Taiwan's Advantech says US trade probe under control

ADVANTECH

19/09/2016 03:46

TAIPEI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Advantech Co  2395.TW  
on Monday said it is looking into measures to deal with a U.S. 
International Trade Commission probe into a small amount of 
products it sold with software provided by German-based 3S-Smart 
Software Solutions.  
    The company, which provides business-to-business equipment 
for use in industrial automation, is reviewing its business with 
3S-Smart Software, which is the main focus of the probe, 
Advantech spokeswoman Jill Su said. 
    The U.S. ITC on Wednesday said it would launch an 
investigation into Advantech and its U.S. subsidiary, as well as 
3S-Smart, over certain industrial control system software 
products following a complaint filed by Rockwell Automation Inc 
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    "It is already under control," Su said, adding that the 
issue involved only eight units of a component Advantech 
produced for use in industrial equipment.  
    The units included 3S-Smart's software, which was custom 
made for a U.S.-based customer and the affected value was less 
than $10,000, she said.  
    Advantech had already halted the sale of the units. 
    Advantech's share price was down 0.6 percent on Monday, but 
fell as much as 1.7 percent in early trade, after the island's 
financial markets were shut Sept. 15-16 for holidays.   
     
     
 
 (Reporting by J.R. Wu; Editing by Stephen Coates) 
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