Volkswagen Accused of Anticompetitive Campaign by Supplier
- Prevent Group says carmarker targeted it over parts dispute
- VW officials dismiss suit by Bosnian supplier as ‘meritless’
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Volkswagen AG allegedly waged a campaign to “demolish” a Bosnian parts supplier by conspiring to freeze it out of the market and denigrate it in the press, according to a U.S. lawsuit.
Prevent Group claims in the lawsuit it was targeted by VW after a 2016 dispute tied to canceled orders for seat covers and transmission cases that forced the carmaker to temporarily close plants making Golf and Passat cars and layoff workers.