Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Carrier Global Corporation; die Vermögenswerte im Bereich Heizung, Lüftung und Klimaanlagen der AHI Gruppe
BWB/Z-7011
On 22.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Carrier Global Corporation, USA, intends to indirectly acquire the heating, ventilation and air conditioning related assets of AHI Carrier GmbH, as well as 51.05% of the shares in and sole control over AHI Carrier Hungary HVAC Kft, AHI Carrier CZ S.R.O, and AHI Carrier Romania SRL.
Economic sectors: Manufacturing of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment; Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures; Manufacture of electrical equipment; Manufacture of electric domestic appliances; Manufacture of other electrical equipment; Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.; Manufacture of other pumps and compressors; Manufacture of furnaces and furnace burners; Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment; Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment; Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
Wholesale and retail; Wholesale; Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
C - MANUFACTURING C 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, C 25.1 - Manufacture of structural metal products, C 25.11 - Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures, C 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment, C 27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances, C 27.51 - Manufacture of electric domestic appliances, C 27.9 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment, C 27.90 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment, C 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., C 28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery, C 28.13 - Manufacture of other pumps and compressors, C 28.2 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery, C 28.21 - Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and permanent household heating equipment, C 28.25 - Manufacture of non-domestic air conditioning equipment, C 33 - Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment, C 33.2 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment, C 33.20 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.6 - Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies, G 46.64 - Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.08.2025.
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 20.08.2025 .