BRUSSELS CLEARS VANDERLANDE INDUSTRIES DEAL

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the takeover of Dutch baggage handling service and systems company Vanderlande Industries BV by fellow Netherlands company SHV Holdings NV, a diverse group with heavy equipment, energy and other interests. Brussels concluded after an inquiry that the deal would not pose competition problems in the European groundhandling sector.

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