Germany: Military suppliers fined for price fixing

The Federal Cartel Office has imposed fines totaling about $1.4 million on three suppliers of services, technology and parts, including rubber track pads and vibration dampers, for military vehicles.

The companies, which supply the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), were GMT Gummi-Metall-Technik GmbH, Bühl, Paar Logistik GmbH, Aichach and Willbrandt KG, Hannover, said Bundeskartellamt in a statement on July 16.

The three are accused of concluding in price and mutual subcontracting agreements between 2010 and 2014 at invitations to tender issued by the Bundeswehr around the procurement of rubber track pads and vibration dampers.

The rubber components are parts with limited durability and “for this reason the German Federal Armed Forces have a continual demand for these products, which is covered by tender,” according to the statement.mthas imposed fines totaling about $1.4 million on three suppliers of services, technology and parts, including rubber track pads and vibration dampers, for military vehicles.

The companies, which supply the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), were GMT Gummi-Metall-Technik GmbH, Bühl, Paar Logistik GmbH, Aichach and Willbrandt KG, Hannover, said Bundeskartellamt in a statement on July 16.

The three are accused of concluding in price and mutual subcontracting agreements between 2010 and 2014 at invitations to tender issued by the Bundeswehr around the procurement of rubber track pads and vibration dampers.

The rubber components are parts with limited durability and “for this reason the German Federal Armed Forces have a continual demand for these products, which is covered by tender,” according to the statement.

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