Deep Intelligence Across Industries

Company Headquarter: China Founded: 1999 Workforce: ~44,800 Company Working: Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent) provides a range of integrated Internet platforms offering various services, including communications, social networking, online games, information, and video content. Tencent operates through three business segments: value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and others. Its operations are divided into six business lines: social networks, payment, entertainment, information, utilities, and platform services. The payment business line comprises various payment platforms which include Tenpay, Weixin/WeChat Pay, and QQ Wallet. Tenpay is an online payment platform in China. The platform supports online payment transactions for individuals and corporate users with secure and professional services. Weixin/WeChat Pay is a payment solution which enables its users to have quick payment transactions on their mobile phones.

Company Headquarter: Japan Founded: 1995 Workforce: ~700 Company Working: GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. engages in the provision of payment processing services for online commerce and credit card transactions. It offers various methods of payment for non-face-to-face businesses like online retailers, public institutions, and magazine publishers through payment gateways such as credit cards, convenience stores, electronic money, Pay-easy, PayPal, and cash on delivery.

Company Headquarter: US Founded: 2000 Workforce: ~155,400 Company Working: Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon or "the company") is the leading provider of communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies. Verizon's operations span across two business segments: wireless and wireline. The company's enterprise solutions offer mobility, Internet of Things (IoT) services, cloud, business communications services, security, and networking. The company has a presence in over 150 countries around the world. Verizon Enterprise Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Verizon, designs, builds and operates the networks, information systems, and mobile technologies that help businesses and governments around the globe to expand their reach, increase productivity, improve agility, and maintain longevity. Verizon mobile point of service is powered by the Internet of Things (IoT) to deliver products and services quickly and securely using machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, mobile kiosks, and devices.

Company Headquarter: South Africa Founded: 1915 Workforce: ~24,400 Company Working: Naspers Limited is a multinational media company that engages in the provision of platform, print media, Internet services, technology products, and book publishing. The company through its subsidiaries, joint ventures, and associated companies, is engaged in the operation of the Internet and instant messaging subscriber platforms, and e-commerce platforms. It operates through the following business segments: Internet, video entertainment, media, and corporate services. The Internet segment offers a range of services through e-commerce platforms, including consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), payments, and Naspers ventures. The company offers payment services for goods and services bought online under the PayU brand. PayU is the FinTech and e-payments division of Naspers, a global Internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world. Its products include a digital consumer wallet, a payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) certified payment gateway, anti-fraud systems, and an online Visa/MasterCard acquirer. The company has investments in Tencent, an Internet service platform based in China and Mail.ru Group, a Russia based Internet company. The main brands include Flipkart Pvt Ltd., TATA Housing Development Company Limited, Konga.com, Allegro.pl, Buscape, PriceCheck, Heureka, PayU S.A., ibibogroup, and Movile among others.

Company Headquarter: US Founded: 1971 Workforce: ~22,000 Company Working: First Data Corp. provides commerce-enabling secure and innovative payment technology and solutions. The company operates through three business segments: global business solutions, global financial solutions, and network & security solutions. The global business solutions segment provides retail point-of-sale merchant acquiring and e-commerce services. This segment also provides next-generation offerings, such as mobile payment services, web store-in-a-box solutions, and cloud-based clover point-of-sale operating system. The network & security solutions segment provides EFT network solutions, such as STAR network and debit card processing solutions. It also offers stored value network solutions, including money network, ValueLink, Gyft, and transaction wireless; and security and fraud solutions, such as TransArmor and TeleCheck. Other services offered by the company include mobile payments, e-commerce and prepaid solutions, as well as payment processing, fraud protection and authentication solutions, online banking, check guarantee and verification services and point-of-sale services.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1996 Workforce: ~1,200 Company Working: Comtrade is a software company engaged in the development of software solutions and system integration. The company is also involved in the distribution of computer software & hardware and digital offset printing devices. The company delivers IT solutions for the public sector and provides consulting, technical support & maintenance services to its customers. Comtrade offers its products and services to various industries including BFSI, energy & utilities, and healthcare. The company has businesses in North America and Europe.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~100 Company Working: RapidMiner provides a code-free analytics platform for data mining, machine learning, and predictive analytics. The company relies on a template-based approach that speeds up delivery and reduces errors by nearly eliminating the need to write code. The platform is in use across various industries such as automotive, communications, energy, financial services, logistics, manufacturing, insurance, and others. It is used in demand forecasting, customer segmentation, fraud detection, quality assurance, and many more. The products offered provide data preparation, model creation, process automation, team collaboration, and others. The company operates worldwide.

