The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. to sell to Aspen Air U.S. Corp. its assets related to production of bulk liquid carbon dioxide at facilities in Galva, and Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. The divestiture is required by the FTC’s May 2016 order settling charges […]
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FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition among Suppliers of Industrial Gases
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the proposed $13.4 billion merger of American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. and Airgas, Inc. would likely be anticompetitive. Under the terms of the order, first announced in May 2016, the companies are required to divest assets used to […]
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Monopolization Charges Against Supplier of High-Performance Polymer for Medical Implants
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Invibio, a company that supplies some of the world’s largest medical device makers with a high-performance polymer used to make spinal and other medical implants, used long-term exclusive contracts to illegally maintain its monopoly. In a formal statement […]
FTC Requests Public Comment on American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.’s Application to Approve Divestiture of Assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. to sell some of its assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., a Delaware-based subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sаnso Corporation of Japan. The divestiture is required by the FTC’s May 2016 proposed order settling charges that the $13.4 billion […]
FTC Dismisses Complaint Challenging Merger of Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss without prejudice its administrative complaint challenging the proposed merger between Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center – two hospitals located three miles apart in Huntington, West Virginia. The FTC’s administrative complaint, issued in November 2015, alleged that the proposed merger violated U.S. antitrust law. The […]
Statement of Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Debbie Feinstein On Superior Plus Corp.’s Decision to Drop its Proposed Acquisition of Canexus Corp.
Following today’s announcement by Superior Plus Corp. that it would abandon plans to acquire Canexus Corporation, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Debbie Feinstein, said: “The abandonment of this transaction means that Superior and Canexus will continue to compete as independent companies, and that is a very good thing for consumers. […]
FTC Requires Ball Corporation to Divest Eight Aluminum Can Plants to Ardagh as a Condition of Acquiring Rexam
Ball Corporation has agreed to sell to Ardagh Group S.A. eight U.S. aluminum can plants and associated assets in order to settle FTC charges that its proposed acquisition of Rexam PLC – worth $8.4 billion when proposed in February 2015 – is likely anticompetitive. According to the complaint, the acquisition would eliminate direct competition in […]
FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Canadian Chemical Companies Superior Plus Corp. and Canexus Corp
The Federal Trade Commission today filed an administrative complaint charging that the proposed $982 million merger of Canadian chemical suppliers Superior Plus Corp. and Canexus Corp. would violate the antitrust laws by significantly reducing competition in the North American market for sodium chlorate – a commodity chemical used to bleach wood pulp that is then […]
FTC Approves ProMedica Health System’s Divestiture of former Rival St. Luke’s Hospital
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved ProMedica Health System’s divestiture of its former rival, St. Luke’s Hospital, under the provisions of a Commission order. The divestiture will ensure that St. Luke’s operates as an independent, standalone community hospital serving the Toledo, Ohio area. Although ProMedica consummated its acquisition of St. […]
FTC Requires Cement Manufacturers HeidelbergCement AG and Italcementi S.p.A. to Divest U.S. Assets as a Condition of Merger
German cement producer HeidelbergCement AG and Italian producer Italcementi S.p.A. have agreed to divest a cement plant in Martinsburg, WV and up to 11 cement distribution terminals in six other states to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their proposed $4.2 billion merger would likely harm competition in five regional markets for cement in the […]