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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Competition Authority of Kenya has approved the acquisition of the business and assets of Kartasi Industries Limited by Kartasi Products Limited (Kartasi Products).<\/p>\n

Kartasi Products, the acquiring undertaking is newly incorporated in Kenya, for the sole purpose of the proposed transaction, the competition watchdog said yesterday.<\/p>\n

The firm is affiliated to Pwani Oil Products Limited, makers of popular household cooking oils-Freshfri, Salit, and Fry Mate, according to lawyers familiar with the transaction.<\/p>\n

The firm has also been involved in property brokerage, production and distribution of consumer goods like pineapple juice, food coloring and sugar syrups.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Wednesday, CAK directed that the target\u2019s permanent employees be retained for a period of 12, twelve (12) months, from the completion date of the transaction, as one of the conditions.<\/p>\n

Kartasi Industries Limited (Kartasi Industries) was established in 1972 and over the years, its has grown to a full-scale manufacturing unit for stationery products in Kenya and beyond.<\/p>\n

It is has been manufacturing stationery products like exercise books, notebooks, counter books, accounting books, diaries, spring files, box files, tapes, labels, pens and markers.<\/p>\n

It brands include Kartasi, Afri, Njema and HIT.<\/p>\n

The parties\u2019 combined and relevant turnover for the preceding year was over Sh1 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transaction, therefore, met the threshold for mandatory notification and full merger analysis as provided in the Competition (General) Rules, 2019,\u201d CAK said.<\/p>\n

Further, it notes that the merging parties\u2019 activities do not overlap and the target\u2019s products are distributed to entities across the country and, therefore, the relevant geographical market is national.<\/p>\n

The educational and commercial stationery market in Kenya has over 400 manufacturers and suppliers.<\/p>\n

Main players and their approximate market shares in the industry includes Twiga Stationers and Printers Ltd (38.8%), Kenafric Manufacturing Limited (20.9%), Kartasi Industries Limited (9.7%) and Economic Industries Limited (9.6%).<\/p>\n

Guaca Stationers Limited has a 6.5 per cent share, Elite Offset Ltd (5.7%), Safari Stationers (K) Ltd (4.3%), National Printing Press Ltd (0.5%), and others (4.4%).<\/p>\n

Post-merger, there will be no change in the market structure and concentration since parties\u2019 activities do not overlap, CAK said.<\/p>\n

\u201c Therefore, the proposed transaction is not likely to lead to a substantial lessening of competition in the relevant market or raise any competition concerns,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n

During merger analysis, the Authority also considers the impact that a proposed transaction will have on public interest.<\/p>\n

The public interest concerns considerations include theextent to which a proposed merger would impact employment, impact on competitiveness of SMEs, impact on particular sectors and impact on the ability of national industries to compete in international markets.<\/p>\n

The acquirer has agreed to retain all the 69 permanent employees for at least one year from the completion date of the transaction.<\/p>\n

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