05/07/2010

Counterfeiting being countered in the USA

Eaton has recently hosted an anti-counterfeit panel discussion at the Electric West 2010 show in the USA, but there's a UK connection:

Eaton recently hosted a panel discussion focusing on the dangers of counterfeit electrical products at Electric West 2010, the largest independent trade show serving the electrical design, construction & maintenance markets that were held in Las Vegas.

Moderated by Rich Holder (president, Eaton's Electrical Components organisation) panelists included Brett Brenner (president, Electrical Safety Foundation International), Brian Monks, vice president, Anti-Counterfeiting Operations, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), Tom Grace (manager, Anti-Counterfeiting Initiatives, Eaton's Electrical Sector), and Clark Silcox (legal counsel, National Electrical Manufacturers Association).

Global collaborations stop counterfeiting at source, and Kevin Harris, International Trading Standards Manager, Eaton Corporation's Electrical Sector in the UK, has been the chairman of the British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association's (BEAMA) Anti-counterfeiting Working Group for the last nine years.

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