Marcus Schmidt

Vaillant GmbH engages in the manufacture and distribution of heating ventilation and air-conditioning products. The firm offers solar-thermal and photovoltaic systems, heat pumps, and pellet boilers. It also provides gas-fired condensing boilers, ventilation systems for low-energy buildings, combined heat and power stations, high-efficiency heating systems using fossil fuels, intelligent controls, air conditioners, and radiators. The company was founded by Johann Vaillant in 1874 and is headquartered in Remscheid, Germany.

Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH engages in the production and sale of tobacco, cigarettes, and e-cigarettes. It distributes its products under the John Player Special, Gauloises, West, Davidoff, Drum, Rizla, Route 66, Peter Stuyvesant, R1, P&S, and Cabinet brands. The company was founded by Johann Bernhard Reemtsma in 1910 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.