Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Pierer Beteiligungs GmbH; Vöcklabrucker Metallgießerei Dambauer GmbH; Dambauer-Familie
BWB/Z-6132
On 22.11.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Pierer Beteiligungs GmbH intends to (indirectly) acquire 74% of the shares in Vöcklabrucker Metallgießerei Dambauer GmbH.
The following Austrian NACE code is concerned: Casting of light metals.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.12.2022.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 21.12.2022 .