abstract:(, ) is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry, and a manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design, production and maintenance of electronic systems including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and digital consumer products. Based in Tokyo, Advantest is a producer of semiconductor test systems for memory semiconductors.
Microchip-testing-equipment maker Advantest Corp. and industrial-robot maker Yaskawa Electric Corp. have confirmed that they placed pension money with AIJ.
In a statement, Advantest said it has about 1.7 billion yen in outstanding investments deposited with AIJ, equal to about 8% of its total pension-fund investments.
An Advantest spokeswoman said the company is still looking into the details of the case and can't yet clarify whether or by how much the incident may affect its earnings.