Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Oji Holdings Corporation; AustroCel
BWB/Z-7095
On 10.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
"Oji Holdings Corporation (Japan) intends to indirectly acquire all shares in, and sole control over, AustroCel Hallein GmbH (Austria).
C - MANUFACTURING C 17 - Manufacture of paper and paper products, C 17.1 - Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard, C 19 - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, C 19.2 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products, C 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, C 20.5 - Manufacture of other chemical products, D - ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY, D 35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.11.2025.
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 08.11.2025 .