Hitachi, Panasonic Said to Face EU Price-Fixing Complaint
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Hitachi Ltd. and Panasonic Corp. are among companies poised to get a European Union antitrust complaint over possible price-fixing of power-storage components used in almost all electrical products from smartphones to refrigerators, people with knowledge of the case said.
Regulators may send a statement of objections to several makers of capacitors before the end of July, said three people, who asked not to be named because the case isn’t public.