Michael Becker

E. Merck KG operates as a holding company with interest in pharmaceutical preparations. It acts as a general partner that holds the majority of shares of the public company Merck KGaA. Merck KG is the parent company of all Merck companies yet it does not have any operating businesses itself. It makes the entrepreneurial policy decisions for the Merck Group. The company is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany.

Parsytec AG is the world's leading supplier of surface inspection systems for strip products such as steel and paper. Parsytec operates in two business fields: surface quality yield management for flat steel production and web inspection for paper production

Basler Leben AG provides life and pension insurance services. The company was founded on March 20, 1883 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH engages in the acquisition, holding, and management of participating interests in companies, which develop and manufacture machines and equipment. It also specializes in the production of rolled steel and tubes products. The company was founded by Peter Klöckner on January 17, 1952 and is headquartered in Salzgitter, Germany.