Tokyo — The Kobe Steel plant at the centre of a data-falsification scandal that has shaken supply chains around the world has been stripped of all its industrial quality certifications, the Japanese government says. In another blow to the embattled steel maker, the state-sanctioned seal on insulated copper tubing from Kobe’s Hatano plant was revoked after an investigation by a certification firm into its quality controls, the ministry of economy, trade and industry said. The plant southwest of Tokyo has also lost its ISO 9001 quality certification from the International Standards Organisation, the Japan Quality Assurance Organisation said. Earlier, the plant was stripped of its Japan Industrial Standards seal for seamless copper pipe products used for air-conditioning and refrigerators, as part of the fallout of Japan’s industrial scandal. Having the quality seals revoked means the company can no longer sell the products with the Japan Industrial Standards label, potentially restric...
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