Case details

CCENT/2006/41 - WIND POINT PARTNERS/FERRO CORPORATION

Assets Ferro Corporation

is a US company incorporated under the law of the State of Ohio; it manufactures intermediate, technology-based, performance materials and products for various industries and for producers of original equipment; these enhance the performance of products for electronics, telecommunications, the pharmaceutical industry, the construction sector, domestic appliances, transport, household furnishings and other industrial applications. The Assets, which are being acquired at an international level, cover the following business activities: (i) the plastic colorants division ("PCD"); (ii) liquid coatings and dispersions ("LCD"); (iii) filled and reinforced plastics ("FRP"); and (iv) advanced polymer compounds ("APC") (thermoplastic elastomers or TPEs).

Olympic Plastics, Inc

is a newly created holding company of Wind Point Partners, which, through newly-established subsidiaries, is going to acquire the assets of Ferro Corporation´s international plastic business

Wind Point Partners VI, L.P.

is a US private equity firm, incorporated under the law of the State of Delaware. The undertakings in its portfolio represent, in particular, the following areas of business activity: commercial flexographic printing, metal hardware production, printing, and office and meeting-room tables.

Inapplicability (Law 18)

Inapplicability (Law 18)

Conglomerate

Closed

Phase 1

Non-opposition