CURRENT CASES
Car Glass
We are acting for Volvo Car Corporation and others major car manufacturers in an action against Pilkington Group arising from Pilkington’s participation in a European cartel to inflate the price of car glass (such as windscreens) to the OEM and replacement markets.
The Cartel
In 2008, the European Commission found that a number of manufacturers of car glass (Asahi Glass Company Limited; AGC Flat Glass Europe SA/NV; AGC Automotive Europe SA; Glaverbel France SA; Glaverbel Italy S.r.l.; Splintex France Sarl; Splintex UK Limited; AGC Automotive Germany GmbH; La Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA; Saint-Gobain Glass France SA; Saint-Gobain Sekurit Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG; Saint-Gobain Sekurit France SA; Pilkington Group Limited, Pilkington Automotive Ltd, Pilkington Automotive Deutschland GmbH, Pilkington Holding GmbH and Pilkington Italia Spa) had conspired between at least 10 March 1998 to 11 March 2003 to secure the allocation of contracts concerning the supply of car glass for all major car manufacturers in the EEA, through coordination of pricing policies and supply strategies aimed at maintaining an overall stability of the parties’ position on the market concerned.
Our Actions
Proceedings were commenced against Pilkington in the London High Court in July 2010 by Volvo Car Corporation seeking damages.
Contact
For further information, please contact Anthony Maton
