Kai Hummel

GfK SE engages in the provision of market research services. Its solutions include consumer insights, consumer panels, distribution and supply chain management, geomarketing, in-store intelligence, media measurement, online pricing intelligence, point of sales analytics, point of sales tracking, printed advertising tracking, product catalogs, shopper, and trends and forecasting. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.

WMF Group GmbH provides cooking and kitchen equipment. It products include knives, kitchen gadgets, backing pans, and consumer electrics. The firm produces also pots, frying pans, dining, and drinking equipment. The company was founded by Daniel Straub in 1853 and is headquartered in Geislingen an der Steige, Germany.