Strabag and Alpine Suspected of Cartelization

IndustrialsConstruction ♦ Published: November 3, 2010; 14:23 ♦ (Vindobona)

Damages for 2 billion euro (2.8 billion dollars) are said to be the result of forming a construction cartel for motorway construction in Slovenia.

Strabag and Alpine Suspected of Cartelization / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Austrian companies could also be involved in this illegal price-fixing agreements. The Slovenian Competition Authority is now widening inquiries to include Strabag SE and Alpine.

Sources from Alpine say that no agreement is known of, for which reason comments are not possible. Strabag says that  the whole Slovenian construction industry is affected. As Strabag has been…