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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8189

11 April 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Conditional green light for Solvay take-over of Ausimont

Brussels, 10/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has given conditional approval to the proposed acquisition of Italian chemicals company Ausimont SpA by Solvay SA of Belgium from Montedison SpA. This is Solvay's largest acquisition to date, which makes it the world's number two player in fluoroproducts after DuPont of the United States. The Commission's review showed that the operation posed no competition problems in most chemical markets concerned, including in the products...

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