If TMEIC furnishes Customer with advice or other assistance which concerns any product not supplied hereunder or any system or equipment in which any such product may be installed and which is not required pursuant to this Agreement, the furnishing of such advice or assistance will not subject TMEIC to any liability, whether in contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise. For the purposes of this Article, the term TMEIC includes TMEIC subcontractors and suppliers