Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Haberkorn Holding AG; REIFF Technische Produkte GmbH; KREMER GmbH; REIFF Holding GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6770
On 18.11.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Haberkorn Holding AG intends to acquire 25 % of the shares in REIFF Technische Produkte GmbH and KREMER GmbH, as well as joint control with the seller REIFF Holding GmbH & Co. KG, over the target companies. The proposed merger relates to distribution of technical parts for industrial and production applications.
Business sector concerned: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.12.2024.
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 17.12.2024 .