Lucite International UK Ltd / BASF plc: investigation into anti-competitive practices

Office of Fair Trading (OFT) closed Competition Act 1998 case.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 29 November 2002

• Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Chemicals
• Outcome: CA98 - no grounds for action
• Closed: 29 November 2002

No. CA98/17/02

Notification by Lucite International UK Limited (formerly Ineos Acrylics UK Limited) and BASF plc of an agreement concerning the production and sale of hydrogen cyanide.

Decision of the OFT and a Statement of the Director relevant to not withdrawing an exclusion: lucite.pdf

Published 29 November 2002