Brussels, 02/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 2 December, the European Commission authorised the proposed acquisition by US private equity investment firm Sun Capital Partners of two wholly owned subsidiaries of Royal DSM of the Netherlands: DSM Special Products (“DSP”), which produces specialist chemicals, and DSM IP Assets (“DSM IP”), which is the owner of certain intellectual property rights.
After examining the operation, of which it was notified on 26 October, the...