Arndt Günther Kirchhoff

IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG is a holding company, which operates as a specialist bank. The firm provides loans, risk management solutions, capital market and consulting services, leasing and structured solutions, asset management, merger and acquisition, as well as public program loan advisory and corporate structured finance. It operates through the following segments: Public Programme Loans, Corporate Bank, and Corporate Centre. The Public Programme Loans segment includes income and expenses from development loans granted to mid-cap customers as well as consulting services for obtaining and applying for development loans. The Corporate Bank segment comprises of the services provided in connection with internally financed corporate banking business. The Corporate Centre segment consists of the income and expense items from funding and asset liability management and the investment portfolio. The company was founded on September 30, 1924 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

DEKRA SE engages in the provision of business and consumer services in the industrial, human resource, and automotive sectors. It offers services, which include motor vehicle inspections, vehicle appraisal and management services, system and personnel certification, safety tests, training, personnel management, product testing and certification, claims settlement, materials testing and inspection, and consulting. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

LEWA Attendorn GmbH engages in the supply of robot system technologies, such as automated processing and joining systems. It also operates machining centers for small- and large-scale production. The firm specializes in jig construction, deep-hole boring, measurement using robot-based 3D measurement technology, and large workpiece production. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Attendorn, Germany.

DAL Deutsche Afrika-Linien GmbH & Co. KG operates as a liner shipping company. The firm offers liner services, chemical tankers, dry cargo, ship management and travel services. The company was founded by John Theodor Essberger in 1924 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

RALF SCHMITZ GmbH & Co. KGaA is a German company that specializes in exclusive luxury real estate properties. The private company was founded by Peter Heinrich Schmitz and is based in Kempen, Germany. The company offers high-end condominiums, luxury villas, and apartments in prime locations in Germany, including Hamburg and Kempen.

DEKRA eV engages in the provision of automotive, industrial, and personnel services. It offers vehicle inspection, expert appraisal, international claims management, consulting, industrial testing, product testing, certification, environmental protection, and qualification services. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

KIRCHHOFF Automotive Holding GmbH & Co. KG provides waste disposal logistics and street cleaning technology services. The company is based in Iserlohn, Germany and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The CEOs are Claudius Bensberg and Jürgen Wolfgang Kirchhoff. The German company was founded in 2002.

Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln eV engages in the provision of economic and social research services. The firm prepares trends, policy paper, analysis, studies, reports, short reports, and external publications. It focuses on labor market, demographics, digitization, income and wealth, financial and social policy, financial markets and monetary policy, real estate markets, international economy, industrial relations, environment and energy, companies, behavioral economics and business ethics, growth and business cycle, as well as education and skilled workers. The company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.