三菱電機、業務用空調でも検査不備　７年で４万台出荷

　三菱電機は２日、業務用空調装置など一部製品で検査装置の不具合に気付かず、約７年間にわたって法令で義務付けられた耐電圧試験などを正しく実施しないまま出荷していたと明らかにした。対象は４万３３８台に上り、同社は「法に抵触する行為で深く反省している。品質管理体制の強化と風土醸成の再徹底に取り組む」と釈明している。
　同社によると、出荷の前後に全て動作確認を行っており、安全性には問題ないという。ただ、鉄道車両用空調装置をめぐる検査不正で、７月２８日に杉山武史社長（当時）が引責辞任したばかり。信頼回復は一段と遠のきそうだ。（2021/08/02-21:30）

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has detected improper inspections of business-use air conditioning equipment and some other products, on top of similar misconduct involving air conditioners for train cars, company officials said Monday.
   The new revelation came after former Mitsubishi Electric President Takeshi Sugiyama resigned only last week to take responsibility for the earlier found misconduct.
   The new irregularities affected 578 products manufactured at a plant in the western Japan city of Wakayama since June 2014.
   The company has shipped a total of 40,338 units of the products without proper voltage endurance and other tests. Voltage endurance tests are legally required for 27 of the products. The 40,338 units included 2,430 units of the 27 products.
   The affected products are supposed to be safe as they underwent operation checks before and after being shipped, the company officials said.