AERI News Russian Mars Mission Thwarted by Counterfeits Russia’s Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars, which launched in November, has ended with a crash back…Robb HammondFebruary 6, 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
AERI News Tech Manufacturing Orders Up In this week economy the high tech manufacturing sector continues to grow. Those results were…Robb HammondJanuary 9, 2012
Semiconductor Market News Electronic Component Counterfeiting included in signed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 President Obama signed the $700 billion Defense Act on New Years Eve. It is packed…Robb HammondJanuary 4, 2012
Part WatchSemiconductor Market News Rohm Products Hard to Find Although the flooding in Thailand is starting to subside, ROHM Semiconductor and other manufactures of…Robb HammondNovember 16, 2011
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
AERI News Detecting Counterfeits Involves Putting a Number of Clues Together When we receive parts they are inspected for over 30 different attributes to determine if…Robb HammondNovember 9, 2011
Semiconductor Market News Woman gets 38 months in prison for selling counterfeit integrated circuits Stephanie McCloskey, former employee of VisionTech in Clearwater Florida, has received her sentencing. She will…Robb HammondOctober 27, 2011
Part WatchSemiconductor Market News Tin Whiskers from Lead Free Components Possible Cause of Toyota Throttle Problem A group of researchers from the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering at the University…Robb HammondOctober 17, 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