Silvio Muschter

Robert Bosch GmbH engages in the development of the engineering and electronics sector. Its business sectors include; mobility solutions, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in 1886 and is headquartered in Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Germany.

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is a company-linked foundation. The firm manages the companies Carl Zeiss AG and SCHOTT AG, which specialize in optics and optoelectronics, as well as specialty glass and glass-ceramics. It also promotes the sciences, engineering, and mathematics at universities through dividends from the Foundation firms. The company was founded by Ernst Abbe on May 19, 1889 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Carl Zeiss AG engages in the development and manufacture of scientific optics technologies and solutions services. Its products and solutions inlcude medical, microscopy, optemetry, industrial metrology spectroscopy, semicondictor technology, camera and film lenses, and simulation solutions planetariums. The company was founded by Carl Zeiss in 1846 and is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany.

SCHOTT AG engages in the production and distribution of specialty glass and glass ceramics. Its products are used in the consumer electronics, pharmaceutical, defense and security, optics, life sciences, energy and environment, automotive, and aviation industries. The company was founded by Otto Schott, Ernst Abbe, Carl Zeiss and Roderich Zeiss in 1884 and is headquartered in Mainz, Germany.