Torsten Löffler

PlasticsEurope is a leading European trade association that aims to end plastic pollution by 2040 through a circular economy where all plastic applications are reused, recycled, and responsibly managed during and after use while enabling a lower greenhouse gas emissions plastic economy. The private company is based in Brussels, Belgium, with centers in other European cities. The Belgian company emphasizes the importance of sustainability and minimizing the impact of plastic production on the environment. PlasticsEurope supports the objectives set out in the Paris Agreement and the European Union’s ambition to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Portigon AG engages in the management of its own assets. It also provides financial services and conducts banking activities. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Robert Bosch GmbH engages in the development of the engineering and electronics sector. Its business sectors include; mobility solutions, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in 1886 and is headquartered in Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Germany.

Carl Zeiss AG engages in the development and manufacture of scientific optics technologies and solutions services. Its products and solutions inlcude medical, microscopy, optemetry, industrial metrology spectroscopy, semicondictor technology, camera and film lenses, and simulation solutions planetariums. The company was founded by Carl Zeiss in 1846 and is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany.

Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH engages in the production of heating equipment. Its product portfolio includes floor-standing and wall-hung heating boilers, heat pumps, solar thermal systems, solid fuel boilers, co-generation plants, and industrial boilers. The company was founded on August 3, 1911 and is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany.

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International operates as association of companies that provide equipment, materials and services for the manufacture of semiconductors, photovoltaic panels, LED and flat panel displays, micro-electromechanical systems, printed and flexible electronics, and related micro and nano-technologies. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Prinovis GmbH & Co. KG provides gravure printing and custom made printing services. It offers a portfolio of solutions – from the conceptual work, via gravure printing and web offset printing, right through to product binding and logistics. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) is a virtual organization that helps the chemical industry improve financial performance and reputation. The non-profit company is based in Brussels, Belgium. Through chemistry innovations and their actions, ICCA contributes to solutions for energy and climate change.

Conseil Européen de l'industrie Chimique, also known as the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), is a non-profit organization that represents large, medium, and small chemical companies across Europe. The non-profit company was founded in 1972 and is based in Brussels, Belgium, with subsidiaries in Belgium. Cefic is committed to the UN sustainability agenda and has developed a unique roadmap, called the Transition Pathway, to guide the European chemicals industry through the massive transformation needed to meet the EU Green Deal goals. The Transition Pathway lays out more than 200 actions for the EU institutions, Member State governments, and industry to build the business case for investing in sustainability. Cefic provides clarity, predictability, and direction to guide the industry through the transition.

Bayer (China) Co., Ltd. offers pharmaceutical & other related products. It has three divisions namely: Bayer Healthcare, Bayer Cropscience & Bayer Material Science. The firm products include Bayaspirin, Talcid and Glucobay. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Shanghai, CN.

K+S Minerals & Agriculture GmbH operate as a mining company. It offers soil conditioners, as well as liquid and foliar fertilizers. The company is headquartered in Kassel, Germany.

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH is a research center located in Julich, Germany. The Institute for Advanced Simulation is one of the German company's main focuses, which combines simulation sciences and expertise to tackle upcoming challenges in the field. The private company also collaborates with various universities and research institutions worldwide to advance their research. Additionally, the company is involved in the European IAGOS project, which observes the composition of the atmosphere using commercial passenger planes as measurement platforms. The company's vision is to understand the human brain through simulation, as demonstrated in the "Human Brain Project." The company was founded in 1956 and is currently led by CEOs Wolfgang Marquardt, Pieter Jansens, and Astrid Lambrecht.

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG manufactures carbon steel, stainless steel, and special steel materials. Its products include hot and precision strips, heavy plates, sheet and coated products, organic coated strips and sheets, composite materials, electrical steel products, tinplates and black plates, and medium-wide strips. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Duisburg, Germany.

Hanse Ventures BSJ GmbH (Hanse Ventures) is an independent ventures capital firm headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 2010 by Jochen Maaß, Dr. Bernd Kundrun and Rolf Schmitz-Holtz.

Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV operates a chemical industry association. The non-profit company is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Part of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology specializes in data transformation from the visualization of a first design to the production process. The company is based in Aachen, Germany. The German company's expertise includes beam shaping, frequency conversion, design, layout, and packaging of optics.

GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel provides marine science research and development services. It operates as a marine science institution that investigates the chemical, physical, biological, and geological processes in the oceans, as well as their interactions with the seafloor and the atmosphere. Its research divisions encompass ocean circulation and climate dynamics, ocean floor dynamics, marine biogeochemistry, and marine ecology. Its focus areas include educational projects and support, university partnerships, newsletter subscription, and research exhibitions. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Kiel, Germany.

iWelcome BV provides Identity as-a-Service for frictionless privacy-protected consumer services and security-enables workforce processes. It offers enterprise identity, eRecognition, eHerkenning, and password management services. Its platform allows organizations to manage employee, partner, and customer credentials and access rights across internal, external, and cloud applications. The company was founded by Danny de Vreeze on May 31, 2011 and is headquartered in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

Capnamic Ventures Management GmbH (Capnamic Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded by Christian Siegele and Jörg Binnenbrücker in 2010. It is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with another German office in Berlin.

StyleRemains GmbH operates an online retail shopping platform. The firm specializes in the management of a web-based marketplace that offers second-hand luxury and designer fashion items. Its product categories encompass clothing, shoes, bags, leather goods, and fashion accessories. The company was founded by Sophie-Cécile Gaulke and Max Laurent Schönemann in August 2013 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Covestro Deutschland AG engages in the production and distribution of polymers. It also sells paints and adhesive raw materials. The company was founded on April 8, 2002 and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.

MAIRDUMONT VENTURES GmbH (MAIRDUMONT VENTURES) is the venture capital arm of MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co. KG. The firm was established in 2015. It is headquartered in Ostfildern, Germany, with another German office located in Munich.

Apleona GmbH engages in the provision of real estate and facility management services. It operates through the following business areas: Facility Management, Real Estate Management, Building Technology, and Interior Fitouts. The firm offers services such as integrated facility management, facility management consulting, fund and asset management, leasehold improvements, drywall construction solutions, turnkey interior fittings and modernization, as well as fabrication and assembly of own fitting systems. The company is headquartered in Neu-Isenburg, Germany.

Ferroelectric Memory GmbH (FMC) is a German company that has developed advanced ferroelectric hafnium oxide memory technology for non-volatile memory in future electronics and computing innovation. The company is based in Dresden, Germany. FMC's ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FEFET) and capacitor (FECAP) technology is fast, low-power, scalable, and has high endurance with decades of data retention, suitable for a broad range of AI, IoT, edge, data center, and embedded applications. The company was founded in 2016 by Marko Noack, Wolfram Drescher, Stefan Mueller, Menno Mennenga, and is currently working with major semiconductor companies for its embedded and stand-alone memory solution. The CEO is Ali Pourkeramati.

KSA Kugelstrahlzentrum Aachen GmbH provides peen forming and peen re-shaping for the aerospace industry. It offers automated peen forming that can form orthogonal grids, spherical, elliptical, conical, and cylindrical shapes; and automated peen re-shaping that can be carried out on large components such as fuselage and small structures such as aircraft ribs, beams, frames, and spars. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Aachen, Germany.