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This statement is not well researched. If you consider IDC's report of the situation (https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=lcUS50983523), you find that while Ninestar is a majority shareholder, they are not in control of Lexmark and Lexmark is not affected by this ban. Xerox was also affected by this, but to a small degree as Lexmark was.

Even the Wall Street Journal article that broke the original story admits that Ninestar has "no operational control." (https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-puts-chinese-company-with-kentucky-ties-on-forced-labor-ban-list-ce2e8d00)

The DoD Inspector General report referenced in this article has to do with COTS device, while every company, including Lexmark, has specially built TAA-compliant devices that would not fall under that report. Lexmark still has a strong footprint in the DoD because there they take their security seriously and their devices comply with all regulations.

I can only assume that either China Tech Threat is not doing proper journalistic research, or has a particular axe to grind with Lexmark because they are finding problems where none exist.

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