Joachim Schneider

VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik is a global network of experts in science and industry, specializing in topics related to electrical engineering. The company is based in Frankfurt am Main, DE, and has subsidiaries in the United States and Germany. The German company sets standards, tests, and certifies products. The CEO of the private company is Ansgar Hinz.

Bayer CropScience Ltd. manufactures and markets crop protection products. It offers fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and seeds. The firm also engages in the breeding, development, production, and marketing of hybrid seeds. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

ABB AG manufactures and markets power transmission equipment, power generation equipment and industrial & building systems. The company operates through two major divisions: power technologies and automation technologies. Power technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers with a range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation. Automation technologies delivers solutions for control, motion, protection and plant integration across the range of process and utility industries. The company is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany.