In 2009, AT&T and Nokia Samsung, LGDisplay and other panel manufacturers LCD LCD panel prices artificially high. Dell, Toshiba, Hitachi last Sue sharp and other companies to manipulate LCD LCD panel prices. LCD panel manufacturers to manipulate prices in many markets and large company influence, including Dell, Motorola and apple.
6 companies for 2001-2006 during the years to control the television and PC LCD costs and fines of $176000000. In October of this year, South Korea SamSung and LG, including 6 liquid crystal display company to make fine award.
Korean Fair Trade Commission had said then:" they know their behavior is illegal, so the secret communication, the information security. 6 LCD display panel makers collusion, set the minimum price, each product pricing policy, rise time, prohibit the cash discount."
About a year ago, the Union also to include LGDisplay and Samsung LCD screen manufacturers made a similar criticism, claiming that the company is suspected of" monopoly", ordering them to pay nearly 649000000 euros. LGDisplay agreed to pay $400000000, sharp agreed to pay $120000000. In 2008, LGDisplay, CPT and sharp to manipulate LCD panel pricing confessed, is the United States Department of justice imposed a $585000000 fine. Sharp, Samsung and other LCD display manufacturers to pay nearly $400000000 settlement with the price monopoly case.
According to the United States District Court in California, according to court documents, on suspicion of 1999 - 2006 elevation LCD display product price, sharp and Samsung are $105000000 and $82700000 settlement. Chi Mei pay $78000000. Court documents relating to the 8 LCD screen companies to pay $388000000 to settle lawsuits. The settlement at the end of the month to obtain final approval, including announced that all the company 's innocence, the four year long time the case ending.
The information above is from Shenzhen LCM, LCD, LCD screen, LCD display module, backlight manufacturers -- Xingyuhe electronic collection