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STAREK STATEMENT
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
RESPONDENT HALE PRODUCTS FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION MOUNTED FIRE PUMPS COMPLAINT AGREEMENT ACT OEMS BUSINESS EXCLUSIVE DEALING CUSTOMERS MID-SHIP MOUNTED FIRE MARKET PUMP MANUFACTURERS PRICE COMPETITION LAW FIRE TRUCK EXCLUSIVE DEALING ARRANGEMENTS PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES PUMP MAKER CUSTOMER ALLOCATION PROPOSED CONSENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS VERTICAL INTEGRATION COMPLAINT ALLEGES SPRING MILL AVENUE JURISDICTIONAL FACTS PROPOSED RESPONDENT WAIVES |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
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In the Matter of ) File No. 901 0061
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Hale Products, Inc., ) AGREEMENT CONTAINING
a corporation, ) CONSENT ORDER TO
) CEASE AND DESIST
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The Federal Trade Commission ( Commission'') having initiated an investigation of
certain acts and practices of Hale Products, Inc., (sometimes referred to as Proposed
Respondent'' or Hale Products''), and it now appearing that Proposed Respondent is willing
to enter into an Agreement containing an Order to Cease and Desist from the use of the acts
and practices being investigated,
IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and between Proposed Respondent, by its duly
authorized officers, and their attorneys, and counsel for the Commission that:
1. Proposed Respondent Hale Products Company, Inc., is a corporation organized,
existing, and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Its principal place of business is 700 Spring Mill Avenue, Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania 19248.
2. Proposed Respondent admits all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the draft of
complaint here attached.
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DECISION & ORDER
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RESPONDENT PUMP COMPETITION COMPLAINT AGREEMENT OEMS HALE STAREK MOUNTED FIRE PUMPS FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TRADE COMMISSION ACT MARKET PRICE CUSTOMERS THEREAFTER CONSENT ORDER EXCLUSIVE DEALING ARRANGEMENTS HALE PRODUCTS PUMP MAKER AZCUENAGA JURISDICTIONAL FACTS FIRE TRUCK MANUFACTURERS MID-SHIP MOUNTED FIRE CUSTOMER ALLOCATION VIOLATION ANTICOMPETITIVE EFFECTS VERTICAL INTEGRATION |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS:
Robert Pitofsky, Chairman
Mary L. Azcuenaga
Janet D. Steiger
Roscoe B. Starek, III
Christine A. Varney
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In the Matter of ) DOCKET NO.
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Hale Products, Inc., ) DECISION
a corporation, )
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The Federal Trade Commission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and
of the respondent named in the caption hereof, and the respondent having been furnished
thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Bureau of Competition proposed to
present to the Commission for its consideration and which, if issued by the Commission, would
charge respondent with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act; and
The respondent, its attorney and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an
agreement containing a consent order, an admission by the respondent of all the jurisdictional
facts set forth in the aforesaid draft of complaint, a statement that the signing of said
for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by respondent that the law
been violated as alleged in such complaint, or that the facts as alleged in such complaint,
than jurisdictional facts, are true and waivers and other provisions as required by the
Commission's Rules; and
The Commission having thereafter considered the matter and having determined that it had
reason to believe that the respondent had violated the said Act, and that a complaint should
stating its charges in that respect, and having thereupon accepted the executed consent
and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of sixty (60) days, and having duly
considered the comments filed thereafter by interested persons pursuant to Section 2.34 of its
Rules,now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in Section 2.34 of its Rules, the
Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings and enters
following order:
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COMPLAINT
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
HALE PRODUCTS MOUNTED FIRE PUMPS MID-SHIP MOUNTED FIRE RESPONDENT HALE PRODUCTS ACT UNITED STATES FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION COMPETITION PUMP MANUFACTURER SALES PRACTICES EXCLUDE EXCLUSIVE TERM FIRE TRUCK PENNSYLVANIA SOLD INJURY VIRTUE VIOLATION THEREOF COMPLAINT BUSINESS ACCOUNT FACILITY CUSTOMERS FIRMS MARKET SELLING PRIOR |
9010061
B209468
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
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In the Matter of ))
Hale Products, Inc., )
a corporation. ))
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COMPLAINT
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C.
41 et seq., and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade
having reason to believe that Hale Products, Inc. (sometimes referred to as Hale Products''
Respondent''), has violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, 15
U.S.C. 45, and that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest,
issues this complaint stating its charges as follows:
1. For the purposes of this complaint, the following definitions shall apply:
a. Mid-Ship Mounted Fire Pumps'' are truck mounted fire pumps that
National Fire Protection Association Standard for Pumper Fire Apparatus known as NFPA
1901.''
b. OEM's'' are original equipment manufacturers who buy and install
Mounted Fire Pumps, as well as many other components, into a final fire truck. OEM's then
the trucks to fire departments in the United States.
Respondent
2. Respondent Hale Products, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing
under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania with its principal place of business
located at 700 Spring Mill Avenue, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19248. Respondent Hale
Products manufactures and sells Mid-Ship Mounted Fire Pumps in the United States, and in 1993
accounted for approximately 50 percent of Mid-Ship Mounted Fire Pump sales in the United
States.
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