Chicago-based Amsted Industries has won an initial determination at the International Trade Commission, where it had accused two U.S. and two Chinese companies of misappropriating trade secrets relating to manufacturing cast steel railway wheels.
In a document posted on the International Trade Commission's website, the panel said that one of its judges, Carl Charneski, had issued an initial determination that Amsted's secrets had been misappropriated.
The company had accused two U.S. companies -- Standard Car Truck Company Inc, owned by Wabtec (WAB.N), and Barber Tianrui Railway Supply LLC -- of misappropriating the secrets.
