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New Zealand regulator probes Steel & Tube's steel mesh endorsement-The 17th China(Guangzhou)Int'l Stainless Steel Industry Exhibition
3/22/2016 Stainless Steel Industry expo |
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Scoop Media reported that New Zealand¡¯s Commerce Commission is to investigate Steel & Tube Holdings after the building products company''s chief executive admitted selling many thousands of sheets of earthquake reinforcing mesh with certificates which wrongly used an independent laboratory''s logo.
A commission a spokeswoman said ¡°Making misleading representations, such as claiming a product was tested by a company that has not tested it, is prohibited under the Fair Trading Act in New Zealand. As part of that investigation, we will be looking at whether other products in the market comply with the standard. As this is an active investigation we are unable to comment further."
The logo and contact details of Holmes Solutions, a Christchurch-based independent testing laboratory, had been used on thousands of Steel & Tube''s mesh testing certificates over the past four years despite Holmes Solutions not having carried out the tests.
Steel & Tube CEO Dave Taylor told Radio New Zealand that Holmes Solutions had been involved in developing the testing regime for the product and it was a mistake that its logo had been left on the testing certificates.
Steel & Tube''s in-house laboratory, which is not independently accredited by national accreditation body IANZ, has been used to test the mesh. Holmes Solution''s lab has been accredited by IANZ.
Taylor said Steel & Tube had become aware of the logo''s use last week and had advised Holmes Solutions this week.
When asked how many certificates had been produced, Taylor said he didn''t know an exact number "but there would be many thousands of them because there were many thousands of sheets of mesh."
Two of Steel & Tube''s rivals, Euro Corp and Brilliance Steel, were ordered to stop selling their steel mesh products two weeks ago as the Commerce Commission investigates whether the products comply with building standards.
Steel mesh is used as reinforcement in concrete floor slabs used during the construction of houses, garages and other buildings and can also be used for driveways and pathways.
-The 17th China(Guangzhou)Int''l Stainless
Steel Industry Exhibition
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