Problem

Counterfeit machine parts

Nature:

The use of substandard counterfeit machine parts is becoming alarmingly commonplace in both business and government. Counterfeit ball bearings, nuts and bolts, valves and circuit breakers are smuggled substandard goods or else they are used items bought cheaply from scrap metal dealers and refurbished or given a coat of paint and sold as new. The parts and fasteners make construction and machine operation prone to dangerous accidents.

Narrower Problems:
Counterfeit computer chips
Strategies:
Harmonizing equipment
Values:
Counterfeit
Subject(s):
Industry Machinery
Societal Problems Crime
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
13.08.2019 – 15:42 CEST