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Dubai's Department of Economic Development (DED) recently
seized 14,000 counterfeit construction tools that a local trader planned to distribute
throughout the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As the site of some of the world's
largest and most ambitious construction projects, Dubai boasts the planet's
tallest building and over 75 structures that stand nearly 600 feet tall. Yet
the fake tool caper that the DED discovered was far more modest, involving simple
hand tools such as levels, snip cutters, chisels and measuring tapes.
According to a representative
from a UAE law firm retained by the Stanley Works Company, the toolmaker had been on
the lookout for Dubai dealers in counterfeit construction products. The DED's
latest investigation began after Stanley became suspicious of the distributor while conducting
a market survey. Dubai authorities then raided a warehouse and shop to seize
the tools, which have since been destroyed.
But what exactly is a "fake tool"? According to critics of
the construction tools industry, many U.S. companies don't manufacture their
own tools anyway. Instead, products are made in foreign factories at low cost -
and sometimes with low standards. Put
another way, what's a "real" Stanley hand tool?
Source: ConstructionWeek
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