Being one of the biggest provider of psychiatric facilities in Europe and an important operator of somatic hospitals with intensive care, AMEOS also features deep expertise in the area of residential care and rehabilitation. The AMEOS Group with its headquarters in Zurich has approx. 5500 employees working at about 35 locations. www.ameos.de

Bankhaus Lampe belongs to the leading and few independent, owner-led private banks in Germany. Founded 1852 in Minden/East Westphalia by Hermann Lampe, the traditional bank is now held by the Oetker family and continues to concentrate on the comprehensive service of wealthy private clients, medium-sized corporate customers as well as institutional investors. www.bankhaus-lampe.de

The IFA Hotel & Touristik AG manages and markets holiday hotels and holiday clubs - in addition, the area of health and rehabilitation as well as facilities for senior citizens have constantly become more important. The IFA Hotel & Touristik AG runs 22 hotels and apartment houses in Germany as well as in Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Austria, Spain and Turkey. With approx. 1.700 employees, the company gains a sales volume of about 100 million €. www.ifahotels.com

Gothaer Versicherungsbank VVaG located in Cologne, Germany, belongs to the largest insurance companies in Germany with more than 3.5 mio. insurants and ca. 4 bill. EURO share revenues. Gothaer offers innovative products regarding insurance coverage, provision strategies and financial services.
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Hamburger Hochbahn AG, founded in 1911, is the second largest suburban traffic company in Germany, service provider in Hamburg's public transportation system HVV and employs 4,300 persons. www.hochbahn.de

In 1973, the Lindner Hotels AG was founded as a part of the “Lindner Unternehmensgruppe GmbH & Co. KG”. Within the last six years, the number of the Lindner hotels has more than doubled, rapidly increasing from 10 to 23. With approx. 1.500 employees in Germany, Switzerland and Spain, the company yielded an annual turnover nearing 114 million € in fiscal year 2006. www.lindner.de

With an annual turnover of Euro 2.3 billion and around 6,300 employees, the MVV Energie Group is the largest publicly listed municipal utility network in Germany. The business model is based on the horizontal networking and integration of multidivisional municipal utility companies. www.mvv-energie-ag.com

Being the insurance company of the mutual savings banks, the Provinzial Rheinland Holding integrates the Versicherung AG of the same name, the Lebensversicherung AG (life insurance) as well as the "Sparkassen direkt Versicherung AG" (mutual savings bank direct insurance). Since 1722, the societies have established a basis in the districts of Dusseldorf, Cologne, Coblenz and Trier, operating nearly 640 branch offices with approx. 3.600 employees, who render insurance services to private individuals and corporate clients. www.provinzial.com

The RheinEnergie AG, formerly GEW RheinEnergie AG, is an energy supply company for the Rhenish region – it is also Germany's fifth largest utility company. As an infrastructure service provider, the company provides approx. 2.5 million people in private households as well as corporates from industry and trade with drinking water, power, natural gas and heating. Over 3.000 employees are taking care of a smooth supply and maintenance. www.rheinenergie.com

Statkraft is Europe's largest renewable energy company. The Group develops and generates hydropower, wind power, gas power and district heating, and is a major player on the European power exchanges. Statkraft also develops marine energy, osmotic power, solar power, and other innovative energy solutions. Through the ownership of other companies, Statkraft supplies energy and heating to more than 600,000 customers in Norway. In 2008 Statkraft posted gross operating revenues of EUR 3.1 billion (NOK 25 billion). The group employs 3,200 staff in more than 20 countries. www.statkraft.com

Today, VGH is the largest regional insurer in the federal state of Lower Saxony with an almost complete offering with regard to property and personal insurance. Around 700 independent insurance brokers as well as the two alliance partners of the VGH, the savings banks and the LBS, are forming the service network which no second insurer can offer in Lower Saxony. www.vgh.com