Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ESAB Corporation; EWM Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6988
On 27.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ESAB Corporation, United States, intends to indirectly acquire the entire share capital in and sole control over A. XI Holding GmbH, Germany.
Economic sectors: Manufacturing; Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment; Manufacture of other fabricated metal products; Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.; Manufacture of electrical equipment; Manufacture of other electrical equipment; Manufacture of other electrical equipment
C - MANUFACTURING C 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, C 25.9 - Manufacture of other fabricated metal products, C 25.99 - Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c., C 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment, C 27.9 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment, C 27.90 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.07.2025.
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 26.07.2025 .