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Novartis International AG manages the Novartis Group. It provides administrative, financial, legal, and technical services. It also offers scientific consultation to the Group. The company was founded on December 13, 1989 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA operates as a holding company with interests in paper, fabrics, and hydro power generation. The firm’s principal activities are manufacturing of paper machinery, textile machinery, hydro fluid machinery, and turbo power transmission engineering. Its products and services include automation and digital solutions, drives & transmissions, connection components & couplings, hydropower components, hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling, braking systems and papermaking components. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Heidenheim, Germany.

Part of Sulzer AG, Sulzer Pumpen AG is a Swiss company that manufactures and distributes centrifugal pumps. The private company is based in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Akzo Nobel Ltda. provides decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. Its products include catalysts, polymers, surfactants, and functional, pulp & paper chemicals. The firm's brands include Dulux, Sikkens and Eka. The company is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.