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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7779

17 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission approves Industri Kapital's takeover of Alfa Laval

Brussels, 16/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised the acquisition by the group Industri Kapital of Swedish Alfa Laval Holding, which belongs to the Tetra Pak Group. Given the lack of an overlap between the activities of the two companies, the Commission considers that the operation raises not problem competition-wise.

The Industri Kapital Group manages and controls a number of private equity funds active in building materials, food, manufacturing industries,...