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<blockquote data-quote="WOT 88" data-source="post: 11572766" data-attributes="member: 130538"><p>I have had the same issues.</p><p></p><p>I work in the water treatment industry as an engineering and project manager, and there are certain cases/aspects of our industry that will not even accept Chinese materials, with or without reports. One of the regulatory agencies we are scrutinized by will not accept materials such as plate, piping or fittings because of the Chinese getting busted a few times forging mill documents.</p><p></p><p>We build commercial ion exchange vessels, ozone contactors, condensate polishers, sand filters, and fuel treatment vessels. Generally, at the core of everything we build, lies an un-fired pressure vessel. When the inspector shows up to verify a bill of materials and witness a hydro test, we must provide mill test reports that verify origin, heat numbers, also material and chemical composition.</p><p></p><p>We have had a few government contracts over the last few years, including a few environmental projects that were funded by stimulus money (Not directly to us) Both those scenarios fall under the ''American recovery and reinvestment act'' which deem that 80% of materials used must be of US origin.</p><p></p><p>Point is, there are certain sectors of industry that are getting wise. We are finally putting some water on the flames of this Chinese fire drill. I have been happy to see it in my line of work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WOT 88, post: 11572766, member: 130538"] I have had the same issues. I work in the water treatment industry as an engineering and project manager, and there are certain cases/aspects of our industry that will not even accept Chinese materials, with or without reports. One of the regulatory agencies we are scrutinized by will not accept materials such as plate, piping or fittings because of the Chinese getting busted a few times forging mill documents. We build commercial ion exchange vessels, ozone contactors, condensate polishers, sand filters, and fuel treatment vessels. Generally, at the core of everything we build, lies an un-fired pressure vessel. When the inspector shows up to verify a bill of materials and witness a hydro test, we must provide mill test reports that verify origin, heat numbers, also material and chemical composition. We have had a few government contracts over the last few years, including a few environmental projects that were funded by stimulus money (Not directly to us) Both those scenarios fall under the ''American recovery and reinvestment act'' which deem that 80% of materials used must be of US origin. Point is, there are certain sectors of industry that are getting wise. We are finally putting some water on the flames of this Chinese fire drill. I have been happy to see it in my line of work. [/QUOTE]
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