Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA; Achleitner Fahrzeugbau GmbH
BWB/Z-7081
On 01.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Germany, intends to acquire, via its indirect subsidiary Magirus GmbH, Germany, 100% of the shares in and sole control of Achleitner Fahrzeugbau GmbH, Austria.
The proposed transaction concerns the design, development and manufacturing of special vehicles for police, military and paramilitary purposes as well as the automotive engineering and production of customized bodies, trailers and all-wheel-drive vehicles.”
ÖNACE-Codes: Manufacture of motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines; Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles.
C - MANUFACTURING C 29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, C 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, C 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.10.2025.
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 30.10.2025 .