The Voice of German Industry

60 years BDI ... Industry lies at the heart of German business. We secure more than 8 million jobs in Germany and account for more than 25 percent of the economic power.

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Germany as an industrial country 60 years Federal Republic of Germany stand for the successful development of a lively and prosperous German democracy and also for an unparalled economic success story with increasing prosperity for those who live in Germany.

Guiding Principles Strengthen Germany as an industrial nation Industry constitutes the growth core for the German economy and ensures value added and jobs . An attractive Germany Less bureaucracy, intervention and regulation, more direct responsibility, competition and scope to remain a world leader on the global market. Social market economy Commitment to strive for greater freedom, individuality, entrepreneurship and social responsibility to set the standard for economic policy in Germany.

Mission statement For Germany as a strong industrial nation Voice of German Industry Actor in the democratic process For a social market conomy Mediator between business and policy-makers

Competence The BDI is the umbrella organisation for industrial enterprises and industry-related service-providers. As a representative of industry‘s interests the BDI helps its members to form opinions and make decisions. It provides information on all areas of economic policy. The BDI thus helps companies keep pace with the intensive competition resulting from globalisation. The BDI is a leading centre of competence for economy policy, the unique combination of expertise it offers making it a highly-qualified advisor to policy-makers.

Fields of competence and topics SMEs and family businesses Economy, location policy and competition Globalisation, international Markets and trade Europe and Brussels Climate and environment Infrastructure and logistics Energy and Resources Research, innovation and technology Information society and telecommunications Law and public procurement Society, responsibility and consumers Taxes and financial policy Security and defence

Our mandate 36 member associations 8 million employees 100,000 companies 15 regional offices

36 Member Associations Arbeitsgemeinschaften Industriegruppen

Foreign Trade Committee Committee on Energy and Climate Policy BDI-BDA Committee for Research, Innovation and Technology Policy Committee o n Money, Credit and Monetary Affairs Commitee for Consumer Goods and Consumer Policy BDI/BDA Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Committee Committee for Multimedia and Telecommunications Policy Committee on Public Procurement Legal Affairs Committee Special Committee for Industrial Property Protection (Intellectual Property Rights?) Committee for Raw Materials Policy Committee on Security Matters BDI-BDA Committee for Statistics Tax Committee Environment and Technology Committee Transport Committee Insurance Committee Defence Industry Committee Committee on Competition Committee Work

Foreign Trade Committee

Committee on Energy and Climate Policy

BDI-BDA Committee for Research, Innovation and Technology Policy

Committee o n Money, Credit and Monetary Affairs

Commitee for Consumer Goods and Consumer Policy

BDI/BDA Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Committee

Committee for Multimedia and Telecommunications Policy

Committee on Public Procurement

Legal Affairs Committee

Special Committee for Industrial Property Protection (Intellectual Property Rights?)

Committee for Raw Materials Policy

Committee on Security Matters

BDI-BDA Committee for Statistics

Tax Committee

Environment and Technology Committee

Transport Committee

Insurance Committee

Defence Industry Committee

Committee on Competition

Communication Press Reactions

Communication Publications

Internet www.bdi.eu

Communication Campaigns

Communication Events

Structure

Organisation

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Keitel President Federation of German Industries The BDI – The President and the Vice Presidents Dipl.-Ing. Herbert Bodner Chairman of the Board, Bilfinger Berger AG, Mannheim Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner Member of the Shareholders‘ Committee Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf Friedhelm Loh Chairman of the Board Friedhelm Loh Group, Haiger Dr. Arend Oetker Managing Partner Dr. Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin Prof. Dr. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer President BITKOM and Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, IDS Scheer AG Saarbrücken Dr.-Ing. Ekkehard D. Schulz Chairman of the Board ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf Jürgen R. Thumann Chairman of the Managing Board/Shareholders‘ Committee? Heitkamp & Thumann KG, Düsseldorf Matthias Wissmann President Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA), Frankfurt Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Wittenstein Chairman of the Board WITTENSTEIN AG, Igersheim The entire Presidential Board in the Internet

