The third bidder for Opel is Belgium-listed industrial holding RHJ International RHJI.BR.

Independent studio Lions Gate, industrial holding company Access and Time Warner declined comment.

The third bidder for Opel is Belgium-listed industrial holding RHJ International.

About Investor AB Investor AB is a Sweden-based industrial holding company.

The Irish market has traditionally had a somewhat distrustful attitude towards industrial holding companies.

The case relates to losses on assets held by Blavatnik's industrial holding company, Access Industries.

Rakishev is also chairman of Sat & Company, an industrial holding developing Kazakhstan's mineral resources.

About Siem Industries, Inc. Siem Industries Inc. is a Cayman Islands-based diversified industrial holding company.

The two other contenders are Canadian-Austrian car parts group Magna and industrial holding group RHJ International.

Magna is competing against Italian carmaker Fiat and Belgium-listed industrial holding company RHJ International for Opel.

His business interests include the industrial holding SAT & Company, where he is majority shareholder and chairman.

The Irish group and Portuguese industrial holding company Semapa are partners in cement and concrete manufacturer Secil.

Italian automaker Fiat, Canadian-Austrian Magna International and Belgium-listed industrial holding RHJ International have submitted offers for Opel.

This is a tale of two " industrial holding companies".

Magna is competing against Italian carmaker Fiat FIA.MI and Belgium-listed industrial holding company RHJ International RHJI.BR for Opel.

Former Attorney General David Byrne is one of three new appointments to the board of industrial holding group DCC.