European Commission Approves Acquisition of Packard Bell by Acer
 

The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the Dutch-based company Packard Bell by Taiwan-based personal computers manufacturer Acer. Practically this means that Acer now de-facto controls shipments of recently-acquired Gateway as well as Packard Bell and has a strong third place in worldwide PC shipments.

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