Ask Your Distributor. Seriously.
In the last decade, major component distributors and OEMs have lost millions of dollars to Chinese counterfeit components, fake ICs, mis-marked passives, recycled devices passed off as new. Everyone now claims to have “tightened their supply chain.”
But here’s the uncomfortable question:
If they were burned by Chinese counterfeit components, why are they still trusting Chinese splice tape to hold their production lines together?
Most imported “splice tapes” from China are little more than glorified packing tape:
You see it on the line every day:
Those failures aren’t random. They’re baked into the tape.
At Sierra Electronics, our SMT splice tapes are engineered, not improvised. We build our products using premium materials from:
These are high-performance adhesive and film systems with:
Our splice tapes are manufactured in the USA with tight process control so you know exactly what’s going into your line-and what’s at stake if it fails.
Next time you place an order for SMT splice tape or a “house brand” splice kit, ask your distributor one simple question:
“Where do these splice tapes come from, and who actually manufactures them?”
If the answer is:
…you already know the risk profile.
If your splice tapes are failing repeatedly, lifting, jamming feeders, or causing phantom placement issues:
Ask where those splices are coming from.
Because if your distributor tightened controls on components after losing millions to Chinese counterfeits, but is still quietly buying Chinese splice products… your SMT line is still exposed.
Bottom Line
Before your next outage, feeder jam, or mysterious yield drop, make the call:
Ask your distributor exactly where your splice tapes come from, and why you’re not already using Sierra Electronics
Founder of Sierra Electronics, has dedicated his career to advancing SMT tape splicing solutions. With decades of expertise and a passion for innovation, he built the company on reliability, precision, and customer trust.
