it may appear this company is corrupt to the bone as they have also been busted in the past for spark plugs

https://www.fbi.gov/detroit/press-r...rce=detroit-press-releases&utm_content=465497

WASHINGTON—Automotive parts supplier NGK Insulators Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $65.3 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for ceramic substrates for automotive catalytic converters supplied to automobile manufacturers. The company will also plead guilty to obstruction of justice.

NGK Insulators was involved in the conspiracy from at least July 2000 until at least February 2010.