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Mumbai, July 20 Tata Consultancy Services has bagged an IT outsourcing contract to service automaker Volkswagen in Germany, according to a top company official.

According to the contract, TCS is to develop new applications that would help VW reduce the time to market its new cars and better the car buying experience for the customer.

This is the second engagement that TCS has bagged from the German company; earlier this year, it bagged a five-year IT outsourcing deal with Volkswagen (VW) Group UK.

The new contract has been signed with Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group.

“It is a new piece of development work which is specifically targeted at the new products that VW intends to launch. This initiative also gives its customers the ability to configure their online needs,” Mr A.S. Lakshminarayanan, Vice-President & Head-Europe of TCS, told Business Line.

However, he did not give financial details of the pact.

The company is developing applications for this contract at its centres in Germany .

Mr Lakshminarayanan said that the deal had already gone ‘live’.

TCS has other high profile auto clients such as Ducati and Ferrari in Europe.

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