Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Global Polymer Solutions S.L.U.; Polytechs Financière SAS
BWB/Z-7138
On 17.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Global Polymer Solutions S.L.U., Spain, intends to acquire all shares in and sole control over Polytechs Financière SAS, France.
Economic sector: Manufacture of plastics in primary forms.
C - MANUFACTURING C 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, C 20.1 - Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms, C 20.16 - Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.12.2025.
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 16.12.2025 .