The BDI – The Presidential Board Jürgen Abraham Managing Partner Gebr. Abraham GmbH, Seeveta l Dr. Patrick Adenauer Managing Partner Bauwens GmbH & Co. KG, Köln Dr. Frank Appel Chairman of the Board Deutsche Post AG, Bonn Dr. Dr. Andreas Barner Spokesman of the Management Board Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ingelheim Dr. Wulf H. Bernotat Chairman of the Board E.ON AG, Düsseldorf Michael Eggenschwiler CEO Flughafen Hamburg GmbH Dr. Thomas Enders President and CEO Airbus SAS, France Dr. Uwe Franke Chairman of the Board Deutsche BP AG, Bochum Dr. Michael Frenzel Chairman of the Board TUI AG, Hannover Ulrich Galladé Managing Director Galladé Umformtechnik, Witten Ulrich Grillo Chairman of the Executive Board Grillo-Werke AG, Duisburg Dr. Jürgen Großmann President and CEO RWE AG, Essen Dietmar Harting General Partner HARTING KGaA, Espelkamp Dr. oec. publ. Jürgen Heraeus Chairman of the Supervisory Board Heraeus Holding GmbH, Hanau Hans Dieter Honsel Member of the Supervisory Board Honsel Management GmbH, Meschede Dr. Eckart John von Freyend President Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e. V. und Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Köln Friedrich Joussen CEO Vodafone Deutschland and Chairman of the Board Vodafone AG Dr. Gernot Kalkoffen Chairman of the Board ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH, Hamburg Dipl.-Kfm. Martin Kannegiesser Managing Partner Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH, Vlotho Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff President Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl and Chairman Stahlinstitut VDEh, Düsseldorf Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Arndt G. Kirchhoff Managing Director KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH, Attendorn

The BDI – The Presidential Board Dr. Hans-Eberhard Koch Managing Director/Partner Witzenmann GmbH, Pforzheim Franz Kook CEO DURAVIT AG, Hornberg Stefan Lauer Member of the Executive Board Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt Gerd Lesser Managing Director SIK Steinmüller-Instandsetzung Kraftwerke GmbH, Peitz Dr. Thomas Lindner CEO Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt Peter Löscher Chairman of the Board Siemens AG, München Dipl.-Kfm. Friedrich Lürßen Spokesman of the Board Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen Josef May Managing Director Silhouette Deutschland GmbH, Ludwigsburg René Obermann CEO Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn Dr. Wolfgang Palm Managing Partner Papierfabrik Palm GmbH & Co., Aalen Dr. Wolfgang Plischke Member of the Management Board Bayer AG, Leverkusen Klaus-Dieter Rennert CEO Hitachi Power Europe GmbH, Duisburg Dipl.-Phys. Randolf Rodenstock Managing Partner Optische Werke G. Rodenstock GmbH & Co.KG, München Dr.-Ing. Gernot Schaefer Managing Partner Schaefer Kalk GmbH + Co. KG, Diez Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler Partner INA-Holding Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurach Peter Schwartze President Gesamtverband der deutschen Textil- und Modeindustrie e. V., Berlin Norbert Steiner CEO K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel Dr. Johannes Teyssen Deputy Chief Executive E.ON AG, Düsseldorf Bernd Tönjes CEO RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Herne Hans-Peter Villis CEO EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Karlsruhe Bettina Würth Chairman of the Advisory Board, Würth-Gruppe, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, Künzelsau Dr. Dieter Zetsche Chairman of the Board Daimler AG, Stuttgart Michael Ziesemer Member of the Executive Board Endress + Hauser AG, Reinach/Schweiz Dr. Werner Schnappauf Director General Federation of German Industries

BUSINESSEUROPE Europäische Beratungszentrum (EBZ) Asia-Pacific Committee (APA) Latin America Initiative (LAI) North Africa and Middle East Initiative (NMI) Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations Southern Afrika (SAFRI) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) ( leading private economic research institute ) Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb (FIW) Institut für Finanzen und Steuern ( Institute for finances and taxes) econsense – Forum for Sustainable Development BIAC ( OECD Advisory Committee ) Bilateral EU dialogues (USA, Japan, Latin America, Asia) Cultural Committee of German Business within the BDI BDI Forum Family Businesses Vital Society „ Business for Climate Protection“ EU International Affairs Regional Initiatives Wissenschaft Sustainability Culture SME BDI Initiatives Network

BUSINESSEUROPE

Europäische Beratungszentrum (EBZ)

Asia-Pacific Committee (APA)

Latin America Initiative (LAI)

North Africa and Middle East Initiative (NMI)

Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations

Southern Afrika (SAFRI)

Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) ( leading private economic research institute )

Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb (FIW)

Institut für Finanzen und Steuern ( Institute for finances and taxes)

econsense – Forum for Sustainable Development

BIAC ( OECD Advisory Committee )

Bilateral EU dialogues (USA, Japan, Latin America, Asia)

Cultural Committee of German Business within the BDI

BDI Forum Family Businesses

Vital Society

„ Business for Climate Protection“

The BDI in Europe Since 1958, the year the European Economic Community was founded, the BDI has been represented in Brussels; since February 2007 as the ′BDI/BDA The German Business Representation.′ The BDI works actively to ensure German industry remains strong and internationally competitive.

Jürgen R. Thumann President and BDI Vice President The European Umbrella Association The BDI is one of 40 European associations which have joined together to form the umbrella association BUSINESSEUROPE. They jointly represent European business interests.