Most all industrial link chain not produced in the USA or Europe, is produced in China. There are many factories producing grade 30, grade 43 and grade 70 chain products and, as a company, we have traveled to visit many of them over the years. We know which ones good and which ones are not. To distinguish the good from the bad, you must know manufacturing processes and you must personally visit the plant producing the chain. The Lynx brand was created by Sea-Land to establish trust in a group of products. Lynx branded products have been qualified and vetted. There is so much product brought into the U.S. with no brand and no way of knowing its origin compared to Lynx branded products that offer a high degree of trust and reduction of risk.