Brussels, 24/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared the planned acquisition of Engelhard, a US company active in speciality chemicals, including catalysts, by BASF of Germany. The parties´ activities overlap horizontally in the worldwide market for catalysts for hydrogenation and its submarket of catalysts for olefin purification/saturation. However, on these markets the parties face competition from the market leader Südchemie and other operators with substantial...