28/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Mergers: Dow Chemical and Mitsui/Santa Vitória. On 28 October, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of joint control by The Dow Chemical Company of the US and the Japanese trading house, Mitsui & Do., of Santa Vitória Açúcar e Alcool, which is currently a Brazilian subsidiary of Dow. Santa Vitória is active in the farming and sale of sugarcane in Brazil. Dow and Mitsui intend to develop Santa Vitória into a vertically integrated producer of...