Daniel Thelen

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.

DB Netz AG manages and maintains railway infrastructure networks. The firm operates as a service provider for railway undertakings and necessary installations. It focuses on the compilation of timetables and the repair and maintenance of the rail network. It also engages in investments in the existing network, in modern command and control technology, and in plans for building new lines and upgrading old ones. Its product portfolio consists of train paths for passenger and freight transport and of service installations necessary for the preparation, post-processing, and operation of train movements. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.