A report on Cartel and Otis Worldwide

Headquarters of the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate, Germany (at times the best known cartel in the world), around 1910
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An Otis escalator

In February 2007, European Union regulators fined Otis Elevator €225 million (US$295.8 million) for being part of a price-fixing cartel in the Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourg, and German markets.

- Otis Worldwide

Between 1995 and 2004, several of the largest elevator manufacturers operated a market-rigging cartel, including ThyssenKrupp, Kone, and Otis, which were fined by the European Union in 2001.

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Headquarters of the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate, Germany (at times the best known cartel in the world), around 1910

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Elevator engineering and service company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide.

Elevator engineering and service company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide.

The former Kone corporate offices in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki
Flags at Kone corporate headquarters, built in 2001 in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland
Kone UltraRope in elevator shaft
Kone EcoDisc motor

Competitors ThyssenKrupp, Schindler Group, Otis Elevator Co. and Mitsubishi Elevator Europe were also given similar fines.

In total, the industry received a 1 billion EUR fine for cartel activity across Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.