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Cargotec, Konecranes defend merger plan at EU hearing

By Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst
  • 17 Nov 2021 04:06
  • 17 Nov 2021 04:09
Cargotec and Konecranes countered EU objections to their planned merger at a closed-door hearing in Brussels yesterday, MLex has learned.

The two Finnish manufacturers of container-handling equipment received a formal charge sheet from the European Commission over the deal last month.

In opening an in-depth investigation into the deal in

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Andrew Boyce

Correspondent


Andrew is a reporter covering merger reviews and competition policy for MLex in Brussels. He joined MLex in 2015 and holds a degree and a master’s degree in history from the University of Liverpool.

Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

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