In the UK, current estimates indicate that the grey market for bearings accounts for between 12 and 15 per cent of total UK bearing sales. Not only does a growing grey market open up routes for more counterfeit products to enter the market, it also puts end users and distributors at greater risk of costly breakdowns, litigation and void warranties.
How do purchasers of bearings actually know that the products they are buying are genuine and will perform as well as they say on the datasheet? Most don