Editing Cartel (section)

== Examples ==
[[File:ATF policy.jpg|thumb|The printing equipment company [[American Type Founders]] (ATF) explicitly states in its 1923 manual that its goal is to "discourage unhealthy competition" in the printing industry.]]

* The [[Phoebus cartel]] was established by lighting manufacturers in the early 20th century to control the pricing and lifespan of incandescent light bulbs.
* The [[Quinine cartel]] existed among producers of the [[Antimalarial medication|anti-malarial drug]] Quinine to control production rates and pricing, operating in the early 20th century with two incarnations. During the early years of its operation, [[Quinine]] was the only viable medical treatment for malaria.
* The [[British Valve Association]] existed among British manufacturers of vacuum tubes to regulate the pricing, electrode structure, and part numbering system for its members.
* The [[Seven Sisters (oil companies)|Seven Sisters]] was the name for the consortium of seven transnational oil companies which dominated the global petroleum industry from the 1940s to the 1970s. The contemporary equivalent is [[OPEC]], an international organization of petroleum producing nations that sets production targets and prices among its members.
* The [[Swiss Cheese Union]], an industry organization of cheese producers, functioned as a cartel through the extent of its control on cheese production in the 20th century.
* Between 1995 and 2004, several of the largest [[elevator]] manufacturers operated a market-rigging cartel, including [[ThyssenKrupp]], [[Kone]], and [[Otis Worldwide|Otis]], which were fined by the European Union in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-02-21|title=Record EU fine for lift 'cartel'|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6383913.stm|access-date=2021-10-09}}</ref>
* The [[Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers]], a government-sanctioned private organization that regulates the production and marketing of [[maple syrup]] in Quebec.
* The aluminium industry was characterized by substantial cartelization from the start of the 20th century to 1980.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bertilorenzi |first=Marco |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_International_Aluminium_Cartel/PASQCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=The International Aluminium Cartel: The Business and Politics of a Cooperative Industrial Institution (1886-1978) |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-80483-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Fridenson |first=Patrick |date=2024 |title=Industrial Consumers Versus Cartelized Producers: The French Carmaker Louis Renault and the Aluminium Cartel, 1911–1944 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/industrial-consumers-versus-cartelized-producers-the-french-carmaker-louis-renault-and-the-aluminium-cartel-19111944/D68235FD7E04D7F7C7E4DC52C27B83E1 |journal=Business History Review |language=en |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=637–655 |doi=10.1017/S0007680524000692 |issn=0007-6805}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Holloway |first=Steven Kendall |title=History of the Aluminium Industry’s Cartels |date=1988 |work=The Aluminium Multinationals and the Bauxite Cartel |pages=22–38 |editor-last=Holloway |editor-first=Steven Kendall |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-09093-8_3 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-09093-8_3 |isbn=978-1-349-09093-8}}</ref> The first aluminium cartel was the Aluminium Association, founded in 1901.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Storli |first=Espen |date=2014 |title=Cartel Theory and Cartel Practice: The Case of the International Aluminum Cartels, 1901–1940 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/abs/cartel-theory-and-cartel-practice-the-case-of-the-international-aluminum-cartels-19011940/9625FDC1CD1B9B836D25266685CE2B50 |journal=Business History Review |language=en |volume=88 |issue=3 |pages=445–467 |doi=10.1017/S0007680514000385 |issn=0007-6805}}</ref>