MDAX
12 companies
ATOSS Software
Software
Orchestrates worker schedules like circadian pulses, matching labor supply to demand peaks, ensuring the colony operates at optimal capacity without w...
Bilfinger
Construction
German industrial services firm Bilfinger operates as cleaner fish - maintains manufacturing plants for major industrials, feeding on maintenance comp...
Commerzbank
Banking
Commerzbank threads German corporate capital through regional branches that gather local credit intelligence. Like mycorrhizal networks connecting tre...
CompuGroup
Healthcare IT
CompuGroup builds electronic health records for European physicians - software capturing patient data for cross-practice sharing. Like bees encoding f...
Dürr
Industrial
German industrial equipment for painting and assembly—specialized manufacturing like termites building climate-controlled mounds. Precision systems fo...
EnBW
Energy
German utility transitioning from nuclear to renewables—energy portfolio shift driven by Energiewende policy like forced migration from depleted terri...
Evonik
Chemicals
Synthesizes specialty chemicals for industrial processes, breaking down raw materials and recombining them into higher-value compounds through catalyt...
Krones
Industrial
Builds beverage bottling systems that fill thousands of containers per hour through synchronized mechanical choreography. Their production lines orche...
KUKA
Robotics
Robotic arms that move like octopus tentacles - each joint sensing position, torque, and resistance in microseconds. Six-axis manipulators adapt to ca...
LANXESS
Chemicals
Produces specialty chemicals through controlled reactions that synthesize molecules not found in nature. Their polymer additives, pigments, and interm...
LEG Immobilien
Real Estate
Owns residential apartments across Germany through long-term holding strategies that accumulate properties like coral polyps build reefs. Their portfo...
Thyssenkrupp
Industrial
€32.8 billion in revenue (down from €35 billion), steel production capacity slashed from 11.5 million tons to 8.7-9 million, 11,000 jobs eliminated or...