The European Round Table of Industrialists, abbreviated ERT, is an influential interest group in the European Union consisting of some 40 European industrial leaders working to strengthen competitiveness in Europe. The group works both at national and European levels. Interest group is a term in politics, that refers to an organization or other collective of people who have a specific political or economic interest. ... Competition characterises a biochemical, ecologic, economic, political, or sporting activity whereby two or more individuals or groups strive antagonistically against one another for some reward. ... World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

The group played an important role in the planning of the Øresound Bridge between Denmark and Sweden as part of its European Link project on improvements to the European infrastructure. This project also includes several other international European infrastructural projects eg. the Fehmar Belt Bridge between Denmark and Germany.

List of members

• Gerhard Cromme, Chairman - ThyssenKrupp
• Alain Joly - Air Liquide
• Jorma Ollila, Vice-Chairmen - Nokia
• César Alierta Izuel - Telefónica
• Nils S. Andersen - Carlsberg
• Jean-Louis Beffa - Saint-Gobain
• Wulf Bernotat - E.ON
• Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - Nestlé
• Thierry Breton - France Télécom
• Martin Broughton - British Airways
• Antony Burgmans - Unilever
• Bertrand Collomb - Lafarge
• Dimitris Daskalopoulos - Delta Holding
• Belmiro de Azevedo - Sonae
• Thierry Desmarest - Total
• Bülent Eczacibasi - Eczacibasi Holding
• Jukka Härmälä - Stora Enso Oyj
• Zsolt Hernádi - MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company
• Franz Humer - F. Hoffmann-La Roche
• Daniel Janssen - Solvay
• Leif Johansson - Volvo
• Henning Kagermann - SAP
• Gerard Kleisterlee - Royal Philips Electronics
• Thomas Leysen - Umicore
• Tom McKillop - AstraZeneca
• Gérard Mestrallet - Suez
• Bernd Pischetsrieder - Volkswagen
• Pasquale Pistorio - STMicroelectronics
• Eivind Reiten - Norsk Hydro
• Kai-Uwe Ricke - Deutsche Telekom
• John Rose - Rolls-Royce
• Wolfgang J. Ruttenstorfer - OMV
• Anthony Ruys - Heineken
• Manfred Schneider - Bayer
• Louis Schweitzer - Renault
• Michael Smurfit - Jefferson Smurfit
• Peter Sutherland - BP
• Marco Tronchetti Provera - Pirelli
• Jeroen van der Veer - Royal Dutch/Shell Group
• Ben Verwaayen - BT
• Marcus Wallenberg - Investor AB
• Paul Walsh - Diageo
• Hans Wijers - Akzo Nobel
• Wim Philippa, Secretary General

(Source: ERT.be) 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. ... Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is the world leader in industrial and medical gases and related services. ... Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is one of the worlds largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers. ... Telefónica S.A. (NYSE: TEF) (TYO: 9481) is the former national telephone network operator (telco) in Spain. ... Carlsberg A/S headquartered in Valby, Denmark, with its operating company, Carlsberg Breweries A/S, headquartered in Copenhagen produce Carlsberg Beer. ... Saint-Gobain is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in France. ... E.On AG is an important German company in the energy sector, one of the 30 DAX-listed companies and has its seat in Düsseldorf. ... Nestlé S.A. or Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, is the worlds biggest food and beverage company. ... France Télécom (outside of France often spelled France Telecom, without the accents) is the main telecommunication company in France. ... British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch company which owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... Lafarge ( NYSE: LF) is a major French industrial company specializing in building products, including concrete. ... SONAE is the largest private employer in Portugal with a strong appeal to senior managers and young graduates. ... Chief executive of Total Oil-responsible for the rape and murder of people across Burma where Total fund the barbaric milaterry junta and employ their soldiers to guard their pipeline. ... A total is a sum. ... Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd. ... AB Volvo (or Volvo Aktiebolaget) is a Swedish world leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ... The abbreviation, acronym, or initialism SAP has several different meanings: SAP Aktiengesellschaft, a software company, or its various products such as SAP R/3 or SAP BW second audio program (television) Session Announcement Protocol Soritong audio player Structural Adjustment Program Standard Accounting Program, a program on which some large businesses... Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Dutch Philips Electronics Ltd. ... AstraZeneca PLC, is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the merger of Swedish Astra AB and British Zeneca Group PLC. Zeneca was originally known as Imperial Chemical Industries prior to a demerger in 1993. ... Suez is a port town (population ca. ... Volkswagen (VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ... STMicroelectronics logo. ... Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian oil and energy and integrated aluminium company, headquartered in Oslo. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... // History OMV is Austrias largest oil-producing, refining and gas-station operating company. ... Heineken (or Heineken Brouwerijen) is a Dutch beer brewer, established in 1864 when Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchased a brewery in Amsterdam. ... Bayer may also refer to Bayer Leverkusen. ... Louis Schweitzer (born 1942) has been Chairman and CEO of Renault since May 27, 1992. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ... Peter Denis Sutherland is an Irish businessman and former politician, associated with the Fine Gael party. ... BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) (NYSE: BP) is a petroleum company headquartered in London, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total). ... Pirelli & C. SpA is an important industrial company based in Milan, Italy. ... BT may stand for: British Telecommunications (officially, BT Group plc) - the privatised former state telecommunications company of the United Kingdom Bluetooth - a wireless personal area network standard BitTorrent - an Internet file sharing system Air Baltic (in the IATA code) Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt toxin, ( Cry proteins) - a family of insecticidal... Investor AB is a Swedish investment company, founded in 1916 and still controlled by the Wallenberg family. ... Diageo plc is a multinational alcoholic drinks and foods business listed on the London Stock Exchange. ... Company logo of Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coating and chemicals. ...

See also

• Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE)
• Lobbying

The Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations of Europe, commonly known as UNICE, is a Brussels-based European industry association. ... Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ...

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