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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7856

6 December 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Acquisition of Holland Chemical International (NL) by Stinnes is cleared

Brussels, 05/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has approved the acquisition of Dutch company Holland Chemical International (HCI) by the German chemical distribution company Stinnes AG, a subsidiary of E.ON AG. The move will give rise to the world's largest chemical distributor with market shares of around 10%. It will entail no overlapping on any of the European national markets. Furthermore, the existence of serious competitors such as Vopak, Biesterfeld, Metallgesellschaft, Ellis &...

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