Allegations of lens price fixing in Germany raised by the Bundeskartellamt (BKA) German Federal Cartel Office have been refuted by three of the five manufacturers accused of making cartel agreements (News 18.06.10).
Essilor, Rodenstock and Rupp+Hubrach Optik (R+H) have all rejected the allegations, while Carl Zeiss Vision (CZV) said it was giving careful consideration of its option to appeal against the fines imposed on the manufacturers.
In a statement to Optician, R+H chief executive officer Ralf Thiehofe, who is not one of seven employees accused by the BKA of fixing lens prices, said that at no time had there been any arrangement regarding the retail price of spectacle lenses.
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