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Abbott is a global healthcare company that develops and provides medical diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and pharmaceutical solutions.

Education is considered the most valuable gift that can be given to children. The team develops innovative educational approaches, reimagines the future of schooling, and is continuously inspired by the children themselves—embracing the belief that learning happens with and from one another.

Their mission is to provide every child with an education in an environment where they can reach their full potential, thrive both personally and academically, and grow into a valuable member of society.

ADAC Service GmbH is a subsidiary of ADAC and provides various services related to mobility and travel. These include roadside assistance, insurance services, and travel-related offerings. It supports members and customers with practical services in everyday life and while traveling.

AIXTRON is a German high-tech company that develops equipment for the manufacture of semiconductor materials and electronic components.

ARAG is a German insurance company that is the world's largest legal protection insurer and one of the major all-round insurers offering legal protection, health and other insurance products. It operates in around 19 countries.

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Badenova AG & Co. KG is an energy supply company in South Baden with its headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau.

BayWa r.e. is rethinking energy—how it is produced, stored, and best utilized to accelerate the renewable energy transition that is essential for the future of the planet.

As an international project developer, BayWa r.e.'s activities include the planning, development, and construction of wind, solar, and battery energy storage systems (BESS), as well as their operation, maintenance, and energy trading. The company is also a leading global supplier to the solar distribution market. With operations across key markets in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific, BayWa r.e. is actively shaping the future of energy while contributing to the fight against climate change.

Through innovation, creativity, and expertise, the company has successfully brought more than 6 GW of renewable energy online and manages over 12 GW of renewable energy assets, ensuring they operate at peak efficiency.

As a leading PV distributor, BayWa r.e. provides a comprehensive portfolio of products and industry-leading support to its customers.

Through its Climate Contribution approach, the company strategically invests in internal and external initiatives that follow climate action best practices, align with the Paris Agreement, and support continuous progress on its sustainability journey. Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, BayWa r.e. fosters an environment where everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

BayWa r.e. is jointly owned by two shareholders. BayWa AG, founded in 1923, is a global business that delivers innovative and sustainable solutions across the agriculture, building materials, and energy sectors. Energy Infrastructure Partners is a leading energy infrastructure investment firm that manages more than €7 billion on behalf of global investors.

Bergfreunde GmbH is an online retailer for mountain sports, climbing and outdoor equipment based in Kirchentellinsfurt

Böckmann Central Administration provides centralized administrative and support services for the Böckmann Group, ensuring efficient business operations across the organization. With a strong focus on reliability, expertise, and service excellence, it supports various business units in their administrative and organizational processes. By creating streamlined structures and efficient workflows, Böckmann Central Administration contributes to the long-term success and sustainable growth of the group.

Buro Happold is an international, integrated consultancy of engineers, designers, and advisers. For more than 45 years, the company has built an outstanding reputation by delivering creative, value-driven solutions that benefit people, places, and the planet.

Recognized by its clients as passionate, innovative, and collaborative, Buro Happold is renowned for delivering exceptionally complex projects across every continent. Working alongside some of the world's leading architectural practices and organizations, including the United Nations, UNESCO, and C40 Cities, the company leverages its global network of engineering, advisory, and design professionals to help address the major challenges of an ever-evolving world.

Cohu is a leading global supplier of semiconductor test handlers and contactors, as well as a growing provider of automated test equipment, inspection and metrology solutions, and data analytics software. Through its broad and differentiated product portfolio, the company helps optimize semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity, enabling customers to accelerate their time-to-market.

Headquartered in Poway, California, Cohu is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ (COHU) and employs approximately 3,000 people worldwide. The company is recognized as a market leader in semiconductor test and inspection & metrology handlers, test contactors, and RF Power Amplifier/Front-End Module testing.

As a distributor, ComLine combines extensive industry expertise and in-depth market knowledge with the strong personal commitment of its employees.

