デュエルビッツ ボーナス results on products of Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd. subject to JIS violations

With regard to the violation of JIS regulations by Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd., a subsidiary of Shinko Wire Company, Ltd., announced on June 9 and June 21, a task force established in Shinko Wire Company proceeded to confirm the application of デュエルビッツ ボーナスubject products (stainless steel wire for springs), as well as their quality and safety aspects. We hereby report the results.

Once again, we apologize to our customers and other parties for causing considerable trouble. We have re-examined our quality assurance system and are continuing to work on recovering trust.

With regard to デュエルビッツ ボーナスubject products in violation of JIS regulations for the period of nine years and two months (April 2007 to May 2016), according to inspection records at Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd., confirmation was conducted with the cooperation of spring manufacturers and others on whether there had been any problems in quality or safety.

デュエルビッツ ボーナスubject products, recovered from wholesalers’ inventories, amounted to 55.3 tons. (The previously reported amount was 55.5 tons.) The 55.3 tons of subject products, excluding 1% to undetermined spring manufacturers, were shipped to 64 spring manufacturers. Excluding another 1% from two companies that have since closed down, all spring products (98% of the total amount) made by 62 spring manufacturers using デュエルビッツ ボーナスubject products passed デュエルビッツ ボーナスhipping inspection of デュエルビッツ ボーナスpring manufacturers. We confirmed that there was no impact on the performance of デュエルビッツ ボーナスpring products.

In regard to this matter, we have responded individually to each user, including users currently undertaking デュエルビッツ ボーナス of the subject products. We have not found any problems in the performance of the spring products and believe that spring products made from the subject products are safe.