Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Artifex Interior Systems Limited; IAC Group (Slovakia) s.r.o
BWB/Z-7041
On 14.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Artifex Interior Systems Limited, Solihull, England, and Tata Autocomp Europe Limited, Coventry, United Kingdom, intend to acquire 100 % of the shares in and sole control over IAC Group (Slovakia) s.r.o., Lozorno, Slovakia.
Affected industry: Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles.
C - MANUFACTURING C 29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, C 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories, C 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.09.2025.
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 12.09.2025 .