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Company: Crompton Corporation
Current Parent Company:
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Penalty: $50,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: March 15, 2004
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal:
Price Fixing
Violation Description: Crompton Corporation, a U.S. manufacturer of rubber chemicals based in Middlebury, Connecticut, agreed to plead guilty and pay a $50 million fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the rubber chemicals market.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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