Japan's Toray Company admits to falsifying some resin sample data to obtain UL certification

Japanese chemical giant Toray Industries has admitted it falsified samples of some resin products to illegally obtain global safety certifications, an act that goes back at least a decade
.

Toray said in a release that samples of the resin used in products such as cars and home appliances were submitted to meet specific flame retardant standards set by U.
S.
safety group Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
, but they were test samples, not its commercial counterparts.
Samples actually used in sales products
.

Toray officials said there have been no reports of problematic incidents involving six illegally certified Toray products, including its nylon resin Amilan and ABS resin Toyolac
.

The products, which did not meet internationally accepted flame retardant standards, were sold to about 80 companies
.

UL certification is considered the global standard for chemical product safety, and Toray said it will form a committee of lawyers to investigate the matter
.

Toray said the samples were made at its factories in Nagoya and Chiba prefecture near Tokyo in order to pass UL standard spot checks four times a year
.

The company sells about 1,600 resin products annually, equivalent to about 570,000 tons of resin
.
Among them, about 410 products have obtained UL certification, and about 110 products have obtained certification even if they do not meet the standards
.