SIGN MANUFACTURERS’ MERGER WILL NOT DAMAGE COMPETITION IN UK AND FRENCH MARKETS – EUROPEAN COMMISSION
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the creation of a major French road sign group, with Eurovia and Compagnie Signature combining road marking and road sign operations, their new joint venture buying Euromark and Signature Holdings. All companies involved are French, but they manufacture and sell British and French road signs. Brussels concluded the deal posed no significant competition problems.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the creation of a major French road sign group, with Eurovia and Compagnie Signature combining road marking and road sign operations, their new joint venture buying Euromark and Signature Holdings. All companies involved are French, but they manufacture and sell British and French road signs. Brussels concluded the deal posed no significant competition problems.
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