China's Counterfeit Problem

An article titled Countering China’s counterfeit components was published last month on EDN's blog listed a very interesting statistic:

In late 2007, the US Patent and Trademark Office estimated that counterfeiting and piracy drain about $250 billion out of the US economy.

The biggest problem for independent distributors and buyers in today’s market is the influx of counterfeit products that have made their way onto the market and back to buyers.

West Coast Engineering is a reputable independent distributor with over 23 years experience. It has set up several preventative measures in order to help buyers feel safer about making purchases from an independent distributor.

West Coast Engineering has many factory-direct relationships and provides bonded inventory solutions for customers.

It was a founding member of the Electronics Resellers Association International (ERAI), a global trade association that monitors, investigates, reports and mediates issues that are affecting the global supply chain of electronics. ERAI is the industry's leading source of risk assessment information and insight enabling companies to analyze risk mitigation on vendors, customers and parts.

For more information, please visit: West Coast Engineering's Website