EMTEC: Faulty USB sticks to be replaced promptly

EMTEC USB sticks from the C150 series were delivered to retailers with a production defect between November and late December/early January. The fault has now been corrected

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The affected batches were recalled and will be replaced promptly. “We apologise to our partner for the inconvenience caused by this production fault,” explains EMTEC managing director Jörg Reimann. EMTEC guarantees retail customers a straightforward exchange of the faulty products. Additional measures for even more extensive quality assurance were also initiated together with the manufacturer of the flash memory.

The faults occurred when transferring individual files larger than 1 GB and when transferring more than 1,000 small files. In addition, more than 64 subfolders were created on make USB sticks.