Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Fritz Studer AG; GFMS Machining Solutions
BWB/Z-6801
On 16.12.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Fritz Studer AG, Switzerland, intends to directly/indirectly acquire the GFMS Machining Solutions business from Georg Fischer AG, Switzerland.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.01.2025.
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 14.01.2025 .