04/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 4 February, the European Commission gave the go-ahead for the planned acquisition of control of Ruetgers Chemicals (Ruetgers, Germany) from Evonik Industries AG by private equity company Triton Managers II Ltd (Triton, Jersey) by way of purchase of shares. Ruetgers is a cola tar chemical company mainly active in the production and refining of basic aromatics. The case was examined by the Commission using the simplified procedure. (O.L.)