Company Headquarters: India Founded: 2009 Workforce: ~200 Company Working: XMPro is a provider of IoT application platform for various use cases. The platform is specially made for asset-intensive industries such as oil & gas, mining, utilities, and manufacturing. Its IoT platform offers capabilities such as intelligent integration, event stream processing, analytics, visual design environment, business process management, alarm management, user management, business rules, device management, and others. Applications include condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, asset performance management, continuous intelligence, smart contracts, and digital twins. The company operates globally.

Company Headquarter: The Netherlands Founded: 2006 Workforce: ~700 Company Working: Adyen NV (Adyen) engages in the provision of payments platform business. The company offers counter-top terminals, mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, in-app payments, omnichannel payments, in-store kiosks, and unattended terminals. It delivers frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. The company’s payment platform, utilized by customers for payment globally, accepts different payment methods comprising Android Pay, Alipay in China, Boletos in Brazil, SEPA Direct Debit in Europe, Qiwi in Russia, Apple Pay, and Konbini in Japan. Through its products and services, Adyen caters to retail, digital, airlines, hospitality, and ticketing industries. The company also offers global acquiring solutions, which connect merchants to acquirers across the world. Its clientele includes easyJet, River Island, KLM, Booking.com, Vueling, Citizen, Netflix, Groupon, LinkedIn, Crocs, Spotify, Etsy, Evernote, Superdry, O’Neill, TransferWise, UBER, and Mango among others. The company has its presence in various countries of Europe, South America, North America, and Asia.

Company Headquarter: US Founded: 1970 Workforce: ~15,000 Company Working: Visa, Inc. deals in the provision of payment services. It also facilitates global commerce through facilitating the transfer of value and information in the global network of consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners, and government entities. It offers debit cards, credit cards, prepaid products, commercial payment solutions, and global ATM services. Visa classifies its offerings into five categories: core products, processing infrastructure, transaction processing services, digital products, and merchant products. Core products include debit card, credit card, prepaid cards, commercial payment, and global ATMs. Commercial payment solutions (CPS) comprise purchasing cards, corporate cards, virtual account, and disbursement accounts. CPS is designed to bring control, efficiency, and automation to government and commercial payment processing. It also provides integration capabilities, consulting and analytics support, and data management. In 2010, Visa acquired CyberSource and its wholly owned subsidiary Authorize.net, which provides e-commerce payments and security solutions for businesses. Authorize.Net is a payment gateway that allows e-commerce providers to accept payments through credit cards and electronic checks directly on their site.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2010 Workforce: ~5,000 Company Working: Stripe, Inc. is a financial information platform provider for businesses worldwide. The company offers processing software and application programming interfaces (APIS) for e-commerce and mobile applications. Stripe helps users to accept payments by creating a subscription service, an on-demand marketplace, an e-commerce store, or a crowd-funding platform. It aims to expand Internet commerce by making it easy for users to process transactions and manage businesses online. The company makes moving money simple with the presence of dozens of offices strategically spread across the world. On average, around 90% of U.S adults have brought from a business using stripe. The company supports more than 135+ currencies.

Company Headquarter: US Founded: 1998 Workforce: ~18,700 Company Working: PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PayPal) engages in the development of a technology platform for digital payments. PayPal is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships enables PayPal to create a better way to manage and move money and also offer choice and flexibility to the users to send and receive payments. Its solutions include PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, and Paydiant. It manages a two-sided proprietary global technology platform that links customers, which consist of both merchants and consumers, to facilitate the processing of payment transactions. PayPal operates in two segments: transaction revenues and other value-added services. PayPal also enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

