Christoph Erdmann

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.

MAN Truck & Bus SE supplies commercial vehicles and transport solutions. It manufactures trucks, transport vehicles, tourist coaches, city and intercity buses. The company was founded on June 21, 1915 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

E.ON Italia SpA engages in the generation and distribution of electricity and natural gas to residential and commercial customers. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

E.ON Energie AG is a provider of energy services. Most of its activities are concentrated in the countries of Central Europe and Central Eastern Europe. It's power stations in Germany and abroad generate electricity and, in some cases, district heating, and have a total installed capacity of some 27,000 megawatts (MW). It's German nuclear subsidiary, E.ON Kernkraft, owns / co-owns 12 reactors in Germany's Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein regions, with a net installed capacity of about 8,500 MW

eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG (eCAPITAL) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Münster, Germany.

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.

BlueID GmbH develops digital identification and security technology solutions. It operates through the following business fields: Mobile Applications, Secure Communication, Trusted Services, and Embedded Software. The Mobile Applications business specializes in mobile software architecture, interface design, and systems testing and optimization. The company was founded by Philipp P. Spangenberg and Markus M. Weitzel in 2006 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

MAN Latin America Indústria e Comércio de Veículos Ltda. manufactures buses and trucks. It also offers technical support, maintenance, and spare parts. The company was founded on April 18, 2002 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH operates as a holding company with interests in consumer electronics retailing business. It conducts business through three brands: Media Markt, Saturn and redcoon. The firm operates a chain of electronics retail stores under the brand names Media Markt and Saturn. The company operates redcoon, an online consumer electronic store. Media-Saturn-Holding was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany.

Ardagh Group Germany GmbH provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Nienburg, Germany.

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.

Founded in 2004, Mediamarktsaturn Global Business Services Gmbh is a subsidiary of CECONOMY AG that retails household goods, textiles, and home furnishings. The company is based in Ingolstadt, Germany.

NET4GAS sro provides natural gas distribution and transmission services. It also provides maintenance, dispatching and diagnostics services. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic.

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.

Part of ARD Holdings SA, Ardagh Metal Beverage Germany GmbH is a company that manufactures metal cans and plastic products for the beverage, food, personal care, and household products industries. The company is based in Bonn, Germany and was founded in 2000.

eustream as engages in the transmission and distribution of natural gas. It operates a high-pressure gas transmission system that is interconnected with major European trunk lines in Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Austria. The firm offers its clients a broad palette of services linked to gas transmission. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia.

MAN Türkiye AS engages in the manufacture, sales, and export of buses. It offers intercity, travel, and middle-distance buses under the brand names Man and Neoplan. The company was founded by Tevfik Ercan, Ali Arcan, and Dundar Soyer on March 5, 1966 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

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.

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

Part of CECONOMY AG, Media Markt Alfragide-Produtos Informáticos Electrónicos Lda. is a company based in Carnaxide, Portugal. Media Markt Alfragide-Produtos Informáticos Electrónicos Lda. offers a range of electronic products including tablets and films at competitive prices, available for purchase on their website mediamarkt.pt. The Portuguese company was founded in 2004 and the CEO is Karsten Wildberger.

E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH supplies electricity. It offers electricity, natural gas, solar, and heating services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Part of ASW Beteiligungs GmbH, MAN Truck & Bus Österreich GmbH is a company based in Steyr, Austria. The Austrian company focuses on sustainable drive concepts for buses, trucks, and commercial vehicles, with a technology-neutral approach. The company has recently welcomed 44 new apprentices and has partnered with RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria for its operations in Austria. On July 21, 2021, the company was acquired by WSA Beteiligungs GmbH from Volkswagen AG.

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.

Conexus Baltic Grid AS provides natural gas transmission and storage services. It operates through the following segments: Transmission System Operator(TSO), Storage Operator (IUGS), and Market Zone Responsible (MZR). The TSO segment focuses in transmission network and technical balancing. The IUGS segment deals in the provision of capacity reservation, enabling traders to use the Incukalns underground gas storage capacity in accordance with merchant sales plan. The MZR segment comprises of virtual trading point operation. The company was founded on December 22, 2016 and is headquartered in Riga, Latvia.

Lubmin-Brandov Gastransport GmbH is a German company that engages in the construction of gas pipelines. The company is a subsidiary of the Government of Germany and is based in Essen, Germany. The CEO of the company is Oliver Giese.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

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.