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http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/10/aircraft-repair-company-exec-pleads-guilty?et_cid=2923431&et_rid=490548696&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2012%2f10%2faircraft-repair-company-exec-pleads-guilty SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An executive at a California airplane repair company has pleaded guilty to endangering aircraft by cutting corners with replacement parts not certified by regulators. The U.S. attorney in Sacramento said Tuesday that Jerry Edward Kuwata, of Granite Bay, admitted to using uncertified parts and falsely certifying that the Federal Aviation… Continue reading Aircraft Repair Company Exec Pleads Guilty

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/29/10/2012/54875/scale-of-counterfeiting-problem-is-revealed-in-new-figures.htm The number of high risk suppliers to the US government, including companies that sold suspect counterfeit product to military and commercial electronics channels, increased dramatically by 63% from 2002 to 2011, according to market analyst IHS. “This large and growing trend highlights the need for members of all tiers of the supply chain to… Continue reading Scale of counterfeiting problem is revealed in new figures

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/10/24/pol-weston-counterfeit-military-parts-china.html Government claims of ‘checks and balances’ undermined by emails on lack of policy By Greg Weston, National Affairs Specialist, CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2012 5:08 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 24, 2012 9:51 PM ET Internal documents obtained by CBC News call into question the Harper government’s claim that Canadian military equipment is… Continue reading Canada not tracking fake military parts, emails suggest

ROHS2Attached you will find a PDF document discussing the new ROHS 2 regulations.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20121016PD200.html Josephine Lien, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 16 October 2012] The global supply of NAND flash memory has been tight, boosting prices for the chips recently, according to industry sources. The tight supply is likely to persist until early 2013, as demand will strengthen arising ahead of year-end holidays as well as the Lunar… Continue reading Tight supply of NAND flash may remain until early 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/deadline-looms-for-proposed-defense-aerospace-merger-between-bae-systems-eads/2012/10/10/ac420962-12af-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 7:03 AMAP LONDON — A deal to create a European defense and aerospace giant to rival Boeing Co. collapsed Wednesday when Britain’s BAE Systems and EADS NV called off their merger discussions. The companies said they had “decided to terminate their discussions” over the proposed $45 billion… Continue reading BAE, EADS call off planned merger that would have created aerospace giant to rival Boeing

ANAB, a national accreditation board, assesses and accredits Certification Bodies (CBs) that demonstrate competence to audit and certify organizations conforming to management system standards, such as AS9100 and AS9120. CB’s are audited in the field on a regular basis – these audits are referred to as ‘witnessed audits’. Global IC Trading Group (Global) was selected… Continue reading Global IC Trading Group aces ANAB witnessed AS9120-A recertification audit.

http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=1071&doc_id=252026& Barbara Jorgensen, EBN Community Editor Incidents of counterfeit components in the electronics supply chain are maintaining a record pace so far this year, according to IHS. Year-to-date, 2012 has the potential to surpass 2011: Counterfeit incident reports from the beginning of the year through the end of August averaged 107.3 per month, up slightly… Continue reading Counterfeiting: The Worst Is Yet to Come

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/house-panel-warns-us-firms-not-to-do-business-with-china-tech-giants-citing/?test=latestnews American companies should avoid doing business with China’s two leading technology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States, the House Intelligence Committee is warning in a report to be issued Monday. The panel says U.S. regulators should block mergers and acquisitions in this country by Huawei Technologies Ltd. and… Continue reading House pane warns US Firms not to do business with China Tech giants, citing security

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/10/04/2003544302 Home / Business Thu, Oct 04, 2012 – Page 13　News List US chip giant Intel Corp yesterday announced a US$40 million equity investment to finance 10 global technology start-ups, including Taiwanese touch-sensor supplier FocalTech Systems Co (敦泰). The investment in FocalTech marked Intel’s latest effort to secure touch sensors and touch panels after it… Continue reading Intel investing in FocalTech Systems, nine other start-ups