The Italian manufacturer and distributor joined the association in February earlier this year.
IR Italiana Riprografia stated that it joined ETIRA in February 2014, noting that it is “pleased to announce” its membership of the association, which it adds “gathers some of the most important” companies from across the European industry and “represent[s] the interests of the remanufacturing companies and of the end-users”, particularly in terms of “respecting the intellectual properties of products and their eco-sustainability”.
Referencing ETIRA’s Guide to Clones, which is available for download at IR’s website, the company believes that “it is essential to support all the initiatives that have the dual purpose of prompting the remanufactured product and differentiate it from the “clone product”, and that it is important that the “difference between clones and fair products is well perceived both by the resellers and the end users”.
With clones hiding “behind the low prices”, and creating risks such as “poor quality [and a] lack of respect for intellectual property” as well as health risks, IR Italiana Riprografia added that “encouraging communication about what is ecologically advantageous and legally correct is the choice that IR made together with other companies, a choice that IR considers advantageous and in line with its way of being a market leader”.