Salzgitter AG
Approved Evidence
Added to Rotten Company: 8/21/2026
Conduct/Event period: 1990–1995
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: January 25, 2007
Salzgitter Subsidiary Penalized in European Seamless Steel Tubes Cartel
Summary
European competition authorities found that Mannesmannröhren-Werke, later Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH, participated in a market-sharing cartel involving seamless steel tubes. The European Commission's 1999 decision addressed eight producers and found agreements restricting competition in the seamless steel-tube market. The company challenged the decision, but in January 2007 the EU Court of Justice dismissed its appeal and confirmed the Commission's cartel finding. Source: EUR-Lex / Court of Justice https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62004CJ0411
Evidence Weight
99.99
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.98506232775559
File Weight: 1