Chris Shaw

UKEA announces second ‘Anti Counterfeiting Forum’

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As part of its strategy to help companies address the growing threat of counterfeit electronic components and following the success of its first seminar in October last year, the UK Electronics Alliance (UKEA) is organising a further seminar to be held on Wednesday 13th October at 1VS Conference Centre in London.

The threat is growing rapidly, both in volume and in complexity, as are the number of initiatives to counteract it. The UKEA says that this seminar aims to provide an update of the work being undertaken by various groups to combat the problem. Delegates new to this issue will get a greater insight into the problem and how to access current best practice and support to reduce the risk to their businesses. Industry experts estimate that counterfeit electronic components entering the UK may be costing our industry as much as £1billion annually and the problem is growing. Many of the counterfeit components currently being detected are destined for safety critical systems but, regardless of their destination, the consequences of counterfeit components being built into electronic equipment could be catastrophic. The seminar will focus on work being undertaken by the semiconductor industry to combat counterfeit semiconductors; initiatives being undertaken by distributors to improve security in the supply chain; current product and packaging security technologies and how they can be used in the electronic component supply chain to help combat counterfeits; work being undertaken to develop industry wide standards to enable a common approach to the problem; advice on counterfeit components and the law Issues and trends that will influence how the problem will affect the sector and how the sector will need to respond in the long term. For further information email anticounterfeitingforum@gmail.com
http://www.anticounterfeitingforum.org.uk/