MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—BMW i Ventures Inc. has invested in Alitheon's digital fingerprinting technology (FeaturePrint ID), which represents product surfaces as math formulas to enable on-demand verification of an authentic auto part via an industrial camera or a handheld app.
GUANGZHOU, China—Police have seized some 33,000 counterfeit automotive parts at a factory here. , Collectively worth $1 million, the parts were destined for Toyota’s assembly plant in Australia.
WASHINGTON—A 14-month Congressional investigation uncovered 1,800 cases of counterfeit electronic components for American military equipment, including missiles, targeting systems and instrument panels. All totaled, the cases involved more than 1 million bogus parts.
