Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Hydro Extrusion Deutschland GmbH; Norsk Hydro ASA; Eduard Hueck GmbH & Co. KG; EH Extrusion Verwaltungs GmbH
BWB/Z-6153
On 16.12.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Norsk Hydro ASA intends to indirectly acquire through Hydro Extrusion Deutschland GmbH 100% of the shares in Eduard Hueck GmbH & Co. KG and EH Extrusion Verwaltungs GmbH, both group companies of Hueck Industrie Holding KG, which are active in the field of production and further processing of aluminium as well as the distribution of aluminium related products.
Business sectors concerned: Aluminium production and first processing; Production of metal structures; Production of forged, pressed, drawn and stamped parts, rolled rings and powder metallurgy products.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.01.2023.
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 14.01.2023 .