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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8551

27 September 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission expected to give go-ahead to Alcan's acquisition of Pechiney

Brussels, 26/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Monday the European Commission is expected to give the green light to the merger of the Alcan group (Canada) and Pechiney (France), on the condition that the partners sell off some of their business interests, indicated the Financial Times, which quoted from a source close to the case. The Commission did not think that the deal would present any competition concerns in the laminated sheet metal market, which are used in the manufacture of cans for...

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