MERGERS: AMO SR initiated an administrative proceeding in the matter of a merger of the undertaking VKR Holding A/S and the companies of Arbónia division

On 23 February 2021, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, the Division of Concentrations, (hereafter "the Office") initiated an administrative proceeding in the matter of a merger, which, according to the merger notification, is grounded  in the acquisition of indirect exclusive control of undertaking VKR Holding A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark (in the SR focused mainly on the windows of brand name VELUX) over the undertakings of Arbónia division (in the SR focused mainly on the windows of brand name SLOVAKTUAL). The division concerned consists of the following companies: Arbonia Windows AG, Diepoldsau, the Switzerland; EgoKiefer AG, Altstätten SG, the Switzerland; Wertbau GmbH, Langenwetzendorf, Germany; SLOVAKTUAL, s.r.o., Pravenec, the SR; Dobroplast Fabryka Okien Sp. z o.o., Poland; web.com Management Holding GmbH; Fensterdepot24 Handelsgesellschaft GmbH; fenster-webshop.de GmbH; BEW Bauelemente Werratal GmbH (the last four named companies are seated in Germany).
 
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C 22.23 Manufacture of builders' ware of plastic

Third parties, namely natural and legal persons may submit their comments, objections and information on notified mergers to the Office. We request the third parties to submit their comments to the Office as soon as possible following the publishing of notification what may allow the Office to deal with these comments in the first phase of assessment of notified merger with respecting the legal periods.