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Sep
09:59
Japanese fraud accusations turn to rolling mill supplier
Japan’s Kubota Corporation has admitted that it has found falsified hardness data for thousands of mill rolls suppliers to steel companies over a five-year period. The new follows months of scandals about fraudulent quality testing which began with major revelations by Kobe Steel, Kallanish notes.
Kubota says 85 companies both in Japan and overseas received rolls which did not meet the hardness requirements contracted, out of 99 customers in total. Of 21,0…
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