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Kemira hydrogen peroxide cartel

Company: Kemira Oyj

Summary

The European Commission found that Kemira Oyj participated in a single and continuous EEA-wide cartel concerning hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate. The cartel involved exchanges of confidential market information, production and capacity coordination, allocation of market shares and customers, and price fixing. Kemira participated from 31 January 1994 through 31 December 2000. The Commission imposed a EUR 33 million fine on Kemira in 2006. Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2006/903/oj/eng