For many manufacturers, ComLine is the ideal distribution partner for accessing their target markets and customers directly. The company focuses on creating sustainable and profitable business opportunities for its customers and manufacturing partners while building long-term, successful partnerships.

CompuGroup Medical is one of the world’s leading e-health companies and generated annual revenue of €1.21 billion in 2025. The company’s software solutions support medical and administrative processes in medical practices, pharmacies, laboratories, hospitals, and social care facilities. Its information services for healthcare stakeholders and web-based personal health records contribute to a safer and more efficient healthcare system.

The foundation of CompuGroup Medical’s services is its unique customer base, which includes physicians, dentists, pharmacies, other healthcare professionals in outpatient and inpatient facilities, as well as insurance and pharmaceutical companies. CompuGroup Medical operates its own locations in 19 countries and distributes its products in 60 countries worldwide. More than 8,700 highly qualified employees are dedicated to developing sustainable solutions that address the continuously growing demands of the healthcare sector.

Headquartered in Ober-Ramstadt, southern Hesse, Germany, Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn (DAW) has been developing, manufacturing, and distributing premium products for buildings and construction protection for more than 130 years.

Founded in 1895 and family-owned for five generations, the DAW Group is today the largest privately owned company in its industry in Europe and the umbrella organization for numerous strong brands. With innovative coating systems for building façades, interiors, and industrial surfaces, DAW enhances the performance of buildings and contributes to creating healthier, more efficient, better-designed, and more sustainable environments for people to live and work in.

Dentsu is a global network that helps brands anticipate and plan for disruptive future opportunities while creating new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. The company combines deep knowledge of people with insights-driven strategies to connect brands, content, commerce, and experiences through modern creativity.

Designed for what comes next, Dentsu brings together expertise, innovation, and technology to help organizations navigate change and build meaningful connections with their audiences.

Deutsche Bahn AG is a federally owned railroad group. The company is organized as a stock corporation and is wholly owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport.

 

Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, is driving the quality-oriented expansion of fiber-optic networks all the way to your home (FTTH – Fiber To The Home). In doing so, the company is making an important contribution to Germany’s digital transformation and laying the groundwork for you to benefit from a high-performance, future-proof digital infrastructure.

With a clear focus on self-financed expansion, Deutsche GigaNetz aims to provide comprehensive fiber-optic coverage to municipalities. In doing so, it makes effective use of existing infrastructure and leverages government funding programs.

High-quality installation methods result in a sustainable, high-quality network for future generations. As an open-access solution, the network is available to other providers on a non-discriminatory basis. At the same time, Deutsche GigaNetz actively contributes to greater environmental sustainability in local communities through the lower energy consumption of its fiber-optic networks compared to conventional copper networks.

Deutsche Post, headquartered in Bonn, is a listed logistics and postal company.

 

DHL is a German parcel and express mail service founded in 1969 in San Francisco by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn, which has been part of Deutsche Post DHL Group as DHL International GmbH since 2002. The name is an acronym made up of the first letters of the founders' last names. The company is managed by Deutsche Post as a family brand in the Express, Global Forwarding, Freight and Supply Chain divisions, as well as the Parcel and eCommerce products. According to its own statements, DHL is one of the world's leading brands in logistics.

 

The DKMS Group is one of the most significant nonprofit organization in the world dedicated to fighting blood cancer and blood disorders. With twelve entities, a global presence in seven countries on five continents and a strong commitment to saving lives, we work tirelessly to connect patients with matching blood stem cell donors. Our mission is to increase the number of potential donors worldwide, enhance the ethnic diversity of our database, provide life-saving transplants to patients in need, and improve patient outcome. That’s why we are expanding our efforts to help patients worldwide with our international support programs to enhance the access to transplantation as well as with our medical and scientific work.

Parfümerie Douglas GmbH is an international perfumery chain founded in Hamburg in 1910 and based in Düsseldorf. 

ELA Container is a global leader in mobile space solutions using container construction and continues to grow steadily. With a diverse product portfolio, the company provides flexible solutions for a wide range of space requirements and applications – whether as childcare facilities, offices, medical practices, or customized individual projects.

Together with its approximately 1,600 employees across 18 locations worldwide, ELA Container has built its success on quality, innovation, and tailored space concepts.

ERO GmbH is a family-owned company with 270 employees and is Germany’s largest manufacturer of vineyard machinery as well as the country’s only manufacturer of grape harvesters. ERO exports its products to all major wine-growing regions around the world and is one of the leading companies in the industry.

Europa-Park is an amusement and theme park in Rust in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg. With over 5.4 million visitors in 2022, it is the most visited theme park in the German-speaking world.

WHW Hillebrand is one of Europe’s most innovative companies specializing in advanced corrosion protection and functional coatings. Founded in 1937 and still family-owned, the company has developed into the largest and most efficient provider in the field of protective finishing for mass-produced components using zinc-nickel alloy coatings.

WHW Hillebrand stands for protection, functionality, and aesthetics. To ensure consistently high quality standards, the company operates its own research and development units dedicated to continuously improving coating technologies and creating customized coating solutions tailored to customer requirements.

With its extensive expertise and experience, the company employs around 700 people and offers a comprehensive service model that covers almost all requirements in the field of cathodic corrosion protection.

Munich Airport is one of Europe’s most powerful aviation hubs and far more than just an airport: it is a connected center for innovation and business, as well as one of Bavaria’s largest places of employment.

Foodji is a company that operates digital chilled vending machines providing fresh meals and snacks at workplaces and public locations.

The company is a reliable partner for municipalities, industry, and commercial enterprises when it comes to the secure supply and efficient management of infrastructure. Its portfolio includes comprehensive services related to drinking water, energy, wastewater, and other areas of public services.

With around 1,500 dedicated employees – its “blue-green team” – the company offers a broad range of services and cooperation models. Whether managing networks or facilities in the fields of drinking water, energy, or wastewater, the company ensures that infrastructure is operated efficiently and continuously developed in a sustainable and future-oriented manner.

GlasfaserPlus is bringing the network of the future to regions across Germany and is committed to making fast and reliable internet access as essential and accessible as water and electricity. Especially outside major urban areas, digital participation is not yet a reality everywhere – which is why the company is expanding fiber-optic infrastructure in more rural regions.

The name GlasfaserPlus represents both the company and its mission: making modern digital infrastructure available to everyone. GlasfaserPlus continues to work towards connecting as many people as possible to the network of the future and enabling digital participation for all.

Gradiant is a Different Kind of Water Company. With a full suite of differentiated and proprietary end-to-end solutions for advanced water and wastewater treatment powered by the top minds in water, the company serves its clients’ mission-critical operations in the world’s essential industries, including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, lithium and critical minerals, and renewable energy. Gradiant’s innovative solutions reduce water used and wastewater discharged, reclaim valuable resources, and renew wastewater into freshwater. The Boston-headquartered company was founded at MIT and has over 1,300 employees worldwide. 

Hansgrohe SE is a German manufacturer of sanitary technology products such as faucets, showers, thermostats, drains and bathroom accessories. The company is headquartered in Schiltach in the Black Forest.

 

Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA) is the largest transport company in Hamburg. It operates the Hamburg underground railway and a large part of the Hamburg city bus network within the Hamburg Transport Association (HVV).

INNEXIS is a full-service partner for the pharmaceutical and life science industries with more than 25 years of experience. As the owner and operator of pharmaceutical and life science parks in Europe and a provider of specialized engineering and logistics solutions, the company, headquartered in Marburg, develops future-oriented and sustainable infrastructure solutions for the life science sector.

