Japan’s Toray, a Major Supply Chain Link, Says It Falsified Data<br />Like Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials previously, Toray said<br />that when quality inspections revealed that products from Toray Hybrid Cord fell short of those standards, workers sometimes faked inspection data to make it appear as though the products met them.<br />28, 2017<br />TOKYO — Another pillar of Japanese industry admitted falsifying quality data on Tuesday, as Toray Industries, a manufacturer of<br />materials like carbon fiber, said one of its subsidiaries had for years been providing clients with false product-test reports.<br />But Toray’s chief executive, Akihiro Nikkaku, said Toray had decided to go public in part because of the added scrutiny<br />and the pressure created by the Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials disclosures.<br />Toray said it had identified 149 instances in which Toray Hybrid Cord altered data after internal<br />tests showed its cords failed to meet manufacturing standards demanded by customers.<br />The deception, which Toray said took place between 2008<br />and 2016, echoed similar practices admitted in recent weeks by Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials.<br />Sakakibara said that It’s a grave situation,
