RENK controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2007
French bribery affair
A Paris court of appeal issued suspended sentences against former RENK executives Manfred Hirt and Norbert Schulze in a bribery case. The matter became one of the company's significant public controversies in the early twenty-first century.
1942
Use of forced labor during the Second World War
Historical accounts state that forced laborers, including people deported from territories of the Soviet Union, worked at RENK's Augsburg operations during the war. This forms part of the company's documented wartime history.
Criticism concerning defense exports
RENK has been included in criticism of German defense-industry exports to countries and regions affected by conflict, human-rights concerns or export-control restrictions. The criticism reflects the sensitivity of supplying military transmissions and mobility components, including for armored vehicles and naval platforms.