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Document 52022M10721

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10721 – CELANESE / DUPONT (MOBILITY & MATERIALS BUSINESS)) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 333/10

PUB/2022/1043

OJ C 333, 1.9.2022, p. 11–11 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

1.9.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 333/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10721 – CELANESE / DUPONT (MOBILITY & MATERIALS BUSINESS))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 333/10)

1.   

On 23 August 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

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Celanese Corporation (‘Celanese’, USA),

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DuPont’s Mobility & Materials Business, controlled by DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (USA).

Celanese will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of DuPont’s Mobility & Materials Business.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

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Celanese is a global chemical and specialty materials company, producing high performance engineered polymers that are used in a variety of applications, as well as a producer of acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals for nearly all major industries. Celanese’s product portfolio serves a diverse set of end-use applications.

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DuPont’s Mobility & Materials Business provides high-performance engineering thermoplastics, elastomers, pastes, filaments and advanced films to engineers and designers in the transportation, electronics, renewable energy, industrial and consumer end-markets to enable systems solutions for demanding applications and environments.

3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4.   

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10721 – CELANESE / DUPONT (MOBILITY & MATERIALS BUSINESS)

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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