EU fines Sony, Fuji and Maxell for price fixing cartel

Sony gets hit hardest for trying to cover it up


20 November 2007 16:03 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

The European Commission has fined Sony, Fuji and Maxell 75 million euros, about £54 million, for price fixing videotapes.

"Between 1999 and 2002, Sony, Fuji and Maxell managed to raise or otherwise control prices through a series of regular meetings and other illicit contacts", the European Union executive said in a statement.

"This decision sends two warnings to companies engaging in cartel activities."

Sony has fined 30% more than the other two companies, a total of 47 million euros, for trying to cover up the investigation. Fuji and Maxell co-operated and have been fined 13.2 million and 14.4 million euros respectively.

The "cartel" controlled 85% of the market in the professional videotape formats of the day, Betacam SP and Digital Betacam.
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