The consent agreement settles allegations that Hale and Waterous Company, Inc., which together account for 90 percent of the market, sold their pumps on an exclusive basis to fire truck manufacturers and that this arrangement allowed the two companies to allocate the customers each would serve and made it more difficult for other pump makers to enter the market. Comments must be received on or before September 30, 1996. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. William Baer, Federal Trade Commission, 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-374, Washington, DC 20850. Mark Whitener, Federal Trade Commission, 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-374, Washington, DC 20850.
Public comment is invited.
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. Proposed Respondent admits all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the draft of complaint. This agreement shall not become part of the public record of the proceeding unless and until it is accepted by the Commission. This agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by Proposed Respondent that the law has been violated as alleged in the draft of complaint, or that the facts as alleged in the draft complaint, other than jurisdictional facts, are true.6.