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Lear seeks EU approval to buy Kongsberg’s seating business

By Andrew Boyce
  • 24 Jan 2022 09:18
  • 24 Jan 2022 09:18
Lear, the US manufacturer of automotive seating products, has requested EU approval to buy rival Kongsberg Automotive’s “Interior Comfort Systems” business.
The European Commission has set an initial Feb. 28 deadline to decide on the deal.

Lear announced last October that it had agreed to buy the business for

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Andrew Boyce

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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.

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