Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Alois Gruber Gesellschaft m.b.H.; Hürner Schweißtechnik GmbH
BWB/Z-7048
On 22.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Alois Gruber Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Austria) intends to acquire 40% of the shares in and joint control over Hürner Schweißtechnik GmbH (Germany).
The concentration concerns equipment and systems for the welding of plastics (plastic joining technology).
ÖNACE 2025: Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery.
C - MANUFACTURING C 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., C 28.9 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery, C 28.96 - Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.09.2025.
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 20.09.2025 .