Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Kölbl-Bau, Betonfertigteil-Montage, Autokranverleih Gesellschaft m.b.H; Weyland GmbH; BZN Baustahl GmbH
BWB/Z-6990
On 01.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The Kölbl-Bau, Betonfertigteil-Montage, Autokranverleih Gesellschaft m.b.H, FN 47314 f, and Weyland GmbH, FN 112207 k, intend to hold a total of 67.00% of the shares in BZN Baustahl GmbH, FN 652553 m.
The companies involved in the merger operate in the fields of products made from concrete, cement, and sand-lime bricks for construction (OENACE 2025: 23.61-0) and wholesale trade of ores, iron, steel, and semi-finished products (OENACE 2025: 46.82-1). The BZN Baustahl GmbH operates in the area of construction steel, specifically in the sub-segment of bending.
C - MANUFACTURING C 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, C 23.6 - Manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster, C 23.61 - Manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.8 - Other specialised wholesale, G 46.82 - Wholesale of metals and metal ores
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.07.2025.
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 30.07.2025 .