Attendees Procurement Summit 2025

Alliance Healthcare Deutschland GmbH (formerly Andreae-Noris Zahn AG, abbreviated to ANZAG), based in Frankfurt am Main, is a pharmaceutical wholesaler and is now part of the US group Walgreens Boots Alliance.

With over 20 branches, the company has a dense delivery network; it is also active in the areas of healthcare logistics and information services via subsidiaries and shareholdings. In January 2013, Andreae-Noris Zahn was delisted in a squeeze-out and the company was renamed Alliance Healthcare Germany in April 2013.

Apleona Group GmbH is a German service provider in the property sector based in Neu-Isenburg. Apleona is one of the leading facility management companies in Germany.

Atruvia AG is the digitalization partner in the Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe. The company combines decades of expert knowledge in banking and information technology. The IT solutions and services tailored specifically to banks range from data center operations and the Atruvia banking process to app development. The company uses forward-looking technologies such as smart data and places great emphasis on process optimization and regulation. 
 
With administrative headquarters in Karlsruhe and Münster and branches in Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin, the company currently employs almost 8,400 people in the group of companies, who together generate an annual group turnover of around 1.77 billion euros. Atruvia's customers include around 820 Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken in Germany, the companies of the cooperative financial group as well as numerous private banks and companies from other sectors, including ADAC. Atruvia manages around 164,000 banking workstations and administers almost 86 million customer accounts. With over 32,000 of its own self-service machines throughout Germany, the company ensures a smooth cash supply across the country. Atruvia operates the agree21 banking procedure in its high-security data centers. 

B. Braun SE is one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical technology, pharmaceutical products and services. Its headquarters are located in Melsungen in the Schwalm-Eder district of Hesse.

Bank Indonesia has one single overarching objective: to establish and maintain rupiah stability. This objective incorporates two key aspects: the first is a stable rupiah for goods and services, reflected by the inflation rate. The second is exchange rate stability against other foreign currencies, which is reflected by rupiah performance against other foreign currencies. In terms of Bank Indonesia’s roles and functions, accountability and transparency principles are applied through the regular and open publication of information to the public via the mass media, at the beginning of each year, regarding the evaluation of monetary policy implementation in the previous year, as well as monetary policy planning and the setting of monetary targets for the year ahead. Such information is also delivered in writing to the President and House of Representatives.

Driving Surface Solutions: For over 130 years, BASF Coatings has been shaping the market for surface solutions with our expertise and a global team of around 11,400 employees at more than 70 locations. As a leading global supplier, they develop, produce and market high-quality, innovative and sustainable automotive and automotive coatings, refinish coatings, architectural coatings and applied surface technology for metal, plastic and glass substrates for numerous industries.

Beiersdorf AG is a German multinational company that manufactures and retails personal-care products and pressure-sensitive adhesives.

Bertelsmann is a German private multinational conglomerate based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates and also active in the service sector and education.

 

Binz Ambulance- und Umwelttechnik GmbH is a coachbuilding company and manufacturer of special vehicles. Binz was founded in 1936 as Lorcher Karosseriefabrik Binz & Co by Michael Binz in Lorch. The company mainly built taxis, lorries and convertibles based on standard vehicles. The first ambulances were also produced. During the Second World War, lorry cabs and personnel carriers were produced.

With our basic research and development of immunotherapies, we aim to improve the health of people worldwide by utilising the full potential of the immune system to fight cancer and infectious diseases. We are driven by our belief in scientific precision, innovation and passion. BioNTech was founded by scientists and physicians to improve people's lives through the combination of science and its optimal implementation. 

The Bohle Group is one of the world's leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of glass fittings, tools, machines and industrial products as well as consumables for glass processing and finishing. Especially in the area of sliding doors and shower fittings, Bohle AG has steadily expanded its competencies in recent years and thus developed from a supplier to a manufacturer of high-quality product solutions for all aspects of interior design with glass.

