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    Basic principles of collaboration between automobile manufacturers and their partners

    Digitization, new drive technologies, sustainability requirements and the change in mobility are significantly changing the automotive supply and value chain and thus also the cooperation between all those involved in the supply chain. For this reason, the VDA has renewed the principles for cooperation between all those involved in the supply chain. With the adoption of the principles, the manufacturers, suppliers and engineering service providers represented in the VDA reaffirm their common conviction that the foundation of industrial innovations in the automotive sector is the partnership between all those involved in the value chain. - For the german version click here