(Photo: Aktion Plagiarius e.V.)

Special prize "Forgery" 2016 - Rolling bearings: FAG deep groove ball bearing "FAG 6012.2ZR.C3" and INA angular contact ball bearing "INA 30/8-2RS":

The originals on the left come from Schaeffler, Herzogenaurach, Germany. The counterfeits on the right were exported by Yakang Bearing Supplies, Beijing, PR China. A German trading company ordered FAG and INA bearings from Yakang in good faith and sold them on. A border seizure and subsequent injunction revealed the products to be counterfeits. The trading company agreed to the destruction of the counterfeits and apologized to Schaeffler.