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Notice Regarding Conviction of Three Chinese Companies That Produced and Sold Counterfeit Yamaha PA Analog Mixers
HAMAMATSU, Japan, June 13, 2025--Yamaha Corporation (hereinafter "Yamaha") (TOKYO:7951) announces that on March 20, 2025, the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court of Guangdong Province upheld the first-instance guilty verdicts in a criminal case against the individuals responsible for three Chinese companies involved in manufacturing and selling counterfeit Yamaha PA analog mixers.
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