World Micro Anti-Counterfeit Expert To Present at SMTA Industry Expos

ATLANTA, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- World Micro, Inc., announced today that it will be exhibiting at two key electronics industry expos sponsored by the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) this month. World Micro's director of quality, Gary Beckstedt will present his paper, Supply Chain Management and Internal Inspection Techniques to Mitigate Counterfeit Component Impact at both events. The paper addresses how opportunistic criminal activities related to counterfeit electronic components drive fake and often non-functional parts into the manufacturing supply chain, and thereby into commercial and industrial goods, and how this pernicious flow can be mitigated with specialized inspection and detection techniques. World Micro ranks as one of the world's leading companies in counterfeit detection and abatement and has been sought out for counsel by the U.S. government as well as by off-shore U.S. manufacturers belabored by the counterfeit parts scourge.

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The SMTA is holding its Huntsville, AL Expo and Tech Forum on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 in the Von Braun Center and its 6^th annual Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain Symposium ("Counterfeit East") on June 28 – June 30, 2011 at the Marriot Inn & Convention Center, University of Maryland Hyattsville (College Park), MD. World Micro staff will be exhibitors at both events and is also a contributing sponsor of the Counterfeit East symposium in Maryland.

Attendees are encouraged to speak with World Micro personnel on site to learn how independent distributors like World Micro, with support from quality standards organizations, are making tremendous strides in slowing the serious world-wide and possibly life-threatening problem of counterfeits. Beckstedt's presentation will be available in PDF format on the World Micro website http://www.worldmicro.com at the conclusion of the two expos.

About World Micro Components, Inc.

World Micro is a global Electronics and Aerospace Distributor focused on quality systems and leads the industry in detection of counterfeit components. Since, 1996, World Micro has helped purchasing and engineering departments at leading OEM, EMS, Defense, and ODM companies research, design, source, stock, procure, inventory, and manage board level, embedded computing products and military/aerospace hardware. World Micro, Inc., is privately held and headquartered in Roswell, Georgia.  The company's website is www.worldmicro.com.

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