Europeam Commission clears acquisition of DANISCO by DUPONT

The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont", USA) of Danisco A/S ("Danisco", Denmark).

DuPont is active in the research, development, production, distribution, and sales of a variety of chemical products, plastics, agro-chemicals, paints, seeds, and other materials, including those developed through biotechnology. Danisco is active in the research, development, production, distribution, and sales of food ingredients, including enablers, cultures, enzymes and sweeteners, as well as industrial enzymes. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.