The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) is a company coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a single ticket for journeys with transfers between different operating companies, and to facilitate and speed up travel by harmonising the individual companies' schedules. At its inception in 1965, HVV was the first organisation of this kind worldwide.
Bahlsen is a German food company based in Hanover. It was founded in July 1889 by Hermann Bahlsen as the "Hannoversche Cakesfabrik H. Bahlsen". Led by his grandson Werner Bahlsen, the company remains in family control. German politician Ernst Albrecht was CEO of Bahlsen in the 1970s and the press gave him the nickname "Cookie Monster".
Böhler-Uddeholm is a large Austrian company specialized in producing tool steel and special forgings. It was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger between the Austrian parastatal Böhler and of Uddeholms AB of Sweden. The company has production sites in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Brazil, Belgium, Turkey, China, United States and Mexico. As of September 2008 it is a wholly owned subsidiary of voestalpine.
Hugendubel is, along with Thalia, one of two major book retailers in Germany. It was founded in 1893 by Heinrich Karl Gustav Hugendubel in Munich.
IAV GmbH, abbreviated to IAV, is an engineering company in the automotive industry, designing products for powertrain, electronics and vehicle development. Founded in Berlin in 1983 by Prof. Dr. Hermann Appel as a university-affiliated research institute, the company employs over 7,000 members of staff, and supplies automobile manufacturers and component suppliers. In addition to development centres in Berlin, Chemnitz and Gifhorn, IAV operates at sites in France, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and the United States.
The Mann+Hummel Group is a German manufacturing group headquartered in Ludwigsburg within the metropolitan area of Stuttgart. The company develops, produces and distributes liquid and air filter systems, intake systems and thermal management components. Additional products include powertrain and engine plastic components, such as manifolds, ducts and cylinder head covers with integrated functions for the automotive industry, and aftermarket filter elements for the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles under several brands. For general engineering, process engineering and industrial manufacturing sectors the product range includes industrial filters, membrane filters and equipment for water filtration. About 90 percent of annual sales of around 4 billion euros accounted for by the activity in the automotive industry. The company and its subsidiaries have more than 80 locations worldwide. The group is owned by the families of the two founders.
Aurubis AG is listed on the stock exchange and is the largest copper producer in Europe and the largest copper recycler worldwide. Its headquarters is in Hamburg, Germany. After the acquisition of the Belgian copper producer Cumerio by Norddeutsche Affinerie AG on 18 February 2008, the company re-branded itself as Aurubis as of 1 April 2009.
RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH—which purchased the playing rights of a fifth-tier side, SSV Markranstädt, with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. Men's professional football is run by the spin-off organization RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena.
The Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned company based in Biberach an der Riß, Germany. It produces curtains, ready made fabrics, curtain tapes, trimmings and technical textiles
The Schlossbergbahn is a funicular railway in the town of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It links the city centre with the Schlossberg hill.
The Oerliker Park covers 188'000 ft² and was designed as a public multi-purpose district park in Oerlikon just to the north of Zürich. The Oerliker Park was created by the Grün Stadt Zürich in 2001 as part of the regional development project "Zentrum Zürich Nord" and was the first of four parks. The MFO-Park (2002), the Louis-Häfliger-Park (2003) and the Wahlenpark (2005) were built close-by, each of which are matched to local needs as district- and neighbourhood-parks, as well as playgrounds. Taken together, these parks embody contemporary trends of open space planning and landscape architecture. Over the course of the regional development "Zentrum Zürich Nord", the formerly urban and industrial district was given a new face.
Derby Cycle AG, based in Cloppenburg, Germany is one of the three largest manufacturers of bicycles in Europe. During the 2010/11 fiscal year derby employed 756 people. Derby Cycle has a 14% market share in Germany. The Derby Cycle AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Paweł Poljański is a Polish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He rode in the 2014 Giro d'Italia. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.
Michael Schwarzmann is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Vuelta a España.
Christoph Pfingsten is a German racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.
The 2015–16 2. Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the 2. Bundesliga.
Erik Baška is a Slovak road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He took up cycle racing at the age of 14, initially competing as a mountain biker before branching into road racing at the suggestion of his coach Tibor Velits, uncle of racing cyclists Martin Velits and Peter Velits.
Felix Großschartner is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.
The 2018 season for the Bora–Hansgrohe cycling team began in January.
The 2019 season for the Bora–Hansgrohe cycling team began in January.
