adidas-Salomon | Allianz | Altana | BASF | Bayer | BMW | Commerzbank | Continental | DaimlerChrysler | Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Börse | Deutsche Post | Deutsche Telekom | E.ON | Fresenius | Henkel | HypoVereinsbank | Infineon Technologies | Linde | Lufthansa | MAN | METRO | Munich Re | RWE | SAP | Schering | Siemens | ThyssenKrupp | TUI | Volkswagen DAX or Xetra DAX is a Blue Chip Index listing the 30 major German companies. ... adidas Stabil and a box Adidas is a German sports apparel corporation. ... Allianz Group, with $128 billion of revenue during 2003, is Germanys largest, and one of the worlds largest financial services providers with a focus on the insurance business. ... BASF-Hochhaus Position in Germany BASF AG (NYSE: BF) is a German chemical company. ... Bayers logo: the Bayer cross Bayer AG (German pronunciation BYE-er, in US usually pronounced BAY-er) (TYO: 4863) is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1863. ... BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Commerzbank AG is Germanys third-largest bank after Deutsche Bank and HypoVereinsbank. ... Continental AG is a manufacturer of tires, brake systems, vehicle stability control systems, and other automobile parts, based in Hanover, Germany. ... DaimlerChrysler AG (FWB: DCX, NYSE: DCX) has its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany and is a prominent automobile and truck manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Financial Services). ... Deutsche Bank AG NYSE: DB (German for German Bank) is a multinational bank operating worldwide and employing almost 70,000 people (2004). ... The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB, German: Deutsche Börse) is located in Frankfurt, Germany and is owned by Deutsche Börse Group. ... Deutsche Post Logo Deutsche Post AG is a German logistics, post and courier business seated in Bonn. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... E.On AG is an important German company in the energy sector, one of the 30 DAX-listed companies and has its seat at the E.ON-Platz 1 in Düsseldorf. ... Fresenius AG is a health care company group with approximately 70. ... The Henkel Group is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. ... Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (commonly referred to as HypoVereinsbank / HVB) is the second-largest private German financial institution and through its subsidiary Bank Austria Creditanstalt market leader in Austria. ... // Overview Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE: IFX) was founded in April 1999, when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. ... Linde AG is a manufacturer of refrigeration technology and other chemical products headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany. ... Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) is the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. ... MAN AG is a German manufacturer (engineering works) and marketer of commercial vehicles, industrial services, printing systems, diesel and gas engines, and turbomachines. ... METRO AG is a diversified retail and wholesale/cash and carry group based in Germany. ... Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (also Munich Re in English) is the worlds largest reinsurance company based in Munich, Germany. ... RWE AG, until 1990 named Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG, is a German public utilities and electric power company based in Essen. ... SAP AG (FWB: SAP, NYSE: SAP) is the biggest European software company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. ... Schering Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1851 and is a research-centered pharmaceutical company, employing more than 26. ... Siemens AG (FWB: SIE, NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. ... German industrial company ThyssenKrupp AG, with about 200,000 employees, mainly operates in the steel industry, but also in the automotive, industrial construction, and shipbuilding areas, as well as manufacturing elevators and providing other technologies and services. ... The TUI logo TUI AG (Touristik Union International) is a German based company. ... Volkswagen [literally: peoples car] (also known as VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ...