AIRAL, an international association of aluminium radiators’ manufacturers, has detected the practice of dumping in the exports of some Chinese manufacturers.

 

During the investigations it has carried out in European and extra European territory, severe illegalities were uncovered in Chinese-made radiators. AIRAL acquired the said products by itself in the the aforementioned territories and commissioned their analysis to renown laboratories, establishing the counterfeiting of brands, patents and quality and security certificates, the impossibility to identify its manufacturer, and the use of noxius toxic materials (asbestos) strictly forbidden by Community legislation.

 

With the cooperation of the High Commissioner for the Fight Against Counterfeiting, AIRAL has presented a report to Milan’s Fiscal Police highlighting the presence at Mostra Convegno Expocomfort of some Chinese manufacturers, emphasizing the alleged illegal actions detected in the following countries: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia. The authorities have confiscated the allegedly false and containing asbestos material from the Chinese manufacturers’ stands. The analysis requested by the organizer of the event have confirmed the presence of asbestos in all analyzed products, which in some cases reaches a percentage in the gaskets of 42%, reveals the association’s press release.