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Company: GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc.
Current Parent Company: Arsenal Capital Partners
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Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: June 16, 2016
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc., an Ohio company, pleaded guilty for its role in a conspiracy to eliminate competition involving contracts to supply liquid aluminum sulfate to municipalities and pulp and paper manufacturers in the United States.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.