Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
PP Filter AcquiCo; Plutona Acquisition AG
BWB/Z-7479
On 08.09.2026 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
PP Filter AcquiCo AG, Zurich, Switzerland, an indirect subsidiary of The Paragon Fund IV GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investment KG, Munich (Paragon Partners Group), intends to acquire all shares in Plutona Acquisition AG, Bachenbülach, Switzerland (the holding company of the SF-Filter Group), and thereby sole control over the SF-Filter Group.
ÖNACE codes: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment n.e.c.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.6 - Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies, G 46.64 - Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 06.10.2026.
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.