TOKYO (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd's (>> Kobe Steel, Ltd.) admission that it fabricated specifications on some of its aluminum, copper and other products has left about 500 affected companies scrambling to pin down the potential impact.
No safety issues have surfaced as Kobe Steel attempts to confirm the extent of the data tampering.
The following lists companies that have received falsely certified parts or are checking whether they have received them.
TOYOTA, NISSAN, HONDA, MAZDA, SUBARU, MITSUBISHI MOTORS
Toyota Motor Corp (>> Toyota Motor Corp), Nissan Motor Co (>> Nissan Motor Co Ltd), Honda Motor Co (>> Honda Motor Co Ltd), Mazda Motor Corp (>> Mazda Motor Corp), Subaru Corp (>> Subaru Corp) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp (>> MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION) said there were no safety problems with affected aluminum parts sourced directly from Kobe Steel.
The automaker said they were still checking on other parts from their suppliers.
DAIHATSU
Daihatsu Motor (>> Honda Motor Co Ltd) said it had not received affected products directly from Kobe Steel.
It has used affected aluminum products sourced from suppliers but said there were no safety problems.
BOEING
Boeing Co (>> Boeing Company (The)), the world's biggest maker of passenger jets, has used affected Kobe Steel products, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
AIRBUS
Airbus SE (>> Airbus SE) does not buy products directly from Japan's Kobe Steel but is investigating whether any of its suppliers are affected by the cheating scandal, an Airbus spokesman said.
FORD
Ford Motor Co (>> Ford Motor Company) said its Ford Mondeo in China has an aluminum hood from Kobe Steel but that it had not confirmed whether this was an affected product.
GENERAL MOTORS
General Motors Co (>> General Motors Corporation) said it is was investigating whether any autos contained products sourced from Kobe Steel.
ROLLS ROYCE
Rolls-Royce Holdings (>> Rolls-Royce) said it received affected products but they have not been used.
KOREAN AIR
Korean Air Lines Co (>> Korean Air Lines Co Ltd) said it has supplied parts using Kobe Steel products to Boeing and was investigating.
HYUNDAI MOTOR
Hyundai Motor Co (>> Hyundai Motor Co) and sister car maker Kia Motors Corp (>> Kia Motors Corporation) said panels produced by Kobe Steel have been used in the IONIQ and Niro models.
SUZUKI
Suzuki Motor Corp (>> Suzuki Motor Corp) says affected products were used in its motorcycles.
DENSO
Denso Corp (>> Denso Corp), the Toyota-affiliated parts manufacturer, said affected parts were used in heat exchangers.
MITSUBISHI HEAVY
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (>> Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd) said Kobe Steel products were used on its Mitsubishi Regional Jet and rockets, including the H-2A rocket launched on Oct. 10 to put a navigation satellite into orbit. The rocket cleared all safety checks before launch, the company said.
Japanese industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel materials were used in some defense equipment made by Mitsubishi Heavy.
KOMATSU
Komatsu Ltd (>> Komatsu Ltd) said affected aluminum was used in defense equipment such as light armored vehicles provided to Japan's Self Defence Force.
IHI
Heavy machinery maker IHI Corp (>> IHI Corp) said affected products were used in its jet engines.
IHI is a supplier for engines used on Boeing Co (>> Boeing Company (The)) aircraft and in Japan's defense and aerospace industries. The company did not say which engines used the affected products.
Japanese industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel materials were used in some defense equipment made by IHI.
HITACHI
Hitachi Ltd (>> Hitachi, Ltd.) said affected aluminum products were used in its trains in Japan and the U.K.
The company said it plans to exchange parts used in the undercarriage of bullet trains running on JR Tokai and JR West lines.
It was not possible to switch out components used in train bodies, such as on JR East bullet trains and in its U.K. trains, the company said, adding it is considering whether to seek compensation from the steelmaker.
JR TOKAI
Central Japan Railway Company Co (>> Central Japan Railway Company), which operates the bullet train line between Tokyo and Osaka, said affected products were used in train undercarriages. Company said while there were no safety problems they would be replaced during routine maintenance.
Affected products were also used in trains running on the test track for its high-speed, magnetically levitated "maglev" railway line currently under construction.
JR WEST
West Japan Railway Co (>> West Japan Railway Company) said affected parts were used and that it will seek compensation from the steelmaker.
JR EAST
East Japan Railway Co (>> East Japan Railway Company) said affected parts were used in bullet train bodies.
TOKYO METRO, HANKYU HANSHIN
Railway line operators Tokyo Metro Co and Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc (>> Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.) said affected parts were used in trains.
KAWASAKI HEAVY
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (>> Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd) said affected materials were used in aircraft parts and in engine components while it was still investigating to see if there were any other products including trains that used affected materials.
Japanese industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel materials were used in some defense equipment made by Kawasaki Heavy.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
Mitsubishi Electric Corp (>> Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) said affected copper was used in air conditioners produced domestically.
TEPCO
Fukushima nuclear operator Tokyo Electric Power Holdings Inc (Tepco) (>> Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding Inc) said it had taken delivery of pipes from Kobe Steel that were not checked properly. The pipes were delivered to its Fukushima Daini station, located near the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi plant, but have not been used, Tepco said. Tepco was checking all its facilities.
TOSHIBA
Toshiba Corp (>> Toshiba Corp) said affected products were used in cooling equipment.
VOLKSWAGEN
Volkswagen AG (>> Volkswagen) said Kobe Steel is not a direct supplier and that it was checking the situation with its own suppliers.
PANASONIC
Panasonic Corp (>> Panasonic Corporation) said affected products were used in Blu-ray discs and had also received affected copper and copper alloy pipes from Kobe Steel.
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES
Daikin Industries Ltd (>> Daikin Industries, Ltd.) said it received affected aluminum and copper products.
MITSUI ENGINEERING
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd (>> Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd) said affected aluminum was used in its ship engines.
DAIMLER
Daimler AG (>> Daimler) said that Kobe Steel is not a supplier after the Nikkei said it had received products from the steelmaker with falsified specifications.
PSA GROUP
PSA Group (>> Peugeot) also said that Kobe Steel is not a supplier after the Nikkei said it had also received products from the steelmaker with falsified specifications.
NEC
NEC Corp (>> NEC Corp) said it was waiting to hear from Kobe Steel whether it had received affected products.
FUJITSU
Fujitsu Ltd (>> Fujitsu Ltd) said Kobe Steel is not a direct supplier and that it was checking the situation with its own suppliers.
YOKOHAMA RUBBER
Yokohama Rubber says affected products from Kobe Steel have not been used in their tyres and they will check other products.
SHIMADZU
Shimadzu Corp (>> Shimadzu Corporation) said affected aluminum products have been used in gearboxes for aircraft and vacuum pumps.
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS
Sumitomo Wiring Systems said it had received affected parts.
HORIBA
Horiba said it had received affected aluminum parts.
The Nikkei also said the following foreign companies have been supplied with affected products from Kobe Steel.
Daimler AG (>> Daimler), General Electric Co (>> General Electric Company), Intel Corp (>> Intel Corporation)., Renault SA (>> Renault), Tesla Inc (>> Tesla), Valeo SA (>> Valeo), Volvo AB (>> Volvo)
(Reporting by Sam Nussey, Yuka Obayashi, Osamu Tsukimori, Joe White, Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Aaron Sheldrick, Shri Navaratnam and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)