TSC Holding GmbH is the holding company in which all activities of the Brabus Group are summarised. The company is based in Bottrop. Brabus is involved in the trade of vehicles, vehicle tuning and the restoration of Mercedes-Benz models in particular. Brabus is also a registered vehicle manufacturer.

The Burda Procurement GmbH is responsible for the strategic and operational procurement of products and services for Hubert Burda Media and its companies.

BWI GmbH is the IT system house of the German Armed Forces and IT service provider for the federal government. The wholly-owned federal company currently has over 7,700 employees at more than 40 locations throughout Germany and is headed by Managing Directors Frank Leidenberger (Chairman), Katrin Hahn and Christian Marwitz.

The company's headquarters are located in the Merl district of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Meckenheim near Bonn. The building was erected on the former site of the DRK Federal School.

In addition to BWI GmbH, the Federal Information Technology Centre (ITZBund) exists as a central IT service provider for the German federal administration.

Covestro AG is a listed materials manufacturer headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany. The company emerged from the former plastics division of Bayer AG in 2015 and until then operated under the name Bayer Material Science. It develops, produces and markets polymer materials at around 50 sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

 

Today, DAW SE (Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn) is the holding company of the Caparol Group, which emerged from it. In 2007, the company was the fourth largest company in the paint and coatings industry in Germany

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG for short, often referred to colloquially as DB or the railway) is a federally owned railway group.

As one of the world's most valuable brands, we design innovative solutions and products in the areas of connectivity, networks, digitalization and security. #connectingyourworld

The DYNOS Group is an international company headquartered in Troisdorf, Germany. It is a leading system provider for the global abrasives market and specialises in the production of vulcanised fibre, one of the oldest bioplastics in the world. This material serves as the basis for high-performance abrasive discs and is supplied by DYNOS to leading manufacturers worldwide.
In addition to vulcanised fibre, DYNOS also produces special papers and pulp solutions from recycled materials. The company attaches great importance to sustainability and develops products made from recycled raw materials in order to meet modern requirements for environmentally friendly business practices.

Endress+Hauser is a leading global provider of measuring instruments, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. We offer process solutions for flow, level, pressure and temperature measurement, analytical measurement, data logging and digital communication to optimise processes in terms of economic efficiency, safety and environmental impact. Our customers operate in a wide range of industries, such as chemicals, energy and power plants, basic materials, metals & mining, food, life sciences, oil and gas and water/wastewater.

Engel Austria GmbH is a globally active manufacturer of injection moulding machines and associated automation systems with its headquarters in Schwertberg, Austria.

Eppendorf, a company with its registered office in Germany, develops, produces and sells products and services for laboratories around the world.

Eppendorf products are used in academic and industrial research laboratories, e.g. in companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and food industries. They are also used in laboratories that perform clinical or environmental analysis, in forensic laboratories, and in industrial laboratories where industrial process analysis, production and quality assurance are performed. Eppendorf describes its business as consisting of three divisions: liquid handling, cell handling, and sample handling.

 

ERGO is one of the major insurance groups in Germany and Europe. Worldwide, the Group is represented in around 30 countries and focuses on the regions of Europe and Asia. 

 

Since 1987, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 63,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 60 countries, operating over 950 laboratories.  

We offer clients and contractors an innovative publication and communication platform for awarding contracts.

More than 50 employees work at the modern company location in Dresden and support over 100,000 customers in the awarding and procurement environment.

EWE AG (formerly Energieversorgung Weser-Ems) is a utility company in the fields of electricity, natural gas, telecommunications and information technology. Currently organised as a German stock corporation, EWE is considered the fifth largest energy supply company in Germany.

At H&M, we welcome you to be yourself and feel like you truly belong. Help us reimagine the future of an entire industry by making everyone look, feel, and do good.