Company Headquarter: U.S. Founded: 2008 Workforce: ~200 Company Working: Digimarc Corporation is engaged in the provision of media identification and management solutions and is best known for its digital watermarking technologies. It develops solutions, licenses intellectual property, and provides development services. It also connects print, audio, and packaging to brand-defined online content which protects, identifies, and tracks digital files and confirms that the content and objects are genuine, unaltered, and from an authorized source. Its products include Digimarc Discover and Digimarc Barcode. The Digimarc Barcode is a proprietary method for imperceptibly enhancing packaging, images, and audio with data that is detected by enabled devices, such as phones, computers, barcode scanners, and machine-vision equipment. The Digimarc Barcode is increasingly being used in consumer goods, labels, commercial print, audio, digital images, and secure documents. The company also offers various software for mobile, desktop and embedded circuits as well. The services offered by the company include piracy intelligence, enhancement, quality control, integration, and program management. The company caters to various end users such as retail & brand, grocery, book publishing, application development, and media & entertainment. The company specializes in invisible barcodes, audio recognition, content identification, data-rich art, and mobile barcode scanner SDK.

Headquarters: Netherlands Founded: 1943 Workforce: ~149,000 Company Working: IKEA Systems B.V. is the global retail company that offers a wide range of well designed, effective home furnishing products at feasible prices. The company has total 355 stores in 29 IKEA group countries, out of which 33 stores are present in Asia including pickup and order points, store distribution site and shopping centers. The company has approximately 9,500 products across the IKEA range, and adds approximately 2,500 products, every year. The company is working on reducing wastes and ensuring efficient use of natural resources in any operation. For enhancing sustainability, the company is investing in wind farms and solar panels to generate energy. The company is investing in the installation of solar modules in building and in wind farms. Moreover, IKEA launched home solar for generating and using renewable energy at home within effective prices and budget. In the year 2017, the company’s home solar solution was introduced in Belgium and Poland, which involved turning rooftop into power stations.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China Founded: 2005 Workforce: Approximately 20,000 Company Working: JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd is a solar development company that manufactures solar PV module, solar cells, and panels for power plant & off-grid solar installations as well as it manufactures mono-crystalline and multi-crystalline solar cells. It has offices in countries such as China, Japan, Philippines, United Kingdom, India, the U.S., Thailand, the Netherlands, Australia, and Switzerland. JA Solar has several subsidiaries for enhanced marketing and has been developing a wide global sales network sales. JA Development Co., Ltd (British Virgin Islands), JA Solar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), JA Solar Vietnam Company Limited (Vietnam), JA Solar USA Inc. (U.S.), JA Solar Hong Kong Limited (Hong Kong), JingAo Solar Co., Ltd and Yangzhou JA Solar PV Engineering Co., Ltd (China) are some of its subsidiaries. JA Solar manufacturers high-performance solar products and uses its strengths in PV-research and development to consistently optimize its unique technologies in cell production and model construction. The company is a pioneer in selective diffusion technology and passivized emitter rear cells (PERC).

Headquarters: Seville, Spain Founded: 1941 Workforce: Approximately 12,468 Company Working: Abengoa Solar, SA is engaged in designing, promotion, construction, installation and operation of its own solar power stations. It is a pioneer in Concentrated Solar Power and Thermal technologies and operates in the segments of solar photovoltaics, and concentrated photovoltaics. It owns Europe's first commercially operating concentrating solar power plant, the 11 MW PS10 Solar Power Plant that uses concentrated solar thermal technology. Abengoa Solar has total installed capacity of approximately 1,223 MW in commercial, approximately 540 MW under construction and 210 MW in the pre-construction phase which is distributed in 29 plants locations, across the world. The company has worked on solar tower technology s (PS10 and PS20), which consisted of field of heliostats technology to constantly tracks the sun for solar radiation. Furthermore, Abengoa operates in parabolic trough technology.

Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea Founded: 1999 Workforce: Approximately 8,000 Company Working: Hanwha Q CELLS offers solar panels for segments such as residential, commercial & industrial, and power plants. Its solar panels combine the best features of all known cell technologies to achieve high performance levels at low cost of electricity (LCOE). Such use of advanced technology ensures Q CELLS solar modules achieve maximum luminous efficiency under real, day to day conditions, even under cloudy skies. Hanwha Q CELLS has presence in 14 countries in 5 continents. Its headquarters for Technology & Innovation are located in the Solar Valley in Thalheim, Germany, where the "Engineered in Germany" product portfolio is developed. Excellent scientists and engineers make continuous improvements to their existing technologies in the in-house research center, developing new innovative product generations. Products are manufactured in international facilities at China, Malaysia, and South Korea. Hanwha Q CELLS has a solar module manufacturing capacity of 8.0 GW, which makes the company one of the biggest solar module manufacturers in the world.

