Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.; Konica Minolta, Inc.
BWB/Z-6773
On 19.11.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp, Japan, and Konica Minolta, Inc., Japan, intend to form a Joint Venture, headquartered in Japan, for the procurement of raw mate-
rials and components for office automation equipment and production printers.
Economic sector: Manufacture of office machinery and equipment, Sourcing and procurement of components.
C - MANUFACTURING G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.12.2024.
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 18.12.2024 .