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adminParticipantI am positive these are NOT CKD. Their FRL’s are black/brown.Shako makes a different color and style FRL.These actually look like an SMC product. I know they aren’t; however, they interchange with SMC modular air FRL’s. All the parts are comple
adminParticipantWe have seen dead knockoffs of our valves from China. Much cheaper of course. When flow tested they are very comperable. When life tested they failed at 1 million consistenly versus 20 plus million for ours.Is an OEM concerned about life – Not
adminParticipantHello.What you will find is that there are a variety of new pneumatic manufacturers coming out of South Korea and Taiwain.ChantoShakoWusung PneumaticsMindman IndustrialTPC PneumaticsSPCNeumaJufanUnfortunately, get used to it because you are going
adminParticipantWho do you think is making the parts for the big boys?Everything is being outsourced to the far east – from castings to complete assemblies
adminParticipantShould not tell you this, but the product mentioned comes from Korea http://www.tanhay.co.kr/en/business/index.htmThis company used to produces products under license to SMC. A few years back they had a falling out and ended up in court. The decis
adminParticipantDo you know what is day-light robbery?Look at the prices of big guns products…They can charge anything in the name & repo of their establishment & in the name of the quality….All Asian brands well done!!!! …these big people needs to learn ab
adminParticipantWell, I return from a business trip and I miss out on all the fun. Commenting about my business. Jimmy, there is a good chance the products you are being shown are coming from my company.They do look strikingly like major name brands. In many c
adminParticipantWake up people!!! Listen to what you are saying and talking about. Have you looked at the economy lately. How are your stocks doing? How are your mutual funds performing. It is people like you that buy from foreign manufacturers that hinder A
adminParticipantI have been hit with that arguement many times and agree with you to a point. First, there are many great US manufacturers of pneumatic equipment. Not all of the equipment originates in the US. Cylinder heads, caps and tubes have been imported
adminParticipantI used to work for SMC as a regional manager for 10 years. When I first saw these copies” of SMC products I was disgusted. Now
adminParticipantRegarding the last point in the UK we have came across cylinders badged Tanhay/SMC and in the Tanhay catalogue the pictures actually have SMC labels on them.We have trialled fittings and valves for pressure rating and found they were capable of wi
adminParticipantIn response to Ben’s comments – I am with you 100%, but we – America – have created our own mess and the other countries of the world have and still are taking advantage of it and I am afraid that we will not be able to catch up. What I mean by t
adminParticipantThe products sold by SMC and some of my companies in China are very similar. Sometimes the only difference between the products sold by SMC and those sold by me are color. I can tell you this. Most of the companies I deal with have never dealt
adminParticipantWow, a little off the subject but one guy here hit it right on the nose, American greed has done this damage, forced us to purchase from other countries. If we were all proud, true Americans, we would pay the price to purchase American made produc
adminParticipantThis is a very interesting post.I have been importing pneumatic products from all over the world for approximatly five years from a variety of different sources. I have found with my dealings with Taiwan to be a mixed bag of tricks. It was difficu
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