Our Ecosystem

The family-run Viessmann Group is an international manufacturer of heating, industrial, and refrigeration systems headquartered in Allendorf, Germany. The company was founded in 1917 and employs over 12,000 people.

With 64,500 employees in 22 countries, the Dussmann Group carries out services for people, by people. Dussmann Service provides technical services, catering, security and reception services, cleaning, surgical sterilization, commercial property and energy management. Dussmann Mobility Services GmbH is a subsidiary of Dussmann Service and plans, installs and manages charging solutions for e-vehicles.

Knauf Gips KG is a multinational, family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, well known for drywall gypsum boards. The company was founded in 1932 and employs over 26,000 people.

The family-run FIEGE Group, headquartered in Greven, Germany, is a leading European logistics company that specialises in efficient supply chain solutions. The company was founded in 1873 and employs over 15,000 people.

The Schöck Group with its head office in Baden-Baden, Germany, is focusing on the development of ready-to-install components that are part of the structural design and make a substantial contribution to building physics. The company was founded in 1962 and employs over 1,000 people.

Paracelsus Kliniken is a group of excellent hospitals that provide reliable and innovative medical services. The company was founded in 1968 and employs over 5,200 people.

PHOENIX CONTACT is an independent, global market leader with headquarters in Blomberg, Germany, developing, producing and selling creative solutions in connection technology, electronics, and automation. The company was founded in 1923 and employs over 17,400 people.

Gentner Verlag is a family-owned media house, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, that helps its customers in the building services engineering sector to achieve economic success with reliable products and solutions. The company was founded in 1927 and employs over 60 people.

LAVA ENERGY is an energy service provider with a holistic approach for digital energy efficiency management headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, that offers a big range of energy contracting, monitoring and optimization services throughout the whole supply and value chain. The company was founded in 2013 and employs 15 people.

4Germany, an independent nonprofit startup, is the tech and innovation task force for the German Federal Government. The programs are subsidized by the government and the company was founded in summer 2019.

TILCRA, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, is revolutionising the online trade for building materials with digital services solutions.

Digital Spine is possessing over 90 years of experience in a well established, family-run machinery & engineering business into cutting edge digital cloud-based solutions & services. Their mission is to disrupt the paradigm that buildings are mainly defined by bricks, concrete & steel by enhancing the purpose and definition of them with upfront technology, real-time connectivity & user-centric software applications.

Worldwide, the brand LAMY stands for high-quality writing devices of timelessly modern aesthetic and perfect functionality. Its success story began more than 50 years ago with the LAMY 2000: a model founded in 1966 and which to this day is the foundation for the clear, unmistakable design language that is style-defining for all products of the brand – the LAMY design.

The APPL group is one of the leading European printing companies in the fields of sheetfed and web offset production and print finishing. Our more than 500 employees produce sophisticated illustrated books, books, catalogs, magazines and newspaper supplements. APPL imprints in the production of color printing products for well-known European customers in the fields of publishing, industry and trade.

abcfinlab was founded in 2018. The company is a corporate startup of the Werhahn Group and, as an innovation driver and developer, drives digital and innovative business models forward. abcfinlab develops new products and implements them with the help of state-of-the-art technologies as an incubator for the abcfinance Group, which also belongs to the Werhahn Group. Currently abcfinlab employs more than 30 people.

DAW SE, headquartered in Ober-Ramstadt in southern Hessen, has been developing, producing and selling innovative coating systems for buildings and building protection for 125 years. Founded in 1895 and family-run for five generations, DAW is today the largest private company in its industry in Europe. Around 5,800 employees worldwide make DAW the preferred partner for healthy, well-designed, efficient and ecological building envelopes and interiors. DAW's best-known brands are Caparol and Alpina.