Michael Trunkhardt

QuinLogic GmbH specializes in the development of easy-to-use software modules that support industrial quality assurance departments. Its quest software components include applications, data management and connectors. The company was founded by Hans Peintinger and Friedrich Lücking in 2008 and is headquartered in Aachen, Germany.

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.

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.

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