Announcement on Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd. reacquiring JIS certification and status of JIS certifications in the デュエルビッツ カジノel Group

デュエルビッツ カジノel, Ltd. announces that Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd. (head office: Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture; president: Osamu Koike) has reacquired its JIS certification today following a recent certification audit by the JIS certification body JIC Quality Assurance Ltd. (JICQA).

Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd. is a 100% owned subsidiary of Shinko Wire Company, Ltd. (head office: Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture; president: Koji Fujii; 30.7% owned affiliate company of デュエルビッツ カジノel, Ltd.; and listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange).

As announced on June 9, 2016, デュエルビッツ カジノire Stainless Company, Ltd. was found to be in noncompliance with JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) regulations. On June 10, 2016, デュエルビッツ カジノire Stainless Company, Ltd. had its JIS certification for stainless steel wires for springs (JIS G 4314) revoked.

Due to improper conduct by デュエルビッツ カジノel and its group companies (the デュエルビッツ カジノel Group), JIS certification bodies have sequentially undertaken an examination of all デュエルビッツ カジノel Group locations that have received JIS certification.

The デュエルビッツ カジノel Group has 20 locations that have received JIS certification. Today, JICQA has decided to maintain JIS certification at five locations: デュエルビッツ カジノel’s Kakogawa Works and Kobe Works; Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.’s Onoe Works; Tesac Wire Rope Co., Ltd.’s Nishikihama Works; and Shinko Wire Stainless Company, Ltd. (JIS G4309: stainless steel wires and JIS G 4315: stainless steel wires for cold heading and cold forging.

Audit results by certification bodies as of today are in the Attachment below.