 

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has been operating a future-oriented port management system from a single source since 2005 and is active wherever efficiency, safety and cost-effectiveness are required in the Port of Hamburg. The HPA meets the growing demands of the port with intelligent and innovative solutions. The HPA is responsible for the efficient, resource-conserving and sustainable planning and implementation of infrastructure measures in the port and is the point of contact for all questions relating to water and landside infrastructure, the safety and ease of shipping traffic, port railway facilities, property management and economic conditions in the port.

Hamburger Energiewerke GmbH is a privately organised energy supply company owned by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Following the merger of Wärme Hamburg (formerly Vattenfall Wärme Hamburg GmbH) and Hamburg Energie in January 2022, Hamburger Energiewerke is Hamburg's largest energy company. Hamburger Energiewerke supplies 168,000 customers with electricity and gas and provides around a quarter of Hamburg's useful heat.

Hamburger Sparkasse AG is the leading bank for private customers and medium-sized corporate customers in the Hamburg metropolitan region. 

 

Hapag-Lloyd AG is a transport and logistics company headquartered in Hamburg.

HelloFresh supplies everything you need to prepare quality, delicious, home-cooked meals that require no planning, no shopping and no hassle. Every ingredient needed for our thousands of exclusive recipes is carefully planned, locally sourced and delivered to your door when it’s most convenient for you. 

HELM AG is a family-owned, internationally active company based in Hamburg, Germany. With over 120 years of experience, HELM is one of the leading distributors in the chemical industry. The company operates in more than 30 countries, supplying chemicals, crop protection products, pharmaceutical ingredients, fertilizers, and food and feed additives worldwide.

Hermes Europe is an umbrella organisation of eleven companies, including Hermes Germany GmbH (HG for short) and Hermes Einrichtungs Service GmbH & Co. KG (HES for short). Hermes Europe was founded in 2009 and is a subsidiary of the Otto Group in the Service segment. Hermes Europe is the successor to Hermes-Versand, which was founded in Hamburg in 1972 by Otto-Versand and the Werner Velbinger Organisation.

The range of services offered by the companies operating under the Hermes brand includes sourcing, quality assurance, transport, fulfilment, parcel services (B2C and C2C sector) and 2-man handling. Hermes employs around 15,500 people worldwide.

Hesse GmbH & Co. KG, based in Hamm, Westphalia, is the leading German manufacturer of lacquers and stains, particularly for interior wood surfaces.

The Hesse company was founded in 1910 by Fritz and Karl Hesse and is still family-owned today. The managing partners are currently Hans Jürgen Hesse and Jens Hesse, who are the third and fourth generations of the family to run the company.

With more than 450 employees at its headquarters in Hamm, Hesse is one of the largest employers in the city, with a further 50 employees working abroad. In 2012, the training quota was over 9% with 40 trainees.

The Hesse Group has its own sites in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Belgium, France, the Middle East and China.

The customer base ranges from craft businesses to industrial customers.

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is a leading European logistics company with over 6,000 employees.

 

Since 200 TES has become a global leader in sustainable technology lifecycle solutions for the commissioning, deployment and retirement of technology assets.

We provide comprehensive services for IT and data center devices throughout their lifecycle — from deployment to decommissioning to disposition — all the way through to recycling and end-of-life repurposing. 
 

HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie GmbH supplies Hamburg and northern Germany with fuels, heating products and raw materials for the chemical industry. Efficiency, safety, the high availability and quality of our products and the extremely long service lives of our committed employees are the guarantors of our sustainable success. As a forward-looking and energy-efficient company, we are actively involved in the energy transition through innovative concepts and can thus make an important contribution to a lower CO2 future. We have therefore been a reliable partner for our customers and an attractive employer for more than 30 years.

Home Shopping Europe GmbH, known under the HSE brand, is a home shopping and e-commerce company that presents and sells its products on television and other channels. Since 15 January 2021, HSE has been advertising with the new claim and sound logo (brand relaunch): "HSE. Here Shopping Entertains."

