Article: Japan : ABB, Toshiba Among Cartel Fined $99 Million by EU.

Article: Gas cartel fined. (News in Brief).(European Union ...
Chemistry and Industry;  August 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The European Union (EU) has fined seven industrial gas companies for fixing prices in the Netherlands in the mid-1990s. Air Products & Chemicals, Air Liquide, BOC, Hoek Loos, AGA, Messer Nederland and Westfalen Gassen Nederland were tined a total of [euro]25.72m ($25.39 in). The EU said the

Article: `Vitamin cartel' fined $725 million
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 21, 1999 ;     470 words ...WASHINGTON Two foreign companies agreed Thursday to pay $725 million in fines for conspiring to raise and fix the prices of vitamins used in virtually every American home and added to bread, milk and breakfast cereal. The $500 million fine to be paid by F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., a Swiss

Article: Pipe Cartel Fined $101 Million.
The Oil Daily;  December 9, 1999 ;     615 words ...The European Commission on Wednesday fined eight European and Japanese steel companies $101.5 million for operating a cartel to artificially inflate the price of seamless steel tubes used in the oil and gas industries. The European Union competition watchdog fined the so-called Europe-Japan club

Article: Quick News: Euro cartel fined GBP 212m
Evening News - Scotland;  September 21, 2006 ;     241 words ...THE European Commission has imposed a 314.7 million euro (GBP 212m) fine on a 30-company cartel for their role fixing prices of copper fittings, which are used in tubes for plumbing, heating and sanitation. Firms found guilty include IMI, Delta, Legris and Frabo.

Article: COMPETITION: HEATING PIPE CARTEL FINED BY ...
European Report;  October 24, 1998 ;     640 words ...Summary: A price-fixing cartel which started in 1990, involving ten insulated steel heating pipe manufacturers, and by 1994 had totally controlled the entire European market has been heavily fined by the European Commission, Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert announced on October 21. Firms

Article: CHEMICALS: CITRIC ACID CARTEL FINED BY THE ...
European Report;  December 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Citric acid is one of the most widely used additives in the food and beverage industry both as an acidulent and preservative. It is found in non-alcoholic beverages as well as in jams, gelatine-based deserts and tinned vegetables and fruit. It is also used in household detergent products especially

Article: PACKAGING: INDUSTRIAL PLASTIC BAG CARTEL FINED EURO ...
European Report;  December 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the decision sent "a very clear message to company directors that such practices are unacceptable". The investigations began in June 2002 with surprise inspections of producers, following a tip-off from British Polythene Industries (BPI), one of the