Headquarters: Shangrao, China Founded: 2006 Workforce: More than 12,500 Company Working: Jinko Solar operates from 18 countries in 5 continents, 6 production plants in 4 countries and 21 warehouses in 9 countries, with 33 sales offices catering to the requirements of customers in more than 80 countries. It had a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 8.0 GW for silicon ingots and wafers, 5.0GW for solar cells, and 8.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2017. It had about 15,000 full-time workers, worldwide, with more than 19 GW cumulative shipments of solar panels until 2017 and was ranked one of the top companies for global shipment of solar modules in 2016 (6.65 GW). It is the first Chinese PV manufacturer whose modules have passed the intensive UV test in terms of IEC61345 from TUV Rheinland, which is the major international standard of the industry. Jinko Solar offers a wide range of products such as solar cells, solar module, and mounting system. Its solar panels are mainly of monocrystalline and polycrystalline structure. These solar panels are as per global specifications and conventional standards with linear performance warranty.

Headquarters: Changzhou, China Founded: 1997 Workforce: ~13,556 Company Working: Trina Solar majorly operates in China with the State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, a state-of-art facility designed to foster technological innovations. The laboratory covers 15,000 square meters and is located within the Changzhou Trina PV Industrial Park. It is a national platform for driving PV technological developments in China. It received accreditation from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology on November 3, 2013 and has become one of the leading R&D centres in the field of photovoltaics since then. It sells its products in more than 70 countries with some of its offices in Beijing, Madrid, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Zurich, Mexico City, and San Jose. Trina solar modules around the world are displacing over 27 million tons of CO2, equivalent to planting 4.9 million acres of trees. Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. Sun Era Industries Ltd., Brannon Solar, LLC, and Trina Solar are some of its subsidiaries. With almost 20 years in the solar industry, Trina Solar’s experience, high-quality products and technological innovations have led the company to be one of the leading photovoltaic module manufacturers in the world. The company operates under the segments of utility products and solutions, commercial, and residential. The company has a wide range of solar panels under monocrystalline, multicrystalline, dual glass monocrystalline, and dual glass multi-crystalline structure. The solar panels offered by the company cover all the global specifications and conventional standards.

Company Headquarters: Regensburg, Germany Founded: 1913 Workforce: 2,900 Company Overview: SGB-SMIT Group is a power company with its business in transmission and distribution of power. The company is the manufacturer of transformers of various types to suit different industries. It offers a wide range of products including, large power transformers, medium power transformers, oil distribution transformers, cast resin transformers, compact-substations, and special transformers. It company offers its transformers for five major end-use sectors, which include power generation, power distribution, industry, railways, and infrastructure. The company also provides transformer services under SGB-SMIT group, under which the specialists carry out regular maintenance of the transformer, thus improving the operating life of the transformers. It has an experience of more than 100 years, with which it is one of the largest manufacturers of transformers in Europe. SGB-SMIT Group has its manufacturing plants in Germany, the Netherlands, the US, Romania, Malaysia, India, China and the Czech Republic. The company has offices in three continents, namely North America, Europe, and Asia. Some of the subsidiaries of SGB-SMIT Group are Starkstrom-Gerätebau GmbH, (Germany), Sächsisch-Bayerische Starkstrom-Gerätebau GmbH, (Germany), SGB MY Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), Royal SMIT Transformers B.V., (the Netherlands), SGB-USA Inc., (U.S.), OTC Services, (U.S.).

Company Headquarters: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. Founded: 1970 Workforce: 5,000 Company Working: SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc., is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of power transformers and a valued supplier of complete transformer service solutions, components and replacement parts. It also offers a variety of substation-applicable training classes for all skill levels including a large number of comprehensive LTC maintenance courses.

Company Headquarters: Straume, Norway Founded: 2013 Company Working: Enhanced Drilling Services (EDS) provides drilling services and technology to the international oil and gas industry. EDS operates through three operational segments, which are enhanced drilling, cannseal and group/others. Cannseal technology is mainly used in mature oilfields to seal off the inflow of water and gas. The company offers a wide range of oilfield capabilities including MPD, dual gradient drilling, cementing, clean-up operations, safety enhancement technology, and mud removal technology. EDS has worked on more than 600 wells in its lifetime with its RMR and CTS technology. The company has offices and workshops in various countries including the UK, the US, Australia and Azerbaijan. Also, the company has workshop in Canada and an office in Malaysia.

