Kodak Lawsuits Contends Conspiracy

Kodak also contends that these companies traded metal—vital to Kodak's commercial printing-based products—among themselves to give the illusion that orders were being shipped.

The transactions among the defendants, which include Metro International Trade Services, Glencore LTD and Pacorini Metals USA, lacked a legitimate economic rationale other than to create "artificial scarcity," the newspaper reported, citing the 52-page suit.