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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9578

12 January 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

11/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 10 January, the European Commission cleared acquisition of the caprolactones business of Solvay Interox Limited of the UK by the Swedish chemicals company, Perstorp Holding AB. Perstorp is owned by the private equity firm PAI Partners SAS (PAI). The Commission was concerned about the possibility of there being a vertical link as Perstorp produces polyhydric alcohols used by Solvay Interox for the manufacture of certain caprolactone derivatives such as...

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