***COUNTERFEIT WARNING***

NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS ABOUT OTHER COMPANIES COUNTERFEITING DMC®PRODUCTS

Daniels Manufacturing Corporation® (DMC®) has become aware of counterfeit Mil-Spec crimp tools that are being advertised by non-qualified and unauthorized sources. This situation is potentially hazardous for the entire aerospace community, DOD and maintainers of electrical wiring interconnect systems.

Many of these counterfeits bear the M22520 & AS81969 Mil-Spec number, DMC logo, DMC part numbers, DMC CAGE code (11851) and appear almost identical to genuine DMC qualified products as listed on the Qualified Products Database (QPD) and Qualified Products List (QPL).

These products are COUNTERFEIT and not approved or qualified under MIL DTL 22520 or MIL DTL 81969 and other specifications that apply. GIDEP SAFE-ALERT F9Y-S-17-01A and F9Y-S-17-02A have been issued to alert the industry of the fraudulent misrepresentations.

KNOWN COUNTERFEITERS

  • Jonard Tools
  • JRready (Jiaxing Jingrui Instrument & Equipment Co., Ltd.)
  • JRD Tools
  • IWISS Tools Co., Ltd. (ZHEJIANG IWISS ELECTRIC CO.,LTD)
  • Precise Tool (Cobranded tool with JR Ready) 

DMC in no way manufactures or supplies any piece parts and/or tool assemblies to the above mentioned counterfeit tooling suppliers. Any statement to the contrary should be considered expressly false.

HOW TO AVOID COUNTERFEITS

  • Avoid purchasing DMC products from unauthorized sources
  • Avoid buying product on marketplaces such as Walmart.com, Alibaba and eBay.
  • Avoid purchasing items marked used or refurbished. If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is
  • Contact us if you have a question about purchasing one of our products.

DMC’s technical support and warranty are provided solely for authentic DMC products. We cannot reimburse you for repair or replace counterfeit products, but are actively pursuing action against all counterfeiters. Any information about counterfeit product that you can provide will help our efforts. If you suspect that you have purchased a counterfeit item, please report it to us by contacting John Santana at 407-855-6161 or johns@dmctools.com

What should you do if you have counterfeit product? Please alert Kevin Rickard, kevin.w.rickard.ctr@navy.mil at NAVAIR the Qualifying Activity (QA) for M22520 and M81969 tools.

For more information, please download our GIDEP-Alert notice here.

GIDEP SAFE ALERT

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