ABMA Webinar: Counterfeit Bearings

On March 18, ABMA will present Fighting Counterfeits in the Bearing Supply Chainwebinar from 2:00PM – 3:00PM eastern standard time. The webinar is focused on educating bearing manufacturers and related partners about the realities of counterfeit bearings, their impact on the supply chain and what can be done to ensure that counterfeit bearings do not infiltrate the authorized bearing channels.

The webinar includes an overview of the issue from ABMA and presentations on typical counterfeit supply chain, counterfeiting implications and counterfeit prevention by representatives from Timken, Schaeffler, NSK and SKF that oversee IP enforcement for their companies in the United States and beyond. This ever-growing issue is affecting the entire bearing supply chain and cannot be stopped without the support and engagement of all industry partners.
The following individuals will be presenting:

Dan Szoch – Anti-Counterfeiting Global Program Manager at The Timken Company

Tim Gifford – Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at SKF USA, Inc.

Antun Peakovic – Associate General Counsel at The Schaeffler Group

Gus Kontinickas – Consultant with NSK and former President of NSK Precision

For questions, please contact ABMA at info@americanbearings.orgor 202-367-1155.