SMTA and CALCE are putting on an updated seminar to help keep us all up to speed with the latest threats and measures to counteract counterfeit components. AERI will have a booth displaying our techniques and capabilities to assist manufacturers with their component needs. Please visit us to so we can help to keep your production lines moving with high quality and authentic components. We will be there to hear your component issues first hand so that we might be able to help you address some of your biggest challenges purchasing from the unauthorized supply chain, For more info click here
Robb Hammond, founder and president of AERI (American Electronic Resource, Inc.). Founding member and former committee chair of the SAE AS6081 Standard created for the avoidance of counterfeit electronic components. Robb founded AERI in Costa Mesa, California, in 1994 as an independent distributor of hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electronic components. AERI is AS9120B, ISO 9001:2015 and AS6081 certified, tests to AS6171 standards, and inspects every part in its in-house QC lab before it ships. Robb writes about electronic component shortages, sourcing strategy and counterfeit avoidance.