HSE broadcasts a 24-hour programme and sells its products to customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

There's always something to do!

And that for over 140 years. A family history that no other company in the DIY sector can tell you about! Six generations have made HORNBACH what it is today: one of the leading DIY companies in Germany and Europe with more than 160 stores, over 24,000 employees and net sales of over 5.5 billion euros.

HORNBACH is more than just a normal DIY store. HORNBACH is the home and DIY paradise for young and old, for men and women, for small and large projects.

As a Hamburg sports club, we are committed to the model of honorable merchants and focus our actions on making a contribution to sustainability. In doing so, we use the power of sport - especially soccer - to act as a multiplier for sustainable development.

We have been operating as a non-profit organisation in Berlin (Germany) since our foundation in 2018 and are always happy to welcome new members who want to get actively involved in sustainable business. Further information on our organisational structure and membership can be found here.

Our focus is on applied research. Our topics are sustainable tourism, sustainable procurement and the influence of digital developments on these areas. We want to motivate and inspire organisations to integrate sustainable management into their business processes. The transfer of knowledge from theory to practice is particularly important to us: we share our expertise and experience in various formats and promote dialogue and networking between stakeholders in particular.

Klosterfrau Zürich AG (also Klosterfrau Healthcare Group) is a Swiss pharmaceutical company in the self-medication sector with headquarters in Zurich and operational headquarters in Cologne. The Group's main product is Klosterfrau Melissa Spirit, a distillate made from medicinal plants.

Körber AG, based in Hamburg, is a management holding company that manages the Körber Group as a stock corporation with the four Business Areas Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies. With more than 12,000 employees and more than 100 locations worldwide, the Group generated sales of around 2.9 billion euros in 2023.

Lactosan is one of the leading manufacturers of products based on live lactic acid bacteria. The core business is the production and formulation of probiotics for animal nutrition and the production of starter cultures for silage as animal feed and for biogas production. The company's strength lies in the realisation of ideas, the development of new products or processes, and production on an industrial scale. The extensive process knowledge and experience in biotechnological production, which is based on many years of research and development activities, is utilised for the contract production of a wide range of microorganisms through to the finished product.

Lemonaid Beverages GmbH is a social business founded in 2009 in Hamburg-St. Pauli that promotes social projects in the countries where the ingredients are grown by selling organic and Fairtrade drinks.

The Lufthansa Group is a global aviation group with around 240 companies.

Lufthansa Technik is the world's leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services and modifications in the civil aviation industry. With tailor-made maintenance programs and the most advanced repair procedures, they ensure the reliability and availability of their customers' aircraft fleets. With more than 26,000 employees* and over 30 international subsidiaries, the Lufthansa Technik Group offers a full range of aircraft technology services in the business segments Maintenance, Overhaul, Equipment Support, Engines, Landing Gear, VIP Services, Innovation and Digital Fleet Solutions to about 800 customers around the world. 

 

Marriott International, Inc. is a publicly traded US hotel company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, which operates, franchises and licences several hotel chains, including hotels, residential properties and timeshare properties. The company was founded in 1957 by John Willard Marriott and his wife Alice. Since the acquisition of Starwood (2016), Marriott has become the world's largest hotel chain.

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery , pet food and other food products and a provider of pet grooming services with annual sales of $45 billion in 2022.

The MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group is Europe's leading retailer of consumer electronics and related services. With its portfolio of formats and brands, MediaMarktSaturn responds flexibly to the needs of different customer groups and countries. The company includes the core brands MediaMarkt and Saturn, which comprehensively network their approximately 1,000 brick-and-mortar stores in 13 European countries with online sales platforms. The own brands PEAQ, KOENIC, ISY and ok. round off the portfolio. MediaMarktSaturn generated net sales of around €20.8 billion in the 2019/20 financial year with around 53,000 employees and is majority-owned by CECONOMY AG.

