Mitutoyo Denies Claims of Illegal Exports
The president of Japan's Mitutoyu Corporation has denied allegations that his company illegally exported high-precision calibrating equipment and software to China and Thailand. Various media reports have indicated that serial numbers on certain equipment found in Libya matched that on machines sold by a Mitutoyo subsidiary to a Malaysian company regarded as a black market conduit for nuclear weapons components. Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper also quoted police sources as saying that some of the equipment was shipped to North Korea.
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