Rethmann cleared to take over Lobbe

According to sources, German waste disposing, recycling and road-cleaning concern Rethmann has received permission from the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to take over companies belonging to its rival Lobbe. Rethmann plans to centralize the management of its 26 companies, including the 13 to be taken over, which will have a combined turnover of almost zl. 370 million. Following this, Rethmann will enter the Warsaw market. "Units belonging to both groups were created on the basis of privatization of municipal companies and were operating independently. After the merger we will create a holding," said Rethmann Recycling board member Marek Gebski. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) M.M.