial yarns from Chinese companies in Europe and America, Xingda, etc., and have not heard of any company adopting Japanese Renaissance products. However, the Chinese market may have tires and rubber products. The car is moving.”

Or cause a large recall

Experts in the industry said that Dongli counterfeit products do have security risks. Toray recently prepared a survey committee composed of external experts to collect the results as soon as possible during the year to ascertain the results. In addition, a number of Japanese auto parts giants, such as Toyota Synthetics, Bridgestone, Yokohama Rubber, and Sumitomo Rubber, have also stated that due to the long-term implementation of violations, companies will step up efforts to lock down targeted products and confirm safety.

Does Dongli fraudulent product trigger a large recall? Still need further investigation.

On November 16th, Bridgestone filed a recall plan with the AQSIQ and will take the initiative to recall some of Bridgestone's tires that are compatible with some of Bridgestone's specifications in China. It is understood that the recall time is: From November 16, 2017, the total number of 225,511 articles. The reason for the recall is that due to problems in the production process, there may be insufficient strength. In particular, when the tire is continuously used under conditions of low air pressure, if the tire is excessively deformed, the carcass cord inside the tire may be broken. In severe cases, the tire may leak and there is a safety hazard.

Some people in the industry have speculated that the recall was related to the use of Toray's counterfeit products, but it has not been further confirmed.

Japan has a deficiency in supply control

The turmoil in Japan's third-largest steel company, Kobe Steel, has not stopped, and the non-ferrous metal giant Mitsubishi materials have fallen into disgrace. The Japanese chemical giant Toray subsidiary also made false data... The important customers of these companies are automobiles.

Recently, Kobel Steel (KOBELCO) announced that the company had organized and tampered with the performance data of some aluminum products such as strength, and some of the violations had started since 10 years ago, including September 2016 to 2017. About 4% of aluminum and copper products during August involved about 200 customers, most of which were automotive users. Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Subaru, Mitsubishi and other car companies all shot "in the gun." On November 24, Takeuchi Zhang, president of Japan’s non-ferrous metal giant Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, acknowledged at the press conference that there were problems with the manufacture of technical parameters of products in Mitsubishi Electric's three subsidiary companies, Mitsubishi Electric Industrial, Mitsubishi Shinko and Mitsubishi Aluminum. . Mitsubishi’s counterfeiting problem was caused by Mitsubishi Materials falsifying its product test data and providing its customers with rubber gaskets that did not meet the material specifications stated in the contract. This counterfeiting activity can be traced back to April 2015. Another subsidiary, Mit•Subishi Shindoh, tampered with the data on metal products. This counterfeiting can be traced back to October 2016. In 2015, Takata Group finally admitted that its airbags had defects and the recall range was expanded to 34 million.

Zhang Hongmin told reporters: “We have been very shocked after hearing this news. After all, Japan’s manufacturing has always been in the heart of the people in the hearts of the people. From the perspective of a series of recent news, Japan’s manufacturing has certain flaws that have greatly affected Japan’s manufacturing. It should be said that Japanese manufacturing has been pulled down from the altar."

“The companies involved are multinational giants. Bridgestone as an example, its annual sales of 28 billion US dollars, ranking first in the world, product coverage in the world.” Industry experts believe that Japan’s scandal involving data fraud giants exposed, The Chinese must pay attention to the deep problems behind Japan’s highly respected supplier control. A person in charge of a local tire company in China believes that this event will greatly affect the brand value of Dongli and other Japanese parts suppliers, and the industry reputation will be greatly reduced.

Chinese manufacturing is rising. Zhang Weimin told reporters that the Japanese-made scandal also alerted the Chinese people, and that whenever and wherever they interviewed for improper means to maintain their leading position in the brand and seize market share, it was not desirable or even shameful.