Train manufacturer warns of Russian industrial espionage in Germany
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Train from the Swiss manufacturer Stadler: The Russian competitor could obtain valuable information from the maintenance manuals
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A rail operator in the Allgäu has its locomotives and wagons serviced by a Russian company in Germany. The train manufacturer is now alarmed. He fears that his trade secrets will fall into the wrong hands.
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Dhe Swiss train manufacturer Stadler fears that a maintenance contract in the Allgäu could lead to company secrets reaching its Russian competitor Transmash Holding (TMH). The future operator of the route between Munich and Lindau, the British railway company GoAhead, had entrusted the maintenance of the trains it had ordered from Stadler and Siemens Mobility to the German subsidiary of TMH. TMH is currently building a depot in Langweid near Augsburg for the maintenance of the vehicles.
“We view the constellation in Langweid with concern,” confirmed a Stadler spokesman for WELT AM SONNTAG. Technical know-how is the company’s greatest asset. “We now have to fear that – contrary to our contractual agreements – it will fall into the hands of competitors,” said the spokesman. “We are particularly critical of the fact that these are Russian competitors who are pushing their way into the European market and thus gain access to protected technology that is subject to trade secrets.” We are therefore currently in talks with GoAhead.
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