Company-wide investigation of quality inspection processes and establishment of a quality control department

「垪和 伸光 Senior Executive Officer, Sustainability Promotion; General Manager, Quality Assurance Department; and Head of Saitama Plant Senior Executive Officer, Sustainability Promotion; General Manager, Quality Control Department; and Head of Saitama Plant 1 October 2023」

「Measures: Based on the Tsubaki Group Basic Quality Policy, we are working under the Group Quality Committee to pursue high quality and enforce quality control.」

「As another issue, to ensure business continuity and fulfill our social responsibilities, we will identify the material issues related to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) for our group and promote responses through our business activities.」

「With respect to the reuse and falsification of inspection data by our subsidiary, which we disclosed last year, we established a Quality Control Department within the head office division in April of that year and have been working to prevent recurrence thoroughly and further strengthen quality control throughout the group.」

「Following the discovery of this matter, our group established an internal investigation committee comprising attorneys and independent officers, which investigated the facts, identified the causes, verified corrective measures, and considered and recommended measures to prevent recurrence. The primary cause was the inspection methods used by the company concerned, while the products themselves met the quality standards required by customers. Taking this matter seriously, we verified the company's measures to prevent recurrence and conducted an internal investigation of quality inspection processes at group companies engaged in manufacturing and related businesses. In April this year, we also established a Quality Control Department within the head office division responsible for managing the entire group.」