Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Hirsch Maschinenbau GmbH; HPC Produktions GmbH
BWB/Z-6280
On 17.05.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 100% of the shares in "HPC" Produktions GmbH, registered in the Commercial Register of the Provincial Court of Klagenfurt under the number FN 338251 d with the business address Seebacher Straße 40, 9871 Seeboden with the business purpose "Machine, toll production/trade" within the scope of a purchase and assignment agreement by Hirsch Maschinenbau GmbH, registered in the commercial register of the regional court Klagenfurt under the number FN 97963 p with the business address Glanegg 50, 9555 Glanegg from the seller mbi-group Beteiligung GmbH, registered in the commercial register of the regional court Linz under the number FN 269034 p with the business address Zaunermühlstraße 3, 4050 Traun. After implementation of the acqusition, "HPC" Produktions GmbH is to be wholly owned by Hirsch Maschinenbau GmbH.
Economic sector(s) concerned and ÖNACE code: Production of machines for processing plastics and rubber; Production of machine tools for metalworking.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.06.2023.
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 15.06.2023 .