Plagiarius 2017Product counterfeiters pilloried
On February 10, the Plagiarius campaign awarded its 41st prize of the same name to product counterfeiters and imitators. In addition to consumer goods, industrial components are also frequently among the counterfeited products. This year was no exception.
... on the company WIKA Alexander Wiegand from Klingenberg, Bavaria: In 2015, counterfeits of a WIKA pressure measuring instrument (left in the original) were confiscated from the Vietnamese company Buu Ky as part of a raid. In 2016, the "VIKA" counterfeits were found in a second raid, some of which only had the front part of the "W" scratched off and some of which had the "W" replaced with a "V". The counterfeits were manufactured in China by the company Ma Anshan Exact Instrument. Another industrial component ...