Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Arteva Specialties, S.a.r.l., d/b/a KoSa
Current Parent Company: Koch Industries
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $28,500,000
Year: 2002
Date: October 31, 2002
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: A Luxembourg-based manufacturer of polyester staple and its former U.S. director of textile staples agreed to plead guilty for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices and allocate customers in the market for polyester staple, a petroleum-derived fiber used to make products such as clothing, table linens, and upholsteries.
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: Kansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Source of Data: (click here)
Source Notes: If an online information source is not working, check the Violation Tracker Data Sources page for an updated link.
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.