1.   

On 15 March 2021, 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:

—	KION Group AG (‘KION’, Germany), controlled by Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., (‘SHIG’, China),

—	Jungheinrich AG (‘Jungheinrich’, Germany),

—	Hoesch Schwerter Profile GmbH (‘HSP’, Germany), belonging to Calvi Holding S.p.A. (Italy).

KION and Jungheinrich acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of HSP.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for KION: manufacture and supply of forklift trucks, warehouse equipement and other industrial trucks, as well as related services. SHIG is a producer of commercial vehicles and construction machinery.

—	for Jungheinrich: manufacture, supply, refurbishment and rental of forklift trucks and warehouse equipement, as well as related services.

—	for HSP: manufacture and supply of special steel profiles used inter alia in the manufacturing of counterbalanced forklift trucks and warehouse equipment.

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.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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.10081— KION/Jungheinrich/HSP

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

Email: 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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