GNB JOINS IN LEVERAGED BUYOUT OF FRENCH UNIT
<GNB Inc> said it joined
with the management of the French company Compagnie Francaise
d'Electro-Chimie to purchase the company for an undisclosed
amount.
    The French company, which produces lead-acid batteries, had
sales in 1986 of 75 mln dlrs, GNB said.
 Reuter
