Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ROBEL Holding GmbH; Schweerbau GmbH & Co KG; Mevert Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG; Schweerbau International GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-5303
On 12.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ROBEL Holding GmbH, Freilassing, Germany, an affiliate of Plasser & Theurer Beteiligungs und Finanzierungs AG, Vaduz, intends to directly acquire 25.1% in the extisting joint Venture Schweerbau International GmbH & Co KG, Stadthagen, Germany. After implementation of the transaction, it is planned that the JV-partners ROBEL Holding GmbH, Schweerbau GmbH & Co KG, Stadthagen, Germany, and Mevert Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Lauenhagen, Germany, will hold a share exceeding 25% and exercise joint control over the JV.
The contemplated transaction mainly concerns the manufacturing (upgrading) and sale of rail profiling maschines.
Activity concerned: Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.04.2021.
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 10.04.2021 .