Together with our strong partners and the latest technology, we - Lisa, Tom and Farid - are actively shaping the future of energy. As part of Memodo, one of Germany's leading wholesalers in the field of renewable energies, we bring our expertise and passion to every project.

In our solar store, installers will find everything they need for modern energy projects: from solar modules, energy storage systems and inverters to substructures and wallboxes, heating systems and a wide range of accessories. We offer well thought-out complete solutions for homes and businesses - reliable, efficient and future-proof.

Mercedes-Benz commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz AG produces consumer luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles badged as Mercedes-Benz. From November 2019 onwards, Mercedes-Benz-badged heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) are managed by Daimler Truck, a former part of the Mercedes-Benz Group turned into an independent company in late 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest brand of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.

MEYER WERFT offers its customers innovations and technologies: car and passenger ferries as well as RoRo ships have been successfully constructed in Papenburg for decades. In order to stay successful in worldwide competition, production technology has been continuously extended. Today, MEYER WERFT has the most modern production premises in the shipbuilding industry.

Nestlé Deutschland AG, based in Frankfurt am Main, is one of the leading food companies in Germany and part of the globally operating Nestlé Group. With around 6,700 employees and 12 production sites, Nestlé offers a wide range of well-known brands such as Maggi, KitKat, Thomy, and Beba. The company stands for quality, innovation, and sustainability in food production.
 

NORMA Group is an international market leader in engineered and standardized joining and fluid-handling technology. With around 7,600 employees, NORMA Group supplies customers in over 100 countries with more than 40,000 product solutions. NORMA Group supports its customers and business partners in responding to global challenges such as climate change and the increasing scarcity of resources. NORMA Group’s products help reduce emissions harmful to the climate and use water more efficiently. Its innovative joining solutions are used in water supply, irrigation and drainage systems, vehicles with conventional and alternative drive systems, ships and aircraft, as well as buildings. NORMA Group generated sales of around EUR 1.2 billion in 2024. The company has a global network of 25 production sites and numerous sales offices in Europe, North, Central and South America and the Asia-Pacific region. Its headquarters are located in Maintal near Frankfurt/Main. NORMA Group SE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the regulated market (Prime Standard) and is a member of the SDAX.

For 140 years, you have been developing innovative solutions for the challenges of the shipbuilding and offshore industry. You offer globally recognised cutting-edge technology in the fields of air conditioning/ventilation, CBRN protection, refrigeration technology, fire extinguishing technology and piping technology. They also provide a comprehensive global service - all from a single source and customised to the needs of your customers. Whether naval vessels, merchant ships and special purpose vessels, passenger ships and mega yachts or offshore platforms: They are the reliable partner for customised solutions.

nu3 GmbH, a Berlin-based company specializing in functional nutrition products, was founded in 2011 and has been part of Shop Apotheke Europe N.V. (now Redcare Pharmacy) since 2018.

The ÖBB Business Competence Center (short ÖBB-BCC) is the shared service center of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and a 100% subsidiary of ÖBB-Holding AG. It provides internal services across the ÖBB Group in areas such as IT, HR, procurement, and finance. With customized solutions, the ÖBB-BCC supports companies within the group to optimize their efficiency and business processes.

Orion Engineered Carbons is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Carbon Black. With more than 100 years of industry experience, we offer standard and high-performance products for Coatings, Printing Inks, Polymers, Rubber and other applications. Our high-quality Gas Blacks, Furnace Blacks and Specialty Carbon Blacks tint, colorize and enhance the performance of plastics, paints and coatings, inks and toners, adhesives and sealants, tires, and manufactured rubber goods such as automotive belts and hoses.

Otto GmbH & Co KG is a German mail order company and currently one of the world's biggest e-commerce companies. It is based in Hamburg, and operates in more than twenty countries.

Ottobock is a group of companies based in Duderstadt, Germany, which is divided into two core areas: orthopaedics and information and communication technology.

