Counterfeit Parts Acetone to Test for Blacktopping Doesn’t Always Work in Counterfeit Detection When testing for blacktopping on IC’s the use of acetone has been the accepted method…Robb HammondMarch 23, 2012
Counterfeit PartsPart Watch Australian Man and His Firm Indicted in Plot to Export Restricted Military and Other U.S. Technology to Iran Every distributor must be careful that they are not exporting to customers like the one…Robb HammondMarch 13, 2012
AERI NewsCounterfeit Parts Counterfeit Components Reach an All Time High in 2011 We continue to hope with the greater awareness about counterfeits that the crooks will go…Robb HammondMarch 12, 2012
AERI NewsCounterfeit PartsSemiconductor Market News Orange County California Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Trafficking Counterfeits Mustafa Abdul Aljaff, 32, has finally been sentenced after creating and selling counterfeit electronic components…Robb HammondFebruary 20, 2012
AERI NewsCounterfeit Parts New Law Enacted Which Increases Fines, Imprisonment, Financial Responsibility and Debarment of Government Contractors for the use of Counterfeits The recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 has made the accidental use of…Robb HammondFebruary 15, 2012
Counterfeit Parts Finding Counterfeits is Detective Work As we visit our customers we get questions about different methods of detection and which…Robb HammondJanuary 25, 2012
Counterfeit PartsPart WatchSemiconductor Market News Senate Armed Forces Committee Meets Counterfeits Head On The Senate Armed Services Committee, in their latest hearing, has addressed the issue of counterfeit…Robb HammondNovember 10, 2011
Counterfeit Parts Manufacturers Sandblast the Tops of Their Parts Too! Counterfeit Curveballs We are all feverishly trying to figure out the latest signs of counterfeits and how…Robb HammondOctober 10, 2011
Counterfeit Parts SAE G19 AS6081: “Counterfeit Electronic Parts; Avoidance Protocol, Distributors” document out for balloting The long awaited AS6081 document, which will be the new bible for electronic component distributors…Robb HammondOctober 3, 2011
AERI NewsCounterfeit PartsPart WatchSemiconductor Market News AERI President to present “Counterfeits Made with Harvested Die – How it’s Done and Detection” at SMTA and CALCE’s Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Counterfeiting electronic components continues to evolve. As we get better at detection, the counterfeiters get…Robb HammondSeptember 16, 2011