Brussels, 11/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 11 November, the European Commission decided to impose total fines of €173,864 million on 24 companies from 10 different undertakings, which had divided up the market for heat stabilisers. The members of the cartel met regularly between 1987 and 2000 in the offices of the Swiss consultant AC Treuhand in Zurich, to conclude illegal agreements on this market.
The following companies were members of the cartel: Akzo (Netherlands),...