Penalties Imposed - International Cartels
| Date |
Company/Individual |
Product |
Section of the Act |
Penalty |
|
2005
December 8 |
Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd. |
Graphite Electrodes |
46 (1) |
$100,000 |
| Total: $100,000 |
|
2005
August 30 |
Ajinomoto Co. Inc |
Nucleotides |
45 |
$1,500,000 |
|
2005
August 30 |
CJ Corp |
Nucleotides |
45 |
$175,000 |
| Total: $1,675,000 |
|
2005
May 12 |
Mitsubishi Corporation |
Graphite Electrodes |
46 (1) |
$1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 |
2005
March 2 |
Robert J. Hart |
Graphite Electrodes |
45(1)c) |
$50,000 |
| Total: $50,000 |
2004
Nov 9
|
Nippon Electrodes Company, Ltd.
|
Cathode blocks |
45(1)c) |
$225,000
|
| Total: $225,000 |
2004
Sept 22 |
VAW Carbon GmbH |
Cathode blocks |
45(1)c) |
$500,000 |
| Total: $500,000 |
2004
July 16 |
Morgan Crucible Company |
Carbon brushes |
139(2) Criminal Code (obstruction) |
$550,000 |
| Total: $550,000 |
2004
July 16 |
Morganite Canada Corp. |
Carbon brushes |
46 |
$450,000 |
| Total: $450,000 |
2004
May 28 |
Crompton Corporation |
Rubber Chemicals |
45 |
$9,000,000 |
| Total: $9,000,000 |
2003
Sept 18 |
Robert R. Krass
(former head of UCAR International Inc.) |
Graphite Electrodes |
45 |
$70, 000 |
| Total: $70, 000 |
2003
Aug 29 |
Arteva Specialties S.a.r.l. (KoSa)
(Luxembourg) |
Polyester Staple Fiber |
45(1)(c) |
$1,500,000 |
| Total: $1,500,000 |
2003
Aug 18 |
Bioproducts Incorporated
(United States) |
Choline Chloride |
45(1)(c) |
$600,000 |
| Total: $600,000 |
2003
Aug 18 |
Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV
(Netherlands) |
MCAA |
45(1)(c) |
$1,900,000 |
| Total: $1,900,000 |
2003
Aug 18 |
Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV
(Netherlands) |
Choline Chloride |
45(1)(c) |
$1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 |
2003
April 15 |
Toyo Tansa USA Inc.
(United States) |
Isostatic Graphite |
61(1) |
$200,000 |
| Total: $200,000 |
2003
Feb 27 |
Rhône-Poulenc Biochimie S.A.
(France) |
Methylglucamine |
45(1)(c) |
$500,000 |
| Total: $500,000 |
2002
Dec 18 |
Nippon Goshei Industries Ltd.
(Japan) |
Food Preservatives |
45(1)(c) |
$100,000 |
| Total: $100,000 |
2002
Octo 16 |
Dr Kuno Sommer
(Switzerland) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$150,000 |
| Total: $150,000 |
2002
Octo 16 |
Reilly Industries Inc.
(United States) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$35,000 |
| Total: $35,000 |
2002
Octo 16 |
Nepera Inc.
(United States) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$240,000 |
| Total: $240,000 |
2002
Octo 16 |
Lonza AG
(Switzerland) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$1,100,000 |
| Total: $1,100,000 |
2002
Octo 16 |
Degussa AG
(Germany) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$2,500,000 |
| Total: $2,500,000 |
| 2001 October 24 |
Pfizer Inc.
