The EU Commission approves, subject to divestiture, the acquisition by an equity fund company of the chemical operations of a Swedish company (Industri Kapital / Perstorp)

"Merger control: main developments between 1 May and 31 August 2001"* Subject to the divestiture the Commission approved the proposed acquisition by Industri Kapital Group of the chemical operations of Swedish company Perstorp AB. The divestiture concerns Industri Kapital‘s phenolic resins operation in Meerbeeck (Germany) and Perstorp‘s resins and merchant formaldehyde businesses in Perstorp (Sweden). Without those commitments, the transaction