1.   

On 16 December 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

—	Ingersoll-Rand U.S. HoldCo, Inc. (‘IR Industrials’, United States), belonging to the group Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland),

—	Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (‘GDI’, United States).

GDI acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of IR Industrials.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	IR Industrials is the industrial business of Ingersoll-Rand, active in air and gas compressors, blowers, gas systems and services, power tools and material handling systems, as well as utility and consumer low-speed vehicles,

—	GDI is a provider of air and gas compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services sold for industrial, energy and medical industries. GDI designs, manufactures and markets compressors, pumps and blowers, and vacuums for a range of industrial applications.

3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4.   

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9503 — Gardner Denver/Ingersoll Industrials

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax: +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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