The European Commission has fined eight manufacturers and two distributors of retail food packaging trays €115 million, roughly US $129 million, for participating in at least one of five separate cartels, the European Union announced Tuesday.
Manufacturers Huhtamäki, Nespak, Vitembal, Silver Plastics, Coopbox, Magic Pack, Sirap-Gema and Linpac as well as distributors Ovarpack and Propack, were fined for fixing prices and allocating customers of polystyrene foam or polypropylene rigid trays. The trays and foams are used for packaging products such as meat, fish, cake and cheese sold in shops or grocery stores.