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December 12, 2014 01:00 AM

U.S. clears Conti's purchase of Veyance

Mike McNulty, Crain News Service
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    FAIRLAWN, Ohio (Dec. 12, 2014) — Continental A.G. has received approval from the U.S. Department of Justice and antitrust authorities in Canada to purchase industrial rubber products maker Veyance Technologies Inc. on the condition that it divest Veyance's air spring factory in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

    Decisions by three other regulatory authorities are still pending.

    Continental first disclosed its intention to buy Veyance, the former non-tire rubber product business of Goodyear, in February. The deal announced then with Carlyle Group was for an estimated $1.91 billion.

    Once the deal is finalized, Continental's ContiTech A.G. division will almost double its present size. However, because a few agencies have yet to make a decision, Continental won't close on the deal by year-end.

    It anticipates the transaction will likely close in the early part of 2015. It can close the deal and sell the plant thereafter, a company spokesman said.

     

    While Continental welcomed the two decisions by the antitrust authorities, Heinz-Gerhard Wente, a member of Continental's executive board and CEO of ContiTech, said “we regret that we are not permitted to take over the air springs business in NAFTA. In our estimation, that would have brought clear benefits for the customers.

    “We will now look for a buyer as quickly as possible who will provide a secure future for the approximately 500 employees in the plant in Mexico and develop the business further.” The Mexican plant is the only air springs facility that will be sold, as it is the only one that operates within NAFTA, the spokesman said.

    Continental will continue to cooperate in every way possible with antitrust authorities “to help in reaching a decision quickly so that our customers and employees know exactly where we stand,” Mr. Wente said.

    The acquisition is aimed at strengthening ContiTech's industrial operations and will help the company in markets where it's not presently represented, particularly in the U.S. and South America, the firm said. It noted that it will be provided additional opportunities in Canada, China, Australia and South Africa.

     

     

     

     

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