Canada’s CBC has done some homework and created a great graphic describing the world’s creation and consumption of counterfeit goods. Data which documents the dollars and percentage of total counterfeit goods is always amazing. The statistic showing that China supplies the lion’s share of counterfeits in the world is never a surprise, but always shocking. And the amount of deaths related to counterfeits we put in our bodies is horrific. We know that some of the people at the lower tier of counterfeit manufacturing don’t quite understand that what they are doing is wrong, but when they are putting drywall dust, as described below, in drug capsules, they must understand that it can’t be good for people.
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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.
