John Feldmann

BASF Coatings GmbH designs, develops, produces, and markets automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinishes, industrial coatings, and decorative paints for customers worldwide. Its automotive OEM coatings include e-coats, primers, basecoats, and clearcoats. The firm also offers commercial transport products for the manufacturers of commercial vehicles, such as agricultural machines, construction machines, earthmovers, buses, tractor trailers, and trailers and railway vehicles; and special-purpose vehicles and bodies, including fire-fighting vehicles, cement mixers, and cattle trucks. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Munster, Germany.

Wintershall Holding GmbH explores and produces crude oil and natural gas. Its products include crude oil, natural gas and condensate. The firm's technology include exploration, development, production, enhanced oil recovery, and drilling. The company was founded by Carl Julius Winter and Heinrich Grimberg in 1894 and is headquartered in Kassel, Germany.

Cognis GmbH is a supplier of specialty chemicals and nutritional ingredients. Their products are used in industrial markets encompassing home care, nutrition and health, ion-transfer technology and institutional cleaning. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Monheim am Rhein, Germany.

KION Group GmbH was engaged in manufacturing of forklifts, warehouse equipment and other industrial trucks. The company was founded in August 2006 and was headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany.