On 9 October 2026 the Czech competition authority ÚOHS announced that it had cleared, without conditions and in a simplified procedure, the acquisition of ALCO by AL INVEST; the decision is final. ALCO, based in the Bruntál region, buys, sorts and processes aluminium waste and produces briquettes, granulates, powders and ingots from recycled aluminium. The cleared transaction also covers L.K.E.-Pivovarská, owned by the same owner, which the authority says is not active on any market. AL INVEST is part of the group headed by MTX Group a.s. and makes aluminium products — mainly aluminium packaging and foils, and rolled semi-finished products such as sheets, strips and plates used in the automotive, construction and printing industries. The MTX group is also active in metal purchasing and trading, automated machines and production lines, and coal processing and coke production. The seller and the price were not disclosed.