Siemens AG is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. Siemens has international headquarters located in Berlin, Munich and Erlangen. The company has three main business sectors: Industry, Energy, and Healthcare; with a total of 15 divisions. Worldwide, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 420,800 people in nearly 190 countries.

AREVA NP GmbH, with a workforce of 2,800, is headquartered in Erlangen, with additional offices and facilities at Offenbach and Karlstein. Its main strength is its all-round expertise for nuclear power plants, ranging from reactor development work through the complex field of power plant services to a wide range of nuclear fuel cycle activities.

AREVA NP GmbH has been designing and building nuclear power plants for 40 years. No fewer than 22 nuclear units of German design built by us are currently in operation in six countries.

Bankart provides services relating to card and ATM processing as well as POS terminal processing to all banks and other financial institutions in Slovenia as well as to non-banking organisations interested in such services. The company provides data required for effecting payments using payment and credit cards, authorisations of transactions and POS terminals maintenance.

In 2009 Bankart joined other European clearing companies which process SEPA Credit Transfers. Bankart processes large numbers of SEPA compliant payment instructions. The infrastructure meets all SEPA requirements and is fully SEPA compliant according to the SEPA-compliance criteria defined by Eurosystem.

Banco de México is the central bank of Mexico. By constitutional mandate, it is autonomous in both its operations and management. Its main function is to provide domestic currency to the Mexican economy and its main priority is to ensure the stability of the domestic currency’s purchasing power. Its other functions are to promote both the sound development of the financial system and the optimal functioning of the payment systems.

Commerzbank is the second largest credit institution in Germany, and one of Europe's major banks. With the merging of Dresdner Bank into Commerzbank in May 2009, Commerzbank is now additionally one of the leading banks for private and corporate customers in Germany. The new Commerzbank has a total of 1,200 branches with around 14,5 million private and corporate customers worldwide.

Atos Worldline brings together Atos Origin's core expertise in high-tech transactional services. A leader in end-to-end services for critical electronic transactions, Atos Worldline is specialised in electronic payment services (issuing, acquiring, terminals, card and non card payment solutions & processing), eCS (eServices for customers, citizens and communities) as well as services for financial markets. Atos Worldine on-going commitments to research and innovation enable its customers to benefit from award-winning solutions in areas such as mobile payments, secure IPTV, online CRM and paperless solutions. Atos Worldline generates annual revenues of €814 million and employs over 4,800 people in Europe.

The Deutsche Bundesbank is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and, thus, the "bankers bank". Since 1999, it has been part of the Eurosystem, sharing responsibility with the other national central banks and the European Central Bank for the single currency, the euro. The Executive Board of the Bundesbank currently comprises six members. Half are nominated by the Federal Government and half by the Bundesrat, with all members being appointed by the President of the Federal Republic. The Bundesbank is independent of instructions from the Federal Government. In this respect, its status is comparable to that of the Federal Constitutional Court. Some 10,000 people are employed at the Bundesbank's Central Office in Frankfurt am Main, the nine regional offices and 47 branches throughout Germany. The Bundesbank uses this nationwide network to perform its operations in the areas of refinancing, cash supply, cashless payments and banking supervision.

Lloyds Banking Group plc, formerly Lloyds TSB Group plc, is a United Kingdom-based financial services group providing a range of banking and financial services, primarily in the United Kingdom, to personal and corporate customers. The Company operates in three divisions: UK Retail Banking, Insurance and Investments, and Wholesale and International Banking. Its main business activities are retail, commercial and corporate banking, general insurance, and life, pensions and investment provision. The Company also operates an international banking business with a global footprint in 40 countries. Services are offered through a number of brands, including Lloyds TSB, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows, Clerical Medical and Cheltenham & Gloucester. On January 16, 2009, Lloyds Banking Group plc acquired HBOS plc.

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) is a universal bank and an international commercial bank. Together with its regional retail banks Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank), Rheinland-Pfalz Bank and Sachsen Bank, it offers the whole range of products and services typical of a modern large bank.

LBBW is the central bank of the savings banks in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland Palatinate and Saxony. BW-Bank functions as a savings bank for LBBW in the territory of the state capital, Stuttgart.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is one of North Carolina’s largest state government agencies, with more than 14,000 employees. NCDOT works hard to provide high-quality transportation for travelers throughout North Carolina, including highways, rail, aviation, ferries, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and public transit.

Bayerisches Landesamt für Finanzen helps you get any kind of subject-related information from the entire field of official statistics which also ensures coordination in the case of requests for cross-sectional statistics. The office collects information such as:

• the relevant publications of the statistical offices both domestic and foreign
• statistics of other non-official institutions
• literature on statistical methodology
• standard literature on economics and social sciences
• the most important journals of information and communication technology

The office provides online catalogues and card indices for your research. Additionally a competent advisory service will help to find the literature you need.

The mission of Provincie Groningen is to be responsible for a livable environment and a healthy economic development in the province by internal and external cooperation, through customer focused and reliable and provide a stimulating and open environment for all employees.

Lelystad is area-wise the largest municipality in the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclaiming possible.

Innova is part of a group of companies that belongs to Reus' municipality. Its main objective is to keep economic control and strategic alignment among the different companies that belong to the municipality of Reus. 19 different companies are part of Innova Group, all together having a turnover of €116 million. The city of Reus has 100,000 inhabitants and is located in the province of Tarragona, between Barcelona and Valencia. Innova, having a linking role between all the other companies that work for the municipality, has a small infrastructure since most of its services have been outsourced.

Grupo Unidad Editorial is a major global Spanish media group with a daily audience of over 20 million followers and approximately 1,800 employees. It provides information and entertainment to thousands of homes around the world and publishes El Mundo, Marca, and Expansion; newspapers that are leaders in their respective market segments.

The group actively explores all media platforms that inform, educate, or entertain the general public. This is driven by a continued, core focus on quality of content.

With its three locations in Germany and a global workforce of about 7,900 employees, MTU Aero Engines is Germany's leading engine manufacturer and a strong player in the development, manufacturing and repair of commercial and military engines, both nationally and internationally. We boast systems integration capability for commercial and military engines and aeroderivative industrial gas turbines and keep strengthening our world-class position by forging worldwide partnerships.

DENSO is a leading supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems and components for all the world's major automakers, operates in 32 countries and regions with approximately 120,000 employees. Global consolidated sales totaled US$32.0 billion for fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

Rettig ICC (Indoor Climate Comfort) brings together Europe's leading brands for radiators, underfloor heating, valves and controls. The Company runs international businesses with customers located in over 50 countries around the globe.

The largest direct customers are sanitary and heating wholesalers based in Northern, Western, Central and Eastern Europe but increasingly also in North America and Asia.

Rettig ICC's products include steel panels, convectors, decorative, bathroom and electric radiators, underfloor heating systems, thermostatic valves for heating and cooling, balancing valves together with electronic control equipment and programmers. These products are manufactured in 17 plants located in 11 different countries.

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading supplier of banknote paper, banknote printing, currency automation systems, as well as smart cards and complex system solutions in the fields of telecommunications, electronic payment, health care, identification, transportation and IT security (PKI).

Image World (Oy IW-Net Ltd) is a nationwide internet services productor and provider. The company was started in 1992 and is considered one of the oldest internet service providers in Finland. Image World offers tailored e-solutions fitting their customers needs, such as hosting, www services, data protection, data storage, and equipment storage.

Tekla develops and markets software products and related services that make customers' core business processes more effective, enable their further development and enhance customers' competitiveness. Tekla software products are used in building and construction, energy distribution, and infrastructure management.