(United States) |
Sodium Erythorbate |
45(1)(c), 46 |
$1,500,000 |
| Total: $1,500,000 |
| 2001 July 30 |
Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd. (UFCI)
(Japan) |
Sorbates |
45(1)(c) |
$1,250,000 |
| Total: $1,250,000 |
| 2001 July 30 |
Yoshiyuki Ebara
Japanese national and former senior executive of Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd. |
Sorbates |
45(1)(c) |
$150,000 |
| Total: $150,000 |
2001
March 1 |
Carbone of America Inc. |
Isostatic Graphite |
45(1)(c) |
$300,000 |
| Total: $300,000 |
| 2001 February 5 |
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. |
Graphite Electrodes |
46(1) |
$250,000 |
| Total: $250,000 |
| 2000 September 19 |
Danicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
(Japan) |
Sorbates |
45(1)(c) |
$2,460,000 |
| Total: $2,460,000 |
| 2000 September 19 |
Takayasu Miyasaka
Japanese national and Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.former Director of Organic Chemicals and Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.) |
Sorbates |
45(1)(c) |
$250,000 |
| Total: $250,000 |
2000
July 18 |
SGL Carbon Aktiengesellschaft |
Graphite Electrodes |
46(1) |
$12,500,000 |
| Total: $12,500,000 |
2000
March 30 |
Merck KGaA (Germany) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 |
2000
March 1 |
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Japan) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$5,200,000 |
| Total: $5,200,000 |
1999
Oct 27 |
Andreas Hauri
(Swiss national and former executive of Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$175,000 |
| Citric Acid |
$75,000 |
|
Total: $250,000 |
1999
Oct 26 |
Roussel Canada Inc. (Canada) |
Bulk Vitamins |
46(1) |
$370,000 |
| Total: $370,000 |
1999
Oct 26 |
Hoechst AG (Germany) |
Sorbates |
45(1)(c) |
$2,500,000 |
| Eastman Chemical Company (United States) |
$780,000 |
|
Total: $3,280,000 |
1999
Oct 25 |
Dr. Roland Brönnimann
(Swiss national and former executive of Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$250,000 |
| Total: $250,000 |
1999
Sept 24 |
Chinook Group Limited (Canada) |
Choline Chloride |
45(1)(c) |
$2,250,000 |
| Total: $2,250,000 |
1999
Sept 22 |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Switzerland) |
Bulk Vitamins |
45(1)(c) |
$48,000,000 |
| BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) |
$18,000,000 |
| Rhône-Poulenc S.A. (France) |
$14,000,000 |
| Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan) |
$2,500,000 |
| Eisai Co., Ltd. (Japan) |
$2,000,000 |
| Total: $84,500,000 |
1999
Sept 22 |
BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) |
Choline Chloride |
45(1)(c) |
$1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 |
1999
Sept 22 |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Switzerland) |
Citric Acid |
45(1)(c) |
$2,900,000 |
| Total: $2,900,000 |
1999
Sept 17 |
Russell Cosburn
(Canadian and former executive of Chinook Group Limited) |
Choline Chloride |
45(1)(c) |
nine months prison and 50 hours of community service |
| |
1999
July 23 |
Akzo Nobel Chemicals B.V.
(The Netherlands) |
Sodium Gluconate |
45(1)(c) |
$350,000 |
| Glucona B.V. (The Netherlands) |
$350,000 |
| Total: $700,000 |
1999
May 25 |
Roquettes Frères (France) |
Sodium Gluconate |
45(1)(c) |
$700,000 |
| Total: $700,000 |
1999
March 18 |
UCAR Inc. (Canada) |
Graphite Electrodes |
46(1) |
$11,000,000 |
| Total: $11,000,000 |
1999
Feb 15 |
Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan) |
Sodium Gluconate |
45(1)(c) |
$360,000 |
| Total: $360,000 |
1998
Oct 21 |
Jungbunzlauer International AG
(Switzerland) |
Sodium Gluconate |
45(1)(c) |
$100,000 |
| Citric Acid |
$1,900,000 |
Haarmann & Reimer Corporation
(United States) |
$4,700,000 |
| Total: $6,700,000 |
1998
July 23 |
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. (Japan) |
Lysine |
45(1)(c) |
$3,500,000 |
| Sewon America Inc. (United States) |
$70,000 |
| Total: $3,570,000 |
1998
May 27 |
Archer Daniels Midland Company
(United States) |
Lysine |
45(1)(c) |
$14,000,000 |
| Citric Acid |
$2,000,000 |
| Total: $16,000,000 |
1997
Feb 17 |
Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd. ( Japan) |
Fax Paper |
45(1)(c) |
$750,000 |
| 61(1)(b) |
$100,000 |
| Total: $850,000 |
1996
July 16 |
New Oji Paper Company Limited (Japan) |
Fax Paper |
45(1)(c) |
$600,000 |
| Total: $600,000 |
1995
Dec 18 |
Rittenhouse Ribbons & Rolls Ltd.
(Canada) |
Fax Paper |
61(6) |
$98,000 |
| Total: $98,000 |
1995
Sept 27 |
Canada Pipe Company Ltd. (Canada) |
Pipe |
45(1)(c) |
$2,500,000 |
| Total: $2,500,000 |
1994
Aug 5 |
Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) |
Fax Paper |
45(1)(c) |
$500,000 |
| 46(1) |
$250,000 |
| 61(1)(b) |
$125,000 |
| Mitsubishi Canada Limited (Canada) |
61(1)(b) |
$75,000 |
| Total: $950,000 |
1994
July 12 |
Kanzaki Specialty Papers Inc.
(United States) |
Fax Paper |
45(1)(c) |
$950,000 |
| Total: $950,000 |
1993
Nov 19 |
Sumitomo Canada Limited (Canada) |
Chemical Insecticide |
46(1) |
$1,250,000 |
| Total: $1,250,000 |
1993
June 11 |
Chemagro Limited (Canada) |
Chemical Insecticide |
46(1) |
$1,250,000 |
| Biological Insecticide |
45(1)(c) |
$750,000 |
| Total: $2,000,000 |
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