Harald Pinger

Fresenius Kabi AG manufactures medical devices for therapies. It specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The firm offers infusion solutions for fluid substitution, blood volume replacement, intravenously administered drugs as well as the respective medical devices for the application, pump systems and infusion management systems. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.

Messer Group GmbH engages in the manufacture of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, inert welding gases, special gases, gases for medicinal use and gas mixtures. Its products include technical, breathing, welding, cutting and pharmaceutical gases, cry ice, and gas supply systems. The firm serves to the chemistry, food and beverages, construction, electronics, shipbuilding, and water treatment industries. The company was founded by Adolf Messer in 1897 and is headquartered in Bad Soden, Germany.

Still GmbH manufactures fork lift trucks and storage technology. The company engages in rental, financing and hiring services. It also supplies platform trucks, tractors and intralogistics systems. The firm’s products encompass electronic, diesel and LP gas forklift, warehousing, order picking stacker; low and high lift pallet trucks. The company was founded by Hans Still on February 1, 1920 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Unilever UK Ltd. manufactures, markets and distributes packaged consumer goods. The firm offers products in the areas of foods, home care and personal care. The company is headquartered in Leatherhead, the United Kingdom.

The Group's principal activities are operating departmental stores, real estate and mail order business. The Group operates under the following divisions : Retail Trade and Real Estate. Retail Trade division includes retail trade activities of departmental stores, real estate, restaurants, fashion bazaars, Beach mountain, Molino restaurants, bonus card and mail order through Jelmoli AG. Real Estate division provides real estate activities such as office space to rent; logistics centres, shopping centres and departmental stores. Buchental Handels AG and Preisinsel AG were sold during the year.

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.