Brussels, 10/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has authorised the French and British industrial gas groups Air Liquide and BOC to form a joint-venture in Japan to be held to the tune of 55% by air Liquide and 45% by BOC. Called Japan Air Gases, this company will pool the Japanese activities of their parent companies currently pooled within the subsidiaries Air Liquide Japan (Air Liquide) and Osaka Sanso Kogyo (BOC). Together, these subsidiaries had accumulated sales of 1.2 billion...