Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Pro Mach Inc.; MBF S.p.A
BWB/Z-6556
On 25.04.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Pro Mach Inc., United States of America, intends to indirectly acquire all of the shares in, and sole control over MBF S.p.A., Italy.
The proposed transaction relates to filling machinery and related services.
ÖNACE Code: Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.05.2024.
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 24.05.2024 .