Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
NPM Capital N.V.; Büter Hydraulics Beheer B.V.
BWB/Z-7125
On 07.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
NPM Capital N.V., Netherlands, through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary NPM Investment 37 B.V., intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over Büter Hydraulics Beheer B.V., Netherlands.
The proposed transaction relates to hydraulic cylinders as well as hydraulic lifting technology solutions.”
C - MANUFACTURING C 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., C 28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery, C 28.12 - Manufacture of fluid power equipment, C 28.2 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery, C 28.22 - Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.12.2025.
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 06.12.2025 .