
We received this lot of military grade components this week which were remarked. The counterfeiters have not stopped at just plastic packages, but they are blacktopping ceramic as well.

Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.