KOBELCO
 
   
   
   
HOME SITEMAP
Character size   Default L XL
 
 
Kobe Steel Group Companies
Kobe Steel Group sites Within this site
For print
?Please enable JavaScript on your browser.
Home> >Welding> >News> >2005> >November
products
 2005
November
welding
News
Welding Materials
Welding Handbook
Robots and Electric Power Sources
Welding System Catalog
Kobelco Welding Today
Events and Education
Approvals
Globalized Operations
Manufacturing Locations
  About Us
  Products
  Environmental Management
  Research and Development
  Investor Relations
 
News
2005
November
The information on this Web site is presented "as is." Product availability, organization, and other content may differ from the time the information was originally posted. Changes may take place without notice.
Welding materials confusingly similar to the Kobe Steel's package
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS !!
November 8, 2005

To all our valuable customers, please take note of the following important announcement.

It has recently come to our attention that there are currently imitation welding products bearing our company's name and/or packaging style being sold in our overseas markets. In this regard, we would like to advise all our customers to exercise caution when placing orders with unfamiliar distributors/dealers of our products.

Kobe Steel, Ltd. Welding Company shall not, in any event or under any circumstances, be liable for down time, loss of production, damages or accidents or loss of profits or for any lost cost incurred by customers as a result of the welding defects or the usage of the imitation welding products whether direct, indirect, special or consequential.

The following are the typical characteristics of imitation Stainless Steel TIG and SMAW welding electrodes bearing our company's name and/or packaging style.

Stainless Steel TIG
Genuine KOBELCO product Imitation Product
Genuine KOBELCO product of Stainless Steel TIG Imitation Product of Stainless Steel
Genuine TIG electrodes for stainess-steel are packed in yellow polyethylene tubes
Genuine product has our KOBELCO logo as well as "triple-ring" trademark
Ambiguous Japanese wordings


SMAW welding electrodes
Genuine KOBELCO product Imitation Product
Genuine KOBELCO product of SMAW welding electrodes Imitation Product of SMAW welding electrodes
An example of imitated packaging style

Back to Top
Copyright © 1995-2010 KOBE STEEL., LTD. All rights reserved.