Porsche Holding GmbH is an international vehicle dealer based in Salzburg. The business segments of Porsche Holding are wholesale and retail with the brands of Volkswagen AG, financial services and IT system development. The company is part of the VW Group.

The Porsche Lifestyle GmbH & Co. KG (“Porsche Lifestyle Group”), a subsidiary of Porsche AG, was founded in 2003. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and Porsche Design Management GmbH, Salzburg, combined their activities in the distribution of accessories, apparel and sporting goods in the design and licensing business within the “Porsche Lifestyle Group”. The mission is to offer the lifestyle beyond automotive for those who follow their dreams. Porsche Lifestyle transfers the fascination and the myth Porsche to different areas of life.

If frozen pizzas, tobacco products, cosmetics or other products are always presented in the best possible viewing and handling position on the supermarket shelf, then there is most likely a POS TUNING system behind it. As the name suggests, we “tune”, i.e. optimize the POS (point of sale). When a product is removed from the shelf in a retail store, the products behind it are automatically pushed to the front of the shelf. With us, customers, industry and retail benefit equally. Customers are happy that their favorite product is easy to find and reliably available, while the industry and retailers have less shelf maintenance work and see increased sales thanks to the improved order and product presence. After all, customers can only buy what they see. With us, empty and untidy shelves are a thing of the past.

The online print shop for process optimization for all aspects of the procurement of business cards, business and marketing materials. Around 1,000 customers - from SMEs to large DAX corporations - order with little effort via Web2Print via our BusinessSolution. Your personalized business stationery and POS materials are ordered via your individual order portal - guaranteed in compliance with your CI specifications. Approval and correction processes, admin scenarios, centralized or decentralized ordering processes: Thanks to our in-house programming, we can react highly flexibly to your requirements and wishes - even when integrating your merchandise management or e-procurement system. PrintPlanet – your reliable partner when it comes to printing!
 

RATIONAL sees itself as an innovative solution provider. The highest priority is always customer satisfaction. This vision has made RATIONAL a global market and technology leader. Today, 140 million meals are prepared in RATIONAL appliances worldwide every day.

REWE Group, headquartered in Cologne, is one of the leading retail and tourism groups in Europe. As a reliable employer with around 384,000 employees, the cooperatively organized company forms a strong community that plays a decisive role in shaping change and the future of retail and tourism with a great deal of courage to innovate. REWE Group includes not only REWE supermarkets, but also companies such as PENNY, toom Baumarkt and DERTOUR Group. In all of REWE Group's associated sales lines, the focus is on always providing the best service for customers, retailers and employees while continuously breaking new ground. That's why REWE Group is looking for one thing above all else: employees who are ready to make a difference. REWE Group offers a wide range of professions, opportunities and prospects, selection and development options for questioners, storm-tested employees, high-flyers, inquisitive minds and innovation drivers. In addition, we offer an employee-oriented work concept, strong team spirit and an attractive range of benefits for health, retirement planning and work-life balance.

Rheinmetall AG is the management holding company of the Rheinmetall Group. Rheinmetall AG has a presence in two corporate sectors (automotive and defence) with six divisions, and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

 

Röchling Medical is a preferred supplier and development partner to leading pharmaceutical, biotech and medical technology companies worldwide. At six locations in Germany, the USA and China, we develop and manufacture customised pharmaceutical packaging and administration solutions, consumables for medical diagnostics as well as sophisticated components and assemblies for medical devices under clean room conditions.

SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) is a global leader in the chemical industry, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1976 and majority-owned by Saudi Aramco, the company operates in over 50 countries. SABIC produces plastics, chemicals, fertilizers, and metals for various industries. With a strong focus on innovation and sustainability, it drives global progress in the chemical sector.

Strong trunk, flexible shoots - a natural concept that has proven itself over thousands of years. DEUTSCHE GLAS customers benefit from a very similar system. As Germany's leading construction glass manufacturer and a subsidiary of the globally active SAINT-GOBAIN Group, we put down firm roots in the market a long time ago. These guarantee us stability in turbulent times, but also secure access to first-class primary products and ensure unhindered knowledge transfer at the highest international level.

