The Commerce Commission has received a clearance application from Kegstar New Zealand Limited to acquire kegs, beacons attached to those kegs or held in inventory, and New Zealand keg records, from Konvoy New Zealand Limited.
Kegstar and Konvoy both supply beer kegs to breweries on a rental basis, as well as providing logistics services.
Kegstar is owned by MicroStar Logistics, LLC which operates a keg services business across Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US.
Konvoy is owned by Konvoy Holdings Pty Limited, which operates a keg services business in Australia and New Zealand. Konvoy was placed into receivership in March 2025 and went into liquidation on 30 May 2025.
A public version of the clearance application will be available shortly on the Commission's case register.
Background
We will only give clearance to a proposed merger if we are satisfied that the merger is unlikely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition in a market.
