Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Infineon Technologies AG
Current Parent Company:
Infineon Technologies
Penalty:
$160,000,000
Year:
2004
Date:
September 15, 2004
Offense Group:
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense:
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description:
Infineon Technologies AG, a German manufacturer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $160 million fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
criminal
HQ Country of Parent:
Germany
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Parent:
semiconductors
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
