Sun Chemical is hoping that its planned takeover of Coates will go ahead without any major hitches. Edward Barr, chairman of Sun Chemical Group, said after the announcement of the proposed acquisition in July that he was looking forward to a “smooth combination” of the two businesses. In Europe, however, the view among executives in competing companies and customer sectors, as well as analysts, seems generally to be that Sun may run into some anti-trust concerns from the European Commis...