Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Constantia Beteiligungs AG; TECHTEX GmbH & Co. KG; Kufner Holding GmbH & Co. KG; Kufner Unternehmensführungs- und Beratungs GmbH; VMS Beteiligung Vier GmbH
BWB/Z-3722
On 21.11.2017 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Constantia Beteiligungs AG (Vaduz, Liechtenstein) and TECHTEX GmbH & Co. KG (Vienna, Austria) intend to indirectly acquire joint control over (i) Kufner Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Vienna, Austria), (ii) Kufner Unternehmensführungs- und Beratungs GmbH (Vienna, Austria) and (iii) VMS Beteiligung Vier GmbH (Vienna, Austria) and its respective subsidiaries. The intended concentration concerns the manufacturing and distribution of textiles for clothing and technical applications.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.12.2017.
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 20.02.2018 .