As part of the SAINT-GOBAIN GLASSOLUTIONS network, which has over 200 production sites throughout Europe, DEUTSCHE GLAS is a member of a strong alliance and can draw on an unrivalled wealth of experience in the field of glass processing.
Our innovative and comprehensive range of products and services is marketed via a nationwide network of independent competence centres. For you, this means excellent personal support throughout Germany! Many DEUTSCHE GLAS companies are also members of the CLIMAplusSECURIT Group, a manufacturing and marketing community that is united by, among other things, adherence to common high quality standards.

Each of the DEUTSCHE GLAS companies specialises in a very specific area of construction glass production and processing. However, thanks to a standardised infrastructure and binding quality standards, our experts can access the knowledge and products of the entire group flexibly and quickly.

The tried and tested structures of a successful group combined with the expertise and capacities of the regionally based specialists add up to: special service, bundled knowledge, maximum delivery reliability, enormous product potential and synergies from which you can benefit!

 Sartorius Stedim Biotech specializes in biotechnology and life sciences. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes innovative equipment and single-use products for research, development, and production in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Schott AG is an international technology group known primarily for the production of speciality glass and glass ceramics. Founded in Jena in 1884, the company is headquartered in Mainz and employs around 17,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. The pharmaceutical packaging division was spun off into the subsidiary Schott Pharma in 2022.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is an internationally active and listed manufacturer of wind turbines based in Zamudio near Bilbao in the northern Spanish province of Vizcaya. The company is a subsidiary of Siemens Energy. It was created in April 2017 through the renaming of Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica S.A. following its merger with the former Siemens Wind Energy division. Alongside Vestas, Goldwind and GE Wind, Siemens Gamesa is one of the world's largest producers of onshore and offshore wind turbines and manufactures some of the world's most powerful wind turbines.

Siemens Healthineers AG is a listed manufacturer of medical technology and comprises Siemens' activities in this field.

The name ‘Healthineers’ is a portmanteau of ‘healthcare’, “engineer” and ‘pioneer’.

Siemens Healthineers is one of the world's largest providers in the healthcare sector, with employees in 70 countries.

ixt SE, headquartered in Pullach in the Isar Valley, is a listed, family-run group that operates in the fields of car rental, car sharing and transport services.

 

Sony Corporation commonly known as Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo. The company operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products. 

 

Stadtwerke Solingen has two business areas: On the one hand, we are a municipal utility company that reliably supplies customers in the region and beyond with electricity, gas and local heating, and performs tasks in the field of water conservation and water treatment. On the other hand, we are a regional transport service provider, providing local public transport in the Solingen catchment area and thus ensuring environmentally friendly mobility.

Starcar Europa Service Group AG is a German company operating in the car hire sector. The public limited company operates throughout Europe and has been headquartered in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, since 1998. It is a mobility service provider with more than 1,500 partner stations in Europe.

The Stockmeier Group is a family-owned chemical company based in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1920, it offers over 26,000 chemical products and operates internationally at more than 50 locations with around 2,000 employees. In 2022, it generated €2.1 billion in revenue

SWK AG is a municipal company based in Krefeld, providing services in energy, water, waste management, and transportation for the Niederrhein region. Through subsidiaries like SWK Energie, SWK Mobil, and NGN Netzgesellschaft, SWK offers sustainable infrastructure and modern solutions.

Tchibo GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, is one of Germany's largest consumer goods and retail companies.

Telefónica S.A. (formerly Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España) is a Spanish listed telecommunications company.

Telefónica is primarily active in Europe and the predominantly still fast-growing markets of Latin America. The Group is the market leader on the Spanish domestic market and in Latin America and operates under the Movistar, Vivo and O2 brands. Group companies include the internet portal Terra Networks and the call centre operator Atento. Telefónica has a global network. Telefónica Germany maintains a nationwide backbone of around 40,000 kilometres with 329 dial-up nodes.

