March 24 (Reuters) - Schindler would be ready

to challenge a merger deal between rivals Kone and TK

Elevator before antitrust authorities, the head of the Swiss

lift maker told Reuters on Tuesday.

Schindler CEO Paolo Compagna said a merger would be a

"bloodbath" bound to disrupt the industry, as the world's third-

and fourth-largest lift manufacturers would need to fit together

overlapping customer bases, production sites and teams.