Henkel buying Liquid Nails would've been bad deal for Americans, US FTC's Guarnera says
( August 17, 2026, 20:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission obtained "an important victory in the fight to lower the cost of housing construction materials" by preventing German multinational Henkel AG & Co. from acquiring Liquid Nails, the main competitor to its Loctite adhesives, the agency said in a release. "Anyone who looked at the construction adhesives shelves of a hardware store or home improvement retailer could see that a merger between Loctite and Liquid Nails would be a bad deal for Americans. This proposed acquisition threatened to drive up the cost of a critical product for building and maintaining homes across the United States," FTC Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera said.Statement follows below:...
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