Vehicle spare parts are often forged

Expensive "bargain"
The shops in Russia are preparing the ContiTech Manager Ulrich Huth
currently not very much fun. The supplier is facing a wave of fake
Asian Conti-drive belts for car engines. "The design of packaging and
the belt is completely copied," says Huth.
The automotive supplier Continental is not alone with this problem.
Worldwide, according to industry estimates, is approximately every
tenth car spare parts from illegal sources - many of them in low
quality. With modern technology, want to fight back against the
original manufacturers product pirates.
Particularly affected are the world leader sees Bosch. "The stronger
the brand is, the more fake. Counterfeiting is becoming a problem,"
says Peter Tyroller member of the management. Similarly, the
assessment is the Stuttgart supplier Mahle. "There are an increasing
number of counterfeit products from Western manufacturers and this
will continue to grow," says the charge of the retail business manager
Franz Arnd