10,000 counterfeit Wahl clippers seized in raid on China firm

Wahl Clippers Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of hair clippers and trimmers, successfully raided a manufacturer of counterfeit Wahl clippers in Yongkang, China.

In a release sent to BusinessDay from its office in Sterling, Illinois USA, Wahl Clippers Corporation said the raid, performed by agents of the Economic Inspection Brigade of the Yongkang Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Jinghua Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, and officials of the Yongkang Public Security Bureau successfully confiscated counterfeit Wahl clippers in a factory in Yonkang, China.

“Over 10,000 counterfeit Wahl clippers were seized by the agents while raiding Yongkang Wonderful Electrical Appliance Company,” the company said on Wednesday.

Before now, the United Nations report shows that “the production and sale of counterfeit goods is a global, multi-billion dollar problem and one that has serious economic and health ramifications for governments businesses and consumers.”