NJMET's Joseph Federico Announces Completion of AS5553 Training Course

Oct. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Clifton, NJ -- Joseph Federico, Vice President and Director of Operations of NJMET, has announced that five NJMET employees have completed the class, Introduction to AS5553 and Counterfeit Electronic Parts Avoidance Training.  This course, presented as part of on-going professional development for engineers, was presented at the Clifton, NJ laboratory by SAE International during September.  The SAE AS5553 Standard was created in response to the volume of counterfeit electronic parts in the aerospace supply chain.

The class includes sections on counterfeit parts risk mitigation methods in electronic design and parts management, supplier management, procurement, part verification, and material control.  It also includes a section on response strategies when counterfeit parts are suspected and/or discovered.

The employees who received their certificates of completion are:
Joseph Federico
Jatin Patel
Antony Puthenkalam
Hazell Salvadore
Edgar Usman

"We at NJMET are committed to professional development and staying on top of the changing field of counterfeit detection," said Joseph Federico,  "The AS5553 Standard and Training Certification is important in the industry and to us.  NJMET is proud to be a member of SAE International.”

NJMET’s Mission  Imposter® Counterfeit Component Inspection program is a 15 step process to identify counterfeit and cloned electronic components.  The program has been enhanced over its history.   Joseph Federico, himself an expert on counterfeit electronic component detection, has lectured on the counterfeit component epidemic in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East.  He also lectures at the P. Muscarelli Center at Fairleigh Dickinson University on cloned and counterfeit components as well as serves as an expert witness for clients.

More information on the Mission Imposter Program can be found at NJMET's website:    http://www.njmetmtl.com/mission.aspx

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development.

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For over 30 years, NJMET has been a pioneer in the Commercial, Military, Aerospace, Space fields providing worldwide state-of-the-art electronic component/product testing. NJMET provides state of the art testing, re-certification and screening of electronic component products (custom/obsolete) including component solutions for discontinued devices. Over the years, their diversity of screening and qualification programs, listed on their menu at http://www.njmetmtl.com , continues to accommodate multiple military and civilian government programs in Space, Communications and National Defense in the United States, the EU and across the world.

NJMET, with headquarters in Clifton, New Jersey, a satellite lab in Hong Kong and sales offices in Los Angeles, Denver and London, is a worldwide AS9100: REV. B/ ISO9001: 2000 certified laboratory, accommodating a variety of specifications tailored to its clientele in a wide array of industries.