FM Approvals has been made aware of steel pipe sold by the subject company bearing counterfeit FM Approvals markings. None of this pipe is FM Approved and it has not been tested or examined by FM Approvals.

Company Identity: Tianjin Youfa International Trade Co.,Ltd
                             /Tangshan Zhengyuan Steel Pipe Co.,Ltd.

Name: Youfa Steel Pipe Group, Youfa Hongtuo (Youfa) 

Address: Rm701, Anshun Building, Hongqiao Distr., Tianjin City, China 300120

Contact Information: Sugar Huang, sugar@youfasteelpipe.com, +86-22 5833 8803 ext. 8857

Product Identity: Steel pipe for automatic fire sprinkler systems (aboveground use)

Description: Welded steel pipe, several nominal sizes, marked as FM Approved

FM Approval Status: Not FM Approved

Hazard Involved: FM Approvals has neither examined nor tested any of the steel pipe sold by Youfa Steel Pipe Group and the performance and reliability of this product is unknown.  

Figure 1 on the Product Alert shows an example of pipe from Youfa marked with counterfeit FM Approvals markings. Figure 2 shows a close view of the seller’s name on one of the pipes depicted in Figure 1.  Any pipe sold by Youfa, including pipe marked like that in the photograph, is not FM Approved.