There was once a story here one HN (1 or 2 years ago) about this. There is often just one or so company who can prduce some special parts. So a large company st

There was once a story here one HN (1 or 2 years ago) about this. There is often just one or so company who can prduce some special parts. So a large company started to buy a lot of these small but important companys. After that, they raise the prize by factor of ten or so.