Another Japanese maker of quake shock absorbers falsified data

Kawakin Holdings Co., a Japanese maker of earthquake shock absorbers, said Tuesday it had fabricated quality data for products, in yet another scandal affecting the country's construction equipment industry.Kawakin said its oil damper maker unit altered quality data for four quake absorption and 89 quake control devices shipped between February 2005 and last month, when they did not meet standards agreed with customers.The announcement, which sparked worry and anger among the owners of public and private facilities equipped with the products, came just days after another manufacturer, KYB C…READ FULL ARTICLE