INNEXIS’ service portfolio includes engineering, energy supply, logistics, and comprehensive site management. Through its specialization in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, combined with extensive regulatory expertise, strong GxP capabilities, and close integration with key process interfaces, the company ensures safety, reliability, and efficiency.

Since 2022, INNEXIS has been owned by Swiss Life Asset Managers, a leading provider of real estate asset management solutions, and Gelsenwasser, one of Germany’s largest public infrastructure investors and site operators.

INNEXIS employs 850 people directly. Around 7,500 experts work across the company’s pharmaceutical and life science parks in Marburg, Jena, and Orth.

Jägermeister SE is a German spirits company best known for its iconic herbal liqueur, Jägermeister. Founded in 1878 and headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, the family-owned company distributes its products in over 150 countries worldwide and is recognized as one of the leading premium spirits brands globally.

The City of Kiel is one of the most attractive employers in the region, offering a wide range of diverse tasks, flexible working hours, and extensive opportunities for professional development and further training. In addition to providing secure employment, the city offers its employees numerous additional benefits and a modern working environment.

Every day, the City of Kiel focuses on addressing the needs of its residents and working on key areas such as the economy, environment, finance, culture, social affairs, healthcare, housing, sports, education, and many other fields. Through its work, the city actively shapes Kiel’s future and contributes to enhancing the quality of life in the region.

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods. The company leverages its worldwide presence and extensive asset network to serve customers and consumers around the globe, delivering the right products to the right locations at the right time – safely, responsibly, and reliably.

Louis Dreyfus Company’s activities cover the entire value chain from farm to fork across a broad range of business lines, including Grains & Oilseeds, Food & Feed Solutions, Coffee, Cotton, Juice, Rice, Sugar, Freight, and Global Markets. Since its foundation in 1851, the company has continuously expanded its portfolio and expertise.

Through the sourcing, processing, and transportation of approximately 100 million tons of products each year, Louis Dreyfus Company helps feed and clothe around 500 million people worldwide. Organized as a matrix structure comprising six geographical regions and nine business platforms, the company operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 20,000 people globally.

Established in 1949, the Liebherr Group today is not only one of the biggest construction equipment manufacturers in the world, but also offers high-quality, user-oriented products and services in many other areas. The family-run technology company employs nearly 50,000 people in over 150 companies worldwide.
Liebherr’s product range includes the segments Earthmoving, Deep Foundation Machines, Mobile and Crawler Cranes, Tower Cranes, Concrete Technology, Material Handling Technology, Mining, Maritime Cranes, Aerospace and Transportation Systems, Gear Technology and Automation Systems, Refrigeration and Freezing, Components as well as Hotels in Ireland, Austria and Germany.
The Group’s parent company is Liebherr-International AG located in Bulle, Switzerland, which is entirely owned by members of the Liebherr family.

Lufthansa Group Business Services helps companies manage business travel efficiently. Corporate clients can book flights through dedicated programs and benefit from advantages within the Miles & More program. It also offers tailored solutions for travel management and reporting.

Marriott International, Inc. is a publicly traded U.S. hotel company based in Bethesda, Maryland that operates, franchises and licenses several hotel chains, including hotels, residential properties and timeshare properties. The company was founded by J. Willard Marriott and his wife, Alice Marriott. Since the acquisition of Starwood, Marriott has become the largest hotel chain in the world.

 

Every day, the company works to support all members of its community of solidarity and help them access the care they need.

Miele & Cie. KG is a German manufacturer of household and commercial appliances based in Gütersloh.

Miles & More is the frequent flyer program of the Lufthansa Group. Members earn miles through flights, hotel stays, and purchases with partner companies. These miles can be redeemed for award flights, upgrades, or other benefits.

Netto ApS & Co. is part of the Netto supermarket chain, originally from Denmark. The company operates many discount stores across Europe, including Germany. It is known for low prices and a simple range of everyday products.

