Argentina Kitchen Knives: project record
Blades rusted and dulled quickly; hardness tests showed HRC 52 instead of the claimed 58; steel certificates contradicted test results.
- Buyer and project
- A Buenos Aires, Argentina importer of kitchen knives for retail and hospitality.
- Products and scope
- Kitchen knife sets; 8 SKUs, 25,000 units per year.
What LifaSourcing.com did
Ran hardness and composition testing on 15 blade samples.
Documented the steel grade mismatch across the range.
Re-sourced 2 manufacturers with certified blade steel and HRC testing.
Added hardness sampling to the QC protocol.
Recorded result
Claim settled for 50% of batch value; new range certified at HRC 57-59; hospitality contracts regained; returns fell to 0.6%.
Company record
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