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Pallets deal wins Dutch approval in first ‘roll-up strategy’ merger decision

By Andrew Boyce ( February 21, 2025, 11:04 GMT | Insight) -- Wooden-pallets maker Foresco has won Dutch approval for its acquisition of smaller rivals DWP and Vierhouten, in what the national antitrust watchdog said was its first merger probe that considered whether a buyer was harming competition through “serial acquisitions.” The decision comes at a time of growing concern in Europe about “roll-up strategies,” where companies and private-equity firms gain market market power through a series of acquisitions that are individually too small to trigger a merger review, yet may be more harmful than one large transaction.Foresco, a maker of wooden pallets, has won Dutch approval for its acquisition of smaller rivals DWP and Vierhouten. The Autoriteit Consument & Markt said this was its first merger probe that considered whether a buyer was harming competition through “serial acquisitions.”...

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