TK offices raided in German antitrust probe

Mar 01, 2013 | 02:38 PM | Elfi Middelbeek

Tags  ThyssenKrupp, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Heinrich Hiesinger, Gerhard Cromme, German antitrust probe, Federal Cartel Office, Elfi Middelbeek

LONDON — Germany’s Federal Cartel Office searched the offices of ThyssenKrupp AG and three other German steelmakers on allegations of anti-competitive agreements, the antitrust body and ThyssenKrupp confirmed Feb. 28.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s Duisburg offices, as well as companies in Baden-Württemberg, Bayern and Nordrhein-Westfalen, were searched on allegations related to sales of coil and semifinished product to Germany’s automotive sector, the agency said.....





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