Inspection Segment

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Summary

Japan Export Vehicle Inspection Center Co., Ltd (JEVIC) is conducting pre-shipment inspection when exporting used cars from Japan (Road safety inspections and biosecurity (quarantine) inspection for soil, plants, and insects on the vehicles). We are providing exporting service for more than 14 countries. We also accepts inspections for companies other than our group.

Also, Vehicle Inspection New Zealand Limited (VINZ) is conducting import vehicle inspection and domestic vehicle inspections in New Zealand.

Characteristic

1.High quality inspection and biosecurity

Japan Export Vehicle Inspection Center Co., Ltd is approved with ISO/IEC17020 that is international standard requiring capacity for inspection operation, fairness, and consistency.

Also JEVIC is certified by New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industry and New Zealand Transport Agency, with many staff certified by New Zealand Transport Agency. Also there are many vehicle inspection staff whom registered with New Zealand Transport Agency at Vehicle Inspection New Zealand Limited, and we are sustaining high quality for inspection and biosecurity before exporting and after importing for used vehicles.

In 2018, Brown Marmorated Sting Bug (BMSB) was found which is specified as pest in New Zealand when transporting automobiles from Japan to New Zealand. So New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industry made inspection/biosecurity regulation stricter, and to comply this regulations, our group developed Heat Treatment facility that terminates the pest that sheltering on the vehicles with high heat before exporting. This facility is patent registered in November 2019 in Japan, followed by patents in Australia and South Korea, and currently patent pending in other overseas countries.

2.Providing services to others

At Japan Export Vehicle Inspection Center Co., Ltd, we are providing inspections / biosecurity inspections services for not only used car dealers where our group sold used cars, but the other dealers our group company did not sold used cars. Vehicle Inspection New Zealand Limited is providing inspections services for not only used cars which our group sold, but used cars which other companies sold.

3.Securing of independency of operations

Independency of vehicle inspection is the most important issues for inspection business of our group. We established regulations for conflict of interests and stated on Code of Conduct for the employees, also the employment contract clearly states the obligation of reporting of internal notification of the matters concerning confidentiality among group companies and the matters that may affect the results of automobile inspections. In the inspection department, even among group companies, we do not share information. We’re ensuring high neutrality and business independence.

Current status