PFEIFER is an internationally operating family-owned company headquartered in Germany, with more than 444 years of tradition in the production of ropes. The PFEIFER Group operates across various business fields and is divided into two divisions: Ropes & Services and Lifting.

PFEIFER provides solutions for a wide range of applications in the construction, logistics, and architecture industries. Its product portfolio ranges from wire ropes for construction machinery and elevators, to lifting equipment and load handling devices, as well as transport and connection systems for precast concrete construction.

Creating efficiency – achieving significantly greater efficiency through smart and creative solutions. This is the guiding principle of the companies within the PIA Group, united under PIA Automation.

With decades of continuously developed expertise and more than 8,500 successfully implemented projects, the PIA Group has become one of the world’s leading specialists in automation.

More than 1,800 employees across 12 interconnected locations in Europe, North America, and Asia make PIA a global partner that continuously rethinks automation in the areas of automotive, medical, consumer goods, electronics, and testing – reliably, flexibly, and sustainably.

With its own Industry 4.0 solutions, PIA provides customers with significant advantages in the digitalization and connectivity of production processes.

Puig is a home of Love Brands, within a family company, that furthers wellness, confidence and self-expression while leaving a better world.

Since 1914, our company’s entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and passion for innovation have made Puig a global leader in the premium beauty industry. Present in the fragrances and fashion, makeup and skincare business segments, our home of Love Brands generates engagement through great storytelling that connects with people’s emotions and is reinforced by a powerful ecosystem of founders. Puig portfolio includes our brands Rabanne, Carolina Herrera, Charlotte Tilbury, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nina Ricci, Dries Van Noten, Byredo, Penhaligon’s, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Uriage, Apivita, Dr. Barbara Sturm, Kama Ayurveda and Loto del Sur as well as the beauty licenses of Christian Louboutin, Banderas and Adolfo Dominguez, among others.

The Rewe Group (proper spelling: REWE Group, acronym from Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften), headquartered in Cologne, is an internationally active trading group with a second mainstay in tourism. 

 

Roland Berger is the only leading global strategy consultancy of European origin. The firm combines deep industry expertise with broad experience across core management functions and transformation programs. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Munich, Roland Berger supports companies worldwide in shaping and executing complex transformations – from strategic repositioning and performance improvement to the development and application of data-driven, AI-enabled solutions. The firm is committed to embedding sustainability across all its projects. In 2025, Roland Berger generated revenues of over EUR 1 bn.

Roland Berger's advisory expertise is particularly centered on Transformation & Corporate Performance, value creation through AI & Digitalization, and helping organizations navigate Geostrategic Resilience & European Sovereignty.

Dirk Rossmann GmbH is one of the largest drugstore chains in Europe with its headquarters in Burgwedel near Hanover. The company, founded in 1972 by Dirk Roßmann, achieved sales of around 10.3 billion euros in 2020 and has around 2,200 branches in Germany with around 33,400 employees.

 

At Saverto, the company stands for future-oriented solutions that provide protection and safety. With pioneering expertise and a sustainable mindset, Saverto is shaping a future world that is safer for everyone.

The Saverto brands are leading manufacturers of state-of-the-art fire protection products and systems for passive structural and industrial fire protection. With established brands and innovative developments, the company offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in Europe – for applications on land, at sea, and in the air.

Saverto’s solutions reliably and sustainably protect people’s lives, assets, and infrastructure. In-house research, development, and production at multiple locations ensure the highest quality standards and a diverse range of products.

Siemens AG is a German conglomerate focusing on automation and digitalization in industry, infrastructure for buildings, decentralized energy systems, mobility solutions for rail and road transport and medical technology.

Swiss Life Germany is a leading provider of financial and pension solutions.

Under the Swiss Life brand, private and corporate customers have access to flexible insurance products and services. The brands Swiss Life Select, tecis, HORBACH, and ProVentus stand for comprehensive and personalized financial advice.