Tesa is a brand name (proper spelling tesa; also Tesafilm) and also the name of Tesa SE, a subsidiary of Beiersdorf AG, which forms an independently managed subgroup. Under the family brand, the Tesa Group develops, produces and markets adhesive tapes and other adhesive materials for consumers and industry. tesa is one of the best-known brands in Germany.

The word Tesafilm has been included in the dictionary as a brand name. In Austria, on the other hand, Tixo is the best-known brand for adhesive tape. This is also a brand name to which Beiersdorf AG owns the rights.

ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate with focus on industrial engineering and steel production.

 

Trodat is the world's largest stamp manufacturer, Trotec is the global leader in laser plotters for engraving, cutting and marking and Iradion is the global market leader in ceramic CO2 laser sources.

In the 2023 financial year, the TroGroup generated sales totalling EUR 303 million and employed around 1,970 people in 44 international subsidiaries worldwide, including around 580 people in Austria.

The group of companies is present in more than 150 countries, with an export ratio of over 98 per cent. The TroGroup is based in Wels in Upper Austria, where the most important production site for stamp production, including research and development, is also located. Trotec's production and sales location is in Marchtrenk, about 2 kilometres from Wels.

TroGroup GmbH is 74.9% owned by the Müller-Just family foundations and 25.1% by the owners of the Lower Austrian ImWind Group.

The United Nations Children's Fund is a specialised agency of the United Nations and acts as one of its development policy bodies. It was founded on 11 December 1946, initially to help children in Europe after the Second World War. Today, the organisation works in over 190 countries and territories worldwide. The organisation's work focuses on developing countries and crisis areas around the world. There, UNICEF supports children and mothers in the areas of health, family planning, hygiene, nutrition and education and provides humanitarian aid in emergency situations. UNICEF is also a political advocate for children's rights, for example by campaigning against the abuse of children as soldiers or for the protection of refugee children. The organisation campaigns worldwide for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, programmes are also carried out to a lesser extent in industrialised countries, for example to protect refugee children.

Uniper SE is a listed company that was formed in 2016 by spinning off the conventional electricity generation from coal, gas, hydropower (excluding nuclear energy) and global energy trading from E.ON. Uniper has been 99.12 per cent owned by the Federal Republic of Germany since December 2022.

The company employs more than 6,800 people in over 40 countries. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf. The headquarters are located in the Capricorn building (Holzstraße 6) in the Medienhafen. One third of the employees work in Germany.

A total of 350 employees, employed full-time, part-time or on a temporary basis, shape the professional image of our family-run company through their actions. VfL Bochum 1848 is a Bochum boy. Blue and white are our colors, the Ruhrpott our region, Bochum our home and Castroper Straße our home! Deep in the west, we form a real community: the Kurve, members, employees, players and partners are fans. We accept all challenges and want to win every game - we work hard and honestly to achieve this.

Sustainable technologies for future generations.
The Voith Group is a globally active technology group. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive markets. Founded in 1867, Voith is today one of the largest family-owned companies in Europe with around 22,000 employees, €5.5 billion in sales and locations in over 60 countries around the world.

The Walbusch Walter Busch GmbH & Co. KG is a German corporate group based in Solingen, specializing in clothing and lifestyle products. The group includes the brands Walbusch, Avena, and Mey & Edlich. The company was founded in 1934 by Walter Busch.

Wintershall Dea AG is a German gas and oil producer, established in May 2019 through the merger of Wintershall and DEA Deutsche Erdoel. The company operates in 13 countries, including Europe, South America, the Middle East, North Africa, and Russia, focusing on the exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil. Its main offices are located in Kassel and Hamburg, and Wintershall Dea employs approximately 2,800 people worldwide.