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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10196

6 August 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
European Commission approves acquisition of Sperian by Honeywell

Brussels, 05/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 4 August, the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition of Sperian, a French producer of personal protective equipment, by the US company Honeywell.

The Commission examined the competitive effects of the proposed merger in the area of PPE, in particular in the markets for fall protection (equipment designed to provide protection against falls from a height), hand protection (mainly protective and safety gloves), respiratory...