07/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - Mergers: Outokumpu/Inoxum. After a detailed investigation, the European Commission authorised on Wednesday 7 November the acquisition of Inoxum, the stainless steel division of Germany's Thyssenkrupp, by Finnish stainless steel and iron producer Outokumpu, as long as the latter sells off various distribution centres in Europe and the Inoxum plant at Terni in Italy, which must remain an autonomous, integrated unit after the sell-off. These pledges have eased the...