Isabelle Kieffer

Metallurg, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its majority owned subsidiaries is a leading international producer and seller of high-quality specialty metals, alloys and metallic chemicals which are essential to the production of high-performance aluminum and titanium alloys, specialty steel, superalloys and certain non-metallic materials for various applications in the aerospace, power supply, automotive, petrochemical processing and telecommunications industries. Metallurg sells approximately 50 different product groups to over 1,500 customers worldwide (primarily in North America and Europe)

Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH engages in the production and marketing of metallurgical silicon and silicon dioxide. Its products include natural graphite; synthetic graphite; graphite parts; graphite dispersions; expandable and expanded graphite; and powder premixes. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Hauzenberg, Germany.

Safeguard International Fund LP invests in technology-oriented industrial businesses in Western Europe and North America in the metallurgical, chemical, energy and environmental industries. The fund invests its capital in the form LBOs, MBOs, recapitalizations, acquisitions and growth capital where it obtains a control position. It acts as the lead investor and invests between $10 and $65 million per investment.

Norilsk Nickel RAO OAO mines, refines, and smelts nickel. Its operations are based on Russian nickel-copper ore deposits at Norilsk in Siberia and Pechenga near the border with Norway. It also produces composite powders where nickel is coated on carbides, nitrides, borides, and silicides. The company supplies carbonyl powders to the companies engaged in manufacturing rechargeable batteries, sintered components, magnets, ferrites, hardmetals, and EMI shielding in paints and plastics. Norilsk Nickel is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Allianz Versicherungs-AG engages in the non-life insurance business. It provides general accident, liability, vehicle, legal expense, fire, credit and surety, as well as transport insurance services. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Allied Resource Corp. provides clean technology products and services to industrial clients, in particular in the oil, gas, water, and coal industry. The firm has three business units: engineering services, clean oil technologies, and DeNox Catalyst production. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Puralube, Inc. develops re-refining technology for used lube oil. The company was founded on April 25, 1995 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Part of Exxon Mobil Corp., Mobil Oil AG explores for oil.

Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. provides information on the German industry, economy, and economic policies. The private company is based in Berlin, Germany. The German company organizes events that bring together business, politics, science, and civil society for discussions, whether virtually, in-person, or hybrid. The company was founded by Gerhard Schempp.

Part of AMG Critical Materials NV, AMG Invest GmbH is an investment vehicle based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. AMG Invest GmbH operates as an investment vehicle for AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV. The CEO of the German company is Jackson Maddux Dunckel.

International Chamber of Commerce Nederland is an organization that focuses on the dispute resolution needs of the full Belt and Road spectrum, particularly in trade. The organization is based in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch company helps businesses prevent and resolve their disputes through their case management services, providing access to justice and the rule of law to facilitate peace, prosperity, and opportunity through trade. The non-profit company is known for creating the Incoterms® rules, an industry standard that brought economic prosperity to a post-World War I era. The ICC Arbitration Rules, administered by the ICC International Court of Arbitration®, are used all around the world to resolve disputes, assuring parties of a neutral framework for the resolution of cross-border disputes.