Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Andritz Aktiebolag; GE Power Sweden AB
BWB/Z-5333
On 29.03.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Andritz Aktiebolag, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, a subsidiary of Andritz AG, Graz, Austria, intends to acquire assets which constitute the Air Quality Control System business of GE Power Sweden AB, Norrköping, Sweden.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment (C 28.25), manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production (C 28.95).
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.04.2021.
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 27.04.2021 .