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Chinese automakers and parts manufacturers stealing designs of components or even entire vehicles Western automakers is nothing new, but we rarely see these questions come out in the open when they occur and if you're wondering why, it is because foreign companies do not want to disrupt their operations in the country.
However, on Friday, German companies Handelsblatt reported that the Volkswagen Group investigation into allegations that its partner FAW Group Corp Chinese manufacturing transmissions illegally copied and manufactured engines and other components belonging to VW.
A Volkswagen spokesman in Germany was quoted by the Wall Street Journal saying the company carefully examined the situation before arriving at conclusions.
It has been reported that VW managers recently discovered the FAW plans to copy the German automaker's transmission MQ200 found in several Audi models, Skoda and VW and use it on the Besturn B50 small sedan to be sold in Russia where he will compete with similar models from VW and Skoda.
The article on Handelsblatt notes this is not the first time that VW had an intellectual property dispute with its Chinese partner, at the end of 2010, the Germans discovered FAW plans to replicate and build its gasoline engine EA111 used on a wide variety of models, including the popular Polo and Golf hatchbacks.
Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkor face President Xu Jianyi FAW Group on the issue with his Chinese counterpart reply that he would investigate the FAW response came a few months later with the company blaming an engineer who had misunderstood something.
The German newspaper said that in the meantime, various sources have revealed that engineering FAW had already built a plant in Changchun and began to manufacture the EA111 petrol unit.
The VW agreement with FAW is to build engines and other parts exclusively for their joint venture product plans were never allowed to go outside, said an official VW who wished to remain anonymous.
The problem is that China does not allow foreign companies to operate in one country by forcing them to share technology and expertise with local partners through VW joint ventures formed its partnership with FAW in 1991.
Western companies can ensure that their products are also difficult to copy as possible Everything else as a fight against a windmill, auto analyst told the German newspaper Chinese companies can copy about 80 percent of a product perfectly, but it becomes difficult, he said.
However, when AFP contacted VW on Article Handelsblatt, a company spokesman told the news agency We re examine the issue closely By cons, we have always worked together successfully and FAW very very confident in the past.
As reported by the WSJ, these latest allegations come at a time when VW has already approved a 14 billion US Feb. 17 billion investment in China until 2016, as the German automaker plans to raise its production capacity annual country to 4 million vehicles by 2018.
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