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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 11.10.2021  
C(2021 ) 7415 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
HDT Automotive Solutions LLC 
38701 Seven Mile Rd. - Suite 265  
48152 -3970 Livonia, MI  
United States of America  
Subject : Case M.10379 — HDT Automotive Solutions/Veritas  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 17 September 2021 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertaking  HDT Automotive Solutions LLC (“HDT”, USA), controlled by ARDIAN 
Holding S.A.S. (“ARDIAN”, France)  acquire s within the meani ng of Article 3(1)(b) 
of the Merger Regulation sole control ove r the whole of the undertaking “Veritas 
Group ”, comprised of Veritas Aktiengesellschaft, Veritas Sachsen GmbH, Veritas 
Thüringen GmbH, (all from Germany ), and Veritas Austria GmbH (Austria), Ve ritas 
Dunakiliti Kft. (Hungary), Veritas Automotive d.o.o. (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 
Veritas Otomotiv Sanayi Ltd. Sti. (Turkey), Veritas Automotive Systems (Kunshan) 
Co., Ltd., (China), Automotive Veritas de México S.A. de C.V., (Mexico), Veritas 
Servicios  S.A. de C.V., (Mexico ) by way of purchase of assets and shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for HDT : Manufacture and supply of valve body devices, precision tubula 
assemblies and die casting products for the automotive industry to OEMs and Tier 
1 suppliers,  
                                                 
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 ‘Community ’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this  decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 392, 28.9.2021 , p. 6. 

2  for Veritas Group : Supply of fluid technology, including fuel systems, emission 
systems, air cooli ng and fluid cooling; and polymer based components, including 
sealing & damping or other polymer solutions, to OEMs.  
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notif ied operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (c) of th e Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commis sion 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  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .