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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  11.7.2019  
C(2019 ) 5394 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9314 - SOGECLAIR / ADDUP / PRINTSKY  
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 11 June 2019 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of the 
Merger  Regulation by which  the undertakings Sogeclair S .A. (‘Sogeclair’, France), 
belonging to the Sogeclair Group,  and AddUp S .A.S. (‘AddUp’, France), belonging to 
the Michelin and Fives Groups,  acquire within the meaning of Article s 3(1)(b) and 
3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a 
JV (‘PrintSky’)  by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for Sogeclair: aeronautics and space engineering, engineering for the 
specification design and production of special civilian and military vehicles, 
and provision and development of solutions in the field of research, study and 
training simulators, as well as workshops and simulation software. Sogeclair is 
active worldwide, mai nly in France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, 
Canada and the United States;  
 for AddUp: manufacture of industrial 3D metal printing solutions ranging from 
the design and manufacture of machines, manufacturing lines and services 
associated with, to the redesign and manufacture of metal parts, in prototyping 
or series and associated services. It operates worldwide (mainly in France, 
                                                 
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 209, 20.06.2019, p. 40.  

2 Europe and America, but also in Asia and Oceania) in the industrial, 
automotive, medical, aeronautical and space, and luxury  sectors;  
 for PrintSky: intended to develop and market 3D metal printing solutions in 
the aeronautics, aerospace and defence sectors, consisting exclusively of proof 
of concept solutions, in Europe or even globally.  
3. After examination of the notification, t he European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (a) and 5 (c) of the 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 
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)  
Johannes LAITENBERGER  
Director -General  
 
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .