MAD MARCH MERGERS
- From: Vol 7, Issue 3 (March 2006)
- Category: Need to know
- Region: Unspecified
- Country: Chile, Hong Kong and United States
- Related Companies: Acciona, Aguas Nuevo Sur Maule, Aquarion, Cambridge Water, Cheung Kong Group, Enel, Essbio, Essel, Gaz de France, General Electric (GE), Kelda, Macquarie Bank, Pridesa, Southern Cross, Suez, Terra Firma, Thames Water, Veolia and Zenon Environmental
* It must be the Spring air. The water sector has been gripped by the urge to merge.
The biggest one is the pairing between Suez and Gaz de France (see story p8). It looks like polygamy to us: we predict Suez Environment will divorce Suez Energy by the end of the year. The GE/Zenon move looks happier (see p15). It is expensive, but it plays to GE’s strengths. Elsewhere Acciona has bought Pridesa from Thames ...
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