Coordinated for more than 30 years, with the slogan "From Design to Service", Equip Auto 2005 was staged in Paris between 13-18 October. More than 2000 participants, ¾ of which where from outside of France, offered professional visitors over one million products within an allocated space of 200 000 m2. The effort made to prevent fake parts from being displayed at Equip Auto 2005 was remarkable because the battle against fraud, which is widespread in the automotive industry, carries a…