For Peerless A/V, the Costs of Doing Business in China Weren't Worth the Savings

摘要

Some time after Peerless Industries Inc. decided to outsource a portion of its manufacturing to China in the mid 2000s, a strange thing happened.The Chicago-based manufacturer of audio/visual mounts began noticing its patented products "showing up on the Internet, around the world," recalls company President and COO Michael Campagna."And not in our boxes," Campagna adds. "And not in our sales." Nearly two years after Peerless pulled out of China, the company still spends "over seven figures every year chasing, litigating and trying to shut down the knockoff artists," Campagna says.