The French competition authority has approved the acquisition of terracotta brick specialist Imerys Structure by cooperative brick manufacturer Bouyer Leroux. Following an in-depth examination of the acquisition, the authority has ruled that the group must sell 25,000tonnes of wall bricks at cost price to two competitors or a wholesaler active in the distribution and trade networks in Aquitaine each year for a five-year period. As for the new entity's quasi-monopoly on the manufacturing of partition bricks
RSSThe French competition authority has approved the acquisition of terracotta brick specialist
Following an in-depth examination of the acquisition, the authority has ruled that the group must sell 25,000tonnes of wall bricks at cost price to two competitors or a wholesaler active in the distribution and trade networks in Aquitaine each year for a five-year period.
As for the new entity's quasi-monopoly on the manufacturing of partition bricks in the west of France, the competition authority judged that this did not pose a problem as the bricks could be easily substituted with other products.
