Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Kansai Paint-Gruppe; Weilburger Gruppe
BWB/Z-6506
On 13.02.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH and KANSAI HELIOS Services Germany GmbH contemplate to acquire all shares in WEILBURGER Coatings GmbH, Germany, WEILBURGER ASIA Ltd., Hong Kong, and WEILBURGER Coatings (INDIA) Private Ltd., India.
Activity concerned: Production of paints, printing inks and mastics.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.03.2024.
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 13.03.2024 .