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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10477

20 October 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/competition
Green light to Caterpillar/MWM merger

Brussels, 19/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 19 October, the European Commission authorised the purchase of the German maker of reciprocating engine generator sets, MWM, by the American company Caterpillar. A detailed investigation begun in May of this year showed that although the two companies are active in the same sector, they are not close competitors. Additionally, although the entity born of the merger will take a leading position on the market in question, it will still face a...

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