Counterfeit

"The grey market" - counterfeit production which has arisen as the result of forging of documents:

of passports of the original units, including faking up factory numbers on the unit (to reduce actual operating time or sale second-hand units as new);

Or forging of both documents and units:

Handicraft assembly of units with use of stolen or second-hand parts (also a number of accessories technologically can be produced outside of a factory - rubber goods, simple elements of a design, a spring, a washer, etc.);

Artisan not licensed repair of units (also taking place at some aircraft-repair factories).

Expert estimation of a share of the grey market is up to 20 % (!).

Management of our enterprise considers the developed situation intolerable - operation of "grey" units can lead not only to their unreliable functioning and economic losses, but also directly threatens a life of the people who are being onboard an aircraft.

Since 2004 on OJSC " MMZ Znamia" works the "Board on the grey market", which has conducted a number of actions on reduction of a counterfeit share, including:

Since 2005 the protected passports of production are introduced, in 2006 are added additional protection;

Together with the State Institute of Civil Aviation it is conducted components authenticity check;

Since 2002 at the enterprise Authenticity board works, where you can check authenticity of the unit passport by its electronic copy (scanned of photographed);

Unit life cycle database is being created, in connection with database of Civil Aviation State Institute

Monitoring the market (including actively in the Internet) on revealing of cases of the offer of illegitimate production. On the facts of falsification several criminal prosecutions are commenced;

The new policy of cooperation with aircraft-repair factories is applied, and now delivery of repair kits is possible only under condition of performance of follow-on.