Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Recticel SA/NV; FoamPartner Group - BWB/Z-5282 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Recticel SA/NV; FoamPartner Group

BWB/Z-5282

01.03.2021

On 26.02.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Recticel SA/NV (Brussels/Belgium) and its – indirectly wholly owned – subsidiary Recticel Dämmsysteme GmbH (Bochum/Germany) intend to acquire all shares in and sole control over FoamPartner Switzerland AG (Wolfhausen/Switzerland) and the German entities FoamPartner Germany GmbH (Duderstadt/ Germany), FoamPartner Leverkusen GmbH (Leverkusen/ Germany), FoamPartner Delmenhorst GmbH (Delmenhorst/ Germany) and FoamPartner Converting Center GmbH (Duderstadt/ Germany).


The intended concentration concerns the manufacture and distribution of PU foam products.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.03.2021.

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 27.03.2021 .

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