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Carpenter Technology Corp. and Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc.
The FTC required specialty metals manufacturer Carpenter Technology Corporation to sell assets involved in producing two metal alloys used in the aerospace industry, under a settlement resolving charges that Carpenter's proposed $410 million acquisition of Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc. would harm competition in the U.S. markets for these alloys.The FTC's complaint alleges that the deal – a merger to monopoly – likely would lead to higher prices for consumers of the two alloys. The order requires Carpenter to divest assets necessary for manufacturing the two alloys – MP159 and Aerospace MP35N – to another metals manufacturer, Eramet S.A.
OSF Healthcare System, and Rockford Health System, In the Matter of
The FTC filed an administrative complaint challenging OSF Healthcare System’s proposed acquisition of Rockford Health System, charging that the acquisition would substantially reduce competition among hospitals and primary care physicians in Rockford, Illinois, and significantly harm local businesses and patients. The FTC filed a separate complaint in federal district court seeking an order to halt the transaction temporarily to preserve competition for Rockford area residents pending the FTC’s administrative proceeding and any subsequent appeals. On 4/5/2012, the U.S. District Court ruled granting the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction. On 4/13/2012, the FTC dismissed the complaint in light of OSF Healthcare's decision to abandon the proposed transaction.
OSF Healthcare System and Rockford Health System
Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Medco Health Solutions by Express Scripts, Inc.
FTC Closes Eight-Month Investigation of Express Scripts, Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of Pharmacy Benefits Manager Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
FTC Chairman Releases 2011-2012 Annual Highlights
FTC Testifies on Proposed Antitrust Exemption for Community Pharmacies
Citing Likely Anticompetitive Effects, FTC Requires ProMedica Health System to Divest St. Luke's Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, Area
FTC Orders Graco Inc. to Hold Separate Worldwide Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses it is Acquiring from its Rival, ITW
1203011 Informal Interpretation
FTC Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review of Appeals Court Rulingin Phoebe Putney/Palmyra Park Hospital Case
Second Firm Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Collusion in the Market for Pipe Fittings Used by Municipal Water Systems
FTC Approves Dow Chemical's Application to Sell Torrance, California, Chemicals Facility to Hager Pacific Acquisitions LLC
Dow Chemical Company, The
The Commission challenged Dow Chemical’s $18.8 billion proposed acquisition of Rohm & Haas Company as anticompetitive in the markets for various acrylics and other industrial chemicals used to make coated paper products, paints, and adhesives. According to the Commission’s complaint, the product markets in question include acrylic monomers, used in goods ranging from hygiene products to paints and industrial coatings, hollow sphere particles, used in paper products, and acrylic latex polymers, used in traffic paints. Given the high concentration in each of the product markets, the proposed acquisition would have represented a merger to monopoly. To remedy its anticompetitive concerns, the Commission required Dow to divest assets to Hager Pacific Acquisitions LLC.
Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., In the Matter of
The FTC reached a settlement with Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., the parent company of market research firm IMS Health Inc., according to which IMS has agreed to sell two product lines of rival SDI Health LLC, as a condition of allowing it to proceed with its acquisition of SDI. The proposed settlement order requires the sale of SDI's promotional audit and medical audit businesses to an FTC-approved buyer to resolve the agency's charges that IMS's acquisition of SDI, as originally proposed, is anticompetitive and likely would increase prices for market research products in the health care industry. On1/10/2012, the FTC approved a modified final order settling the charges.
FTC Approves Healthcare Technology's Application to Sell SDI Health's Audit Businessess
FTC Action Preserves Competition in the Market for Desktop Hard Disk DrivesUsed in Personal Computers
FTC Puts Conditions on Carpenter Technology Corporation's Purchase of Rival Manufacturer Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc.
FTC Requires Fresenius Medical Care AG to Sell 60 Dialysis Clinics Around the Country as a Condition of Acquiring Liberty Dialysis Holdings, Inc.
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