Company Headquarters: Northfield, IL Founded: 1966 Workforce: 15,000 Company Working: Medline Industries Inc. is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies and is uniquely positioned to provide products, education, and support across the continuum of care. Its ability is to bring best practices from one care setting to another from large healthcare systems and independent physicians’ practices to patients and their families.

Company Headquarters: Hertfordshire, UK Founded: 2004 Workforce: 51-200 Company Working: GAMA Healthcare Ltd is a dynamic, innovative company specializing in manufacturing and distributing unique, quality products within the healthcare industry.

Company Headquarters: Rhode Island, US Founded: 1920 Workforce: Approximately 400 Company Working: Taco Inc. is a third generation, family-owned company also known as Taco Comfort Solutions. It develops and manufactures products and systems for both, residential and commercial applications. These include circulators/pumps, valves and controls, air-dirt separators, heat exchangers, buffer and expansion tanks, domestic hot water recirculation and accessory products, and sophisticated building management controls. It has nearly 100 years of experience in the HVAC industry. Its engineering expertise is passed through its expansive factory training and online learning programs.

Company Headquarters: Guastalla, Reggio Emilia, Italy Founded: 1951 Workforce: More Than 200 Company Working: Saer Elettropompe S.p.A. is among the key manufacturers and suppliers of surface and submersible pumps and motors. Its internal design and R&D department allows it to offer new customizable products with flexibility and innovation based on specific requirements of its customers within short periods. It also provides products and solutions in different materials to meet different environmental and design needs of customers in a wide range of applications. Its centrifugal electrical pumps and submersible and surface motors have a wide range of applications. The firm manufacturers various types of pumps that are utilized in sectors such as civil, industrial, agriculture and irrigation, underground extraction, mining, oil and gas, and water treatment.

Company Headquarters: Cressier, Switzerland Workforce: Approximately 400 Founded: 1947 Company Working: Emile Egger & Cie SA is a medium-sized, privately owned industrial enterprise. It focuses on the development and production of high quality, customized solids handling centrifugal pumps and iris diaphragm valves across a wide range of industries such as sewage, chemical, petrochemical, steel, textile, and others. Previously, the company was specialized in the pumping of fluids laden with solids and gases. It has its subsidiaries in European countries, Asia-Pacific and North America and a strong sales and distribution network.

Company Headquarters: Suzhou Jiangsu, China Founded: 1989 Workforce: Approximately 2,300 Company Working: BACOENG is engaged in the manufacture of pumps, valves, auto parts, and machine tools and offers OEM services. The company has two manufacturing units in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of China. Additionally, the company maintains two warehouses located in the US and the UK. The company focuses on quality, long-lasting products with quick and flexible installation of systems. Indoor hot water system involves, electromagnetic valve, water pump, booster pump, and intelligent solutions with full control over traffic, time and temperature.

Company Headquarters: Montorso Vicentino, Italy Founded: 1959 Workforce: Approximately 250 Company Working: Calpeda S.p.A. manufactures over 2000 types of pumps with power ranging from 0.5 to 200 kW. It is committed to study, develop, manufacture and industrialize pumping systems. It offers a range of pumps to suit a variety of uses, such as domestic applications, groundwater, industrial fields, wastewater and sewage applications, for civil plants, agricultural and irrigation applications, and building-service sector. Moreover, the firm has a strong distribution network with a wide product range. It has a strong distribution network in Europe.

Company Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario – Canada Founded: 1934 Workforce: Approximately 1,000 Company Working: The company is engaged in the design, engineering, and production of fluid flow equipment. It is actively involved in providing quality products and services to its customers for various industries. The firm makes efforts to reduce fuel use, energy consumption, water use, and waste to landfill. The firm’s business units are ISO 14001 certified. The company has a wide range of product offerings in terms of hot water circulation pump. The company has seven manufacturing facilities at different locations, namely Buffalo, New York; West Midlands and Manchester, UK, Bengaluru, India; Shanghai, China; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Sao Paulo, Brazil with more than 1000 employees.