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, media, retailing and wholesaling, service industries, specialised processed industry and speciality chemicals. Alfa Laval Holding develops, manufactures and markets processing equipment in three main business areas: separation equipment, heat exchangers and low equipment. No company of the Industri Kapital Group is active on the same markets as those as Alfa Laval Holding.