Counterfeit electronic components affects everyone, and with Retronix Ltd being renowned as a Quality Repair and Refurbishment company for PCB’s and Electronic Components, it seemed only natural that we should turn Gamekeeper in this new Counterfeit Components business.
Since we started business in Electronics in 1992, there has always been a degree of cheaper cost and lower quality products available on the market place, but this was more to do with products rather than components themselves. Nowadays, the drive for lower cost but higher quality products has fuelled the availability of counterfeit components.
We not only have a worldwide presence of our own facilities, we also have the in-house expertise to complete the following detection methods ;
- Visual Inspection
- Xray Inspection
- Optical Inspection
- De-Cap Analysis
- Electrical Testing
- Key Functional Testing
With our Headquarters in the UK and Test site located in South China, we can offer testing services at the source of the material to prevent parts being purchased and extra costs like freight etc being incurred.
With China being labelled as the major source of counterfeit devices in the world currently, we have increased not only our presence there as a site for Refurbishment and Repair, but we have also created a completely separate facility to keep up with the demand for testing components from the market place. The plan is working well, not only are we safeguarding our customers from both the Asia and UK sites by taking out the poor devices, but we are also helping to keep production lines running by highlighting what parts are in fact good and genuine.
Contact: Joe Tumilty - Director of European Operations