Thomas Wiedermann

TOMRA Sorting GmbH manufactures and markets equipment for automatic sorting of packaging waste. The company's products include Autosort, which is used for sorting beverage cartons, plastic polymers, polyethylene, paper, cardboard and carton, polypropylene and polystyrene. The company is founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Mulheim-Karlich, Germany.

Part of PEH Wertpapier AG, m-u-t GmbH specializes in brand early detection using Ignis3D infrared detection technology. The company is based in Wedel, Germany, and the CEOs are Fabian Peters and Axel Witte. The technology measures the surface temperature of the object being monitored and can detect overheating long before critical temperatures are reached. The German company's core competency lies in photonics, combined with optics, electronics, software, and complementary technologies. The company updates existing customer solutions or develop the latest innovative products in these areas.

Spectral Engines Oy provides industrial automation products. It offers spectral sensors, miniature instruments, spectroscopy, spectrometers, spectral scanners, smart agriculture, portable devices, machine learning and foodscanner. The company was founded by Jarkko Ensio Antila, Uula Kantojärvi and Janne Suhonen in 2014 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

LayTec AG develops, manufactures ,and markets optical in-situ and in-line metrology systems for thin-film processes. Its products include in-situ metrology, in-line metrology, lab-line metrology, map-line metrology, and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions. The company was founded by Markus Weyers in 1999 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.