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Company: Minebea Co. Ltd.
Current Parent Company: MinebeaMitsumi
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Penalty: $13,500,000
Year: 2015
Date: February 2, 2015
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Minebea Co. Ltd., a small sized bearings manufacturer based in Nagano, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $13.5 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for small sized ball bearings sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: industrial equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: industrial equipment
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.