ATS Provides Update in Relation to Customer Program on Hold
CAMBRIDGE, ON, Dec. 12, 2016 - ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX: ATA) ("ATS" or the "Company") today provided an update in relation to a program that was put on hold by a customer, which impacted approximately $70 million of Order Backlog.
As reported in the Company's Management's Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended October 2, 2016 ("MD&A"), the customer had placed the program on hold subsequent to the end of the Company's second fiscal quarter, following rapid changes in their market which caused them to re-evaluate their product road map. The customer has now formally cancelled the program. The expected impact of the hold/cancellation on the Company for the third fiscal quarter was previously disclosed in the MD&A.
Going forward, ATS has been engaged by the customer to repurpose those parts of the equipment already completed that can be used by the customer in the manufacture of its next-generation product. Based on consultations with the customer, ATS expects to be invited to bid on and potentially participate in the provision of additional equipment to manufacture this next generation of product. The customer has advised that it expects to begin placing orders in early-to-mid calendar 2017.
About ATS
ATS is an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world's most successful companies. ATS uses its extensive knowledge base and global capabilities in custom automation, repeat automation, automation products and value-added services including pre-automation and after-sales services to address the sophisticated manufacturing automation systems and service needs of multinational customers in markets such as life sciences, chemicals, consumer products, electronics, food, beverage, transportation, energy, and oil and gas. Founded in 1978, ATS employs approximately 3,500 people at 23 manufacturing facilities and over 50 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. The Company's shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ATA. Visit the Company's website at www.atsautomation.com.
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For further information:
Maria Perrella,
Chief Financial Officer,
519 653-6500
730 Fountain Street North,
Cambridge, ON N3H 4R7