Swiss Life Germany is part of the Swiss Life Group, headquartered in Zurich. The headquarters of its financial advisory companies are located in Hanover, which is also home to its Career Campus – a modern seminar and conference center.

Swisscom AG is the largest telecommunications company and one of the largest IT companies in Switzerland.

 

Targobank is a German bank that offers financial and banking services such as accounts, loans, savings and investment products to private, business and corporate customers. It is part of the French Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale. 

Berner Group Holding SE & Co. KG is the operational parent company of the Berner Group, a pan-European group of companies that trades in fastening and assembly technology for the construction, metalworking and automotive trades.

TIMOCOM connects everyone involved in logistics and makes road freight transport smart, safe, and simple.

More than 25 years ago, TIMOCOM’s founder recognized that logistics needed to become much smarter, more digital, and more international. The result was the TIMOCOM Marketplace. Today, TIMOCOM has grown into one of Europe’s most successful medium-sized IT and data specialists for the logistics industry and is one of Germany’s most popular IT employers.

The company continuously expands the TIMOCOM Marketplace with new, forward-looking digital solutions to help its customers keep the world moving in the future.

TIMOCOM’s employees share a common vision: a world without logistical challenges. In a complex and increasingly digital logistics industry, TIMOCOM ensures that the right freight and the right transport partners can be found quickly and efficiently. By digitizing logistics processes, the company makes logistics smart, safe, and simple.

With the TIMOCOM Marketplace, a leading platform for road freight transport, TIMOCOM helps reduce empty truck runs, making freight transportation more efficient and more sustainable by lowering CO₂ emissions.

Vantage Towers is one of Europe’s leading tower companies. Our infrastructure and technologies are creating better connections in an ever-changing, increasingly digital world.

With around 88,000 towers across 10 markets, we’re accelerating the digitisation of our communities by connecting people, businesses, and Internet-enabled devices like never before. We combine the scale, stability and quality of Europe’s leading tower network with the agility, optimism and energy of a start-up. We’re inspired by our past successes and excited by the opportunities in front of us.

In an emerging future, where mobile phones are only one component of a digital world inhabited by wearable technology and IoT, we provide the fabric for connecting hundreds of thousands of devices in just a single kilometre. We want operators, industry and agriculture to benefit from faster, greener, more reliable, more secure and more efficient connectivity. We want our markets, customers and consumers to take up a leading position at the forefront of a 5G world and meet both rural and urban demand. No matter the network coverage or capacity challenges, our infrastructure and people will come together to ensure our solutions stand the test of time, all the time.

Viessmann Generations Group is a purpose-driven family ecosystem, dedicated to deliver solutions to urgent global priorities: reducing greenhouse gases, improving air and water quality, securing food systems, advancing health and well-being, strengthening education and science, and upholding democratic values.
 

The WAGO Group is a global leader in connection and automation technology as well as interface electronics. As a family-owned company, WAGO has continuously developed since its foundation in 1951. Today, the Group employs around 9,000 people worldwide, including approximately 4,400 employees in Germany, where its headquarters are located in Minden, East Westphalia, and another site is located in Sondershausen, Thuringia. In 2024, the WAGO Group generated revenue of €1.24 billion.

WAGO products are used worldwide in industrial facilities, energy supply, process and building technology, mechanical and plant engineering, as well as transportation technology. They play a crucial role wherever electrical connections need to be established or complex automation systems need to be controlled. The reliability and safety of WAGO products help ensure that devices and systems operate smoothly and efficiently.

WHW Hillebrand is one of Europe’s most innovative companies specializing in advanced corrosion protection and functional coatings. Founded in 1937 and family-owned, the company has developed into the largest and most efficient provider in the field of protective finishing for mass-produced components using zinc-nickel alloy coatings.

WHW Hillebrand stands for protection, functionality, and aesthetics. To ensure consistently high quality standards, the company operates its own research and development units dedicated to the continuous improvement of coating technologies and the development of customized coating solutions.