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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 22.01.2021  
C(2021 ) 453 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.10053 - ZOLLNER ELEKTRONIK / SYSKRON HOLDING / 
SAMHAMMER / TIKI  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)( b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 2 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area3  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 22 December 2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by  which Zollner 
Elektronik AG (“Zollner”, Germany),  Syskron Holding GmbH (”Syskron”, Germany) , 
belonging to Krones AG, and  Samhammer AG (“Samhammer”, Germany)  acquire 
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulatio n joint control 
over the whole of Technologisches Institut für angewandte künstliche Intelligenz 
GmbH (“TIKI”, Germany), currently controlled by Syskron and Samhammer by way 
of purchase of shares .4 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for Zollner : provider of  a complete service from development and production to 
after-sales service and the trade of electronic components for el ectronic 
manufacturing services,  
 for Syskron : subsidiary of Krones AG, a manufacturer of systems and machines 
for the production, filling and packaging of beverages and liquid foods . In 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘Communi ty’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  For the purposes of this Decision, although the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as 
of 1 February 2020, according to Article 92 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic 
Energy Community (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7), the Commission continues to be competent to apply 
Unio n law as regards the United Kingdom for administrative procedures which were initiated before the 
end of the transition period.  
3  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
4  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 5, 07.01 .2021 , p. 18. 

2 addition, digitization and intralogistics solutions as well as aftersales services 
complete the product range of Krones group , 
 for Samhammer : service provider with the business areas helpdesk services as 
well as branch and terminal services , 
 for TIKI : company active in the development of software in connection with 
procedural research and development services in the area o f artificial intelligence.  
 
3. After examination of the notif ication, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regula tion (EC) No 139/2004 .5 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
 
                                                 
5  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .