Samsung Electronics is a global technology company headquartered in South Korea that operates in various areas of the electronics industry, including consumer electronics, information technology, mobile communications, and device solutions. The company is involved in the development, manufacturing, and sale of a wide range of consumer products, such as mobile phones, tablets, TVs, home theater systems, digital cameras, and home appliances like refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and ovens. Additionally, it offers PCs, peripherals, printers, memory and storage products, healthcare and medical equipment, telecommunications infrastructures, and LED lighting solutions. The company is also involved in semiconductor manufacturing, cyber game match hosting, venture capital investments, sponsoring sports teams and games, credit management, and logistics services. Samsung Electronics operates in various regions worldwide, including Korea, China, North and Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. The company also provides repair services and consultation for electronic devices and communication systems.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. operates as a holding company which engages in the provision of telecommunication services. It operates through the following business divisions: Regional Communications, Long-Distance and International Communications, Mobile Communications, Data Communications, and Others. The Regional Communications division offers domestic intra-prefectural communication services such as fixed voice-related, Internet protocol (IP), and packet communications services; and sells telecommunications equipment. The Long Distance and International Communications division deals with the domestic intra-prefectural and international communications, and system integration services. The Mobile Communications division provides the mobile voice-related, IP, and packet communications services. The Data Communications division covers the system integration and network system services. The Other division engages in the real estate, finance, engineering, system integration and data processing services, and development of technologies and shared operations. The company was founded on August 1, 1952 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. engages in the manufacture, development, and sale of electric and electronic equipment. It operates in the following business segments: Energy and Electric Systems, Industrial Automation Systems, Information and Communication Systems, Electronic Devices, Home Appliances, and Others. The Energy and Electric Systems segment offers power and transportation systems, elevators, escalators, and supervisory control systems. The Industrial Automation Systems segment covers industrial automation products and systems, measurement and control systems, automotive and electronic products, and car multimedia systems. The Information and Communication Systems segment includes wireless, closed circuit television, space, and satellite communication systems, antennas, radar devices, and information communications network systems. The Electronic Devices segment provides power, high frequency, and optical devices; and liquid crystal displays. The Home Appliances segment covers air-conditioning and photovoltaic power generation systems, televisions, recorders, and players. The Others segment comprises of material procurement, logistics, real estate, advertising, and financial services. The company was founded on January 15, 1921 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SGCC was founded on Dec. 29th, 2002 as a pilot state-owned corporation by the State Council. As a backbone state-owned enterprise that may affect national energy safety and economic lifelines, SGCC's core business is to build and operate power grids and provides secure and reliable power supply for the development of the society. With a registered capital of RMB 200 billion yuan and service area covering 26 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Government which equals to 88% of the national territory. SGCC carries out the president responsibility system. The president is the legal corporate representative of SGCC. By the end of 2005, SGCC accumulated a total asset of RMB1176.7 billion yuan with a debt-asset ratio of 61.96%, and possessed 195,899 km of 220kV and above transmission lines with a transforming capacity up to 616.64 GVA. SGCC has 1.502 million employees and serves 128 million customers. In 2005, SGCC sold electric power up to 1464.6 TWh and achieved an operation income of RMB 721.4 billion yuan with a net profit of RMB14.4 billion yuan profit & tax of RMB 60.4 billion yuan. SGCC was ranked the 40th in the Fortune Global 500 in 2005.

POSCO Holdings Inc. engages in the production of steel products. It operates through the following divisions: Steel, Engineering & Construction and Trading. The Steel division produces cold rolled, hot rolled and stainless steel products, plates, wire rods and silicon steel sheets. The Engineering & Construction division engages in the planning, designing and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects, commercial and residential buildings. The Trading division exports and imports steel products and raw materials. The company was founded by Tae-Joon Park on April 1, 1968 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Part of Akzo Nobel NV, AKZO Nobel Coatings International BV is a company headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The firm manufactures paints and coatings.

China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) is a super-large petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group, established in July 1998 on the basis of the former China Petrochemical Corporation. Sinopec Group is a state-owned company solely invested by the state, functioning as a state-authorized investment organization in which the state holds the controlling share. Headquartered in Beijing, Sinopec Group has a registered capital of RMB 231.6 billion. The board chairman of Sinopec Group is its legal representative. Sinopec Group executes the investor rights over related state assets owned by its full subsidiaries, controlled companies and share-holding companies. These rights include receiving returns on assets, making major decisions and appointing management teams. The Group operates, manages and supervises state assets according to related laws, and shoulders the corresponding responsibility of maintaining and increasing the value of state assets. China Petroleum and Chemical Company (Sinopec Corp.), controlled by Sinopec Group, issued H-shares and A-shares at overseas and home respectively in October 2000 and August 2001 and was listed on stock markets in Hong Kong, New York, London and Shanghai. Sinopec Group’s key business activities include: industrial investment and investment management; the exploration, production, storage and transportation (including pipeline transportation), marketing and comprehensive utilization of oil and natural gas; the production, marketing, storage and transportation of coal; oil refining; the storage, transportation ,wholesale and retail of oil products; the production, marketing, storage, transportation of petrochemicals, natural gas chemicals, coal chemicals and other chemical products; the exploration, design, consulting, construction and installation of petroleum and petrochemical engineering projects; the overhaul and maintenance of petroleum and petrochemical equipments; the research and development, manufacturing and marketing of electrical and mechanical equipments; the production and marketing of electricity, steam, water and industrial gas; the research, development, application and consulting services of technology, e-business, information and alternative energy products; the import and export of self-support and agent commodity and technology; foreign project contracting, invite bidding, labor export; the international storage and logistics business. Sinopec Group ranked the 3rd in the Fortune Global 500 in 2014.

JFE Steel Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products. Its products include steel plates for ships and bridges, steel sheet for automobiles, home electrical appliances, and wall and roof construction, special steel, structural steel, stainless steel, steel rods for construction, and steel-pipe. The company was founded on April 1, 2003and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

ASML Netherlands BV, a subsidiary of ASML Holding NV, is a company headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. The firm manufactures and supplies chip-making equipment.\nThe company says this about itself: ASML is one of the world's leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment. Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry. ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment. ASML is a multinational company with offices in 60 cities in 16 countries, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. We employ more than 19,000 people on payroll and flexible contracts (expressed in full time equivalents). ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML.

Baker Hughes, Inc. is a private company headquartered in Houston, TX. The firm manufactures oilfield equipment.

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Previously known as Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg announced the company's rebrand to Meta on October 28, 2021, at the company's annual Connect Conference. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California in 2004. With millions of more users, [Friendster] attempted to acquire the company for $10 million in mid-2004. Facebook turned down the offer and subsequently received $12.7 million in funding from [Accel Partners] at a valuation of around $100 million. Facebook continued to grow opening up to high school students in September 2005 and adding a photo-sharing feature the next month. The next spring, Facebook received $25 million in funding from [Greylock Partners] and [Meritech Capital] as well as previous investors [Accel Partners] and [Peter Thiel]. The pre-money valuation for this deal was about $525 million. Facebook subsequently opened up to work networks eventually amassing over 20,000 work networks. Finally, in September 2006, Facebook was opened to anyone with an email address. Facebook continued to receive funding most notably in January 2011 receiving $1.5 billion and valuing the company at $50 billion. A year later in February 2012, Facebook announced that it was filing for its long-anticipated initial public offering. The company went public on May 18, 2012 opening in [NASDAQ] with shares trading at $42.05. Facebook announced positive numbers in February 2012 upon filing for its IPO. As of July 2013, over 1.15 billion users have logged into Facebook every month and 669 million users daily. Mobile users now make up half of Facebook’s user base with 819 million monthly active. Facebook is one of the most trafficked sites in the United States. Additionally, Facebook is the top photo-sharing site with 250 million photos uploaded per day. The company has a strategic partnership with AXA Group to develop marketing and commercial collaboration in the digital, social, and mobile sphere. Meta is currently the owner of many applications and services such as Facebook App, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR, Pagemodo Pagebuilder, [RSS Graffiti], Huddle, and more. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 2.9 billion monthly active users.

Shimadzu Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of testing, measuring, medical, aircraft and analytical instruments. It operates through the following segments: Analytical Instruments, Medical Systems, Aircraft Equipment, Industrial Machinery & Equipment, and Others. The Analytical Instruments segment handles the general analytical and environmental measurement instruments such as mass spectrometers, chromatographs, spectrophotometers, surface analysis and observation systems, water quality analyzers, and continuous emission monitoring systems. The Medical System segment offers diagnostic systems and services to medical facilities such as fluoroscopy, angiography, radiography, near-infrared imaging, and medical information systems. The Aircraft Equipment segment provides aircraft and ground support equipment which includes flight control, air management, cockpit display systems, aircraft equipment functional testers, and aircraft medical training equipment. The Industrial Machinery & Equipment segment offers advanced-level manufacturing and testing equipment for the industrial field such as turbo molecular pumps, anti-reflective coating systems for solar cells, hydraulic gear pumps, power packages, diffraction gratings, and laser modules. The Others segment handles the leasing and management of real estate, software development, product design, and pavement construction business. The company was founded by Genzo Shimadzu Sr. on March 31, 1875 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971. With annual production (in terms of crude steel) around 10 million tonnes, CSC produces a range of products that includes plates, bars, wire rods, hot and cold rolled coils, electrogalvanized coils, electrical steel coils, hot-dip galvanized coils, and Ti/Ni-base alloy. The domestic market takes roughly 67% of CSC’s production and the exports take the remaining 33%. CSC is the largest steel company in Taiwan, enjoying more than 50% of the domestic market. Major export destinations are Mainland China, Japan and Southeast Asia. CSC is very active in innovation, and has strong capability to put the innovations into practice. The company’s vision is “We aspire to be a trustworthy steel company of global distinction that pursues growth, environmental protection, energy saving and value-innovation.” CSC actively puts into practice its corporate value of “teamwork, entrepreneurial approach, down-to-earthness and pursuit of innovation”, as well as its operation concepts of “promotion of social well-being, result orientation, implementation of teamwork, and emphasis on employees’ self-realization.” CSC keeps deepening the roots for its core business in steel, and is devoted to integrate the related downstream industries to foster healthy development and international competitiveness of Taiwan's steel related industry. Brief of China Steel Corporation China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971. With annual production (in terms of crude steel) around 10 million tonnes, CSC produces a range of products that includes plates, bars, wire rods, hot and cold rolled coils, electrogalvanized coils, electrical steel coils, hot-dip galvanized coils, and Ti/Ni-base alloy. The domestic market takes roughly 67% of CSC’s production and the exports take the remaining 33%. CSC is the largest steel company in Taiwan, enjoying more than 50% of the domestic market. Major export destinations are Mainland China, Japan and Southeast Asia. CSC is very active in innovation, and has strong capability to put the innovations into practice. The company’s vision is “We aspire to be a trustworthy steel company of global distinction that pursues growth, environmental protection, energy saving and value-innovation.” CSC actively puts into practice its corporate value of “teamwork, entrepreneurial approach, down-to-earthness and pursuit of innovation”, as well as its operation concepts of “promotion of social well-being, result orientation, implementation of teamwork, and emphasis on employees’ self-realization.” CSC keeps deepening the roots for its core business in steel, and is devoted to integrate the related downstream industries to foster healthy development and international competitiveness of Taiwan's steel related industry. CSC won the “National Quality Award” from the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) in 1991, the “Distinguished Innovation Accomplishment Award” from the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2009, the only award of “Leading Company of Maintenance and Reliability KPIs Survey Project, 2013” from the World Steel Association, and was selected as the world steel industry leader and gold class distinction by RebocoSAM in 2014, signifying that CSC’s accomplishments in R&D, innovation, production, maintenance, and corporate social responsibility have long been acknowledged by the domestic and oversea industries and the public. In order to enhance its operational synergy, CSC has diversified its businesses. Presently CSC and its 26 subsidiaries constitute the “CSC Group” in five business areas: steel, engineering and construction, industrial materials, logistics, and services & investments. The CSC Group, positioning its status toward “A group, which deems environmental protection and energy saving important, bases its headquarters in Taiwan, centers its development in Asia, and focuses on the business scope of steels and materials, engineering and services, and minerals and resources.” is proactively making efforts to become a resource-saving and eco-friendly group of global distinction.

FUJIFILM Corp. engages in the provision of imaging and information solutions. Its offers photography equipment, supplies and services, optical devices, healthcare, high-performance materials, graphic systems, recording media, and industrial products. The company was founded on October 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

ETRI is the largest government funded research institute in Korea, which strives to advance science by means of formulating innovative ideas; developing new techniques; and training professional individuals in the area of information telecommunications to ultimately enhance social and economical aspects of the modern society.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson engages in the provision of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators. It operates through the following segments: Networks, Digital Services, Managed Services, and Emerging Business and Other. The Networks segment supports all radio-access technologies and offers hardware, software and related services for both radio access and transport. The Digital Services segment provides software and services in the areas of digital business support systems, operational support systems, cloud communication, cloud core, and cloud infrastructure. The Managed Services segment includes networks and information technology managed services, network design and optimization, and application development and maintenance. The Emerging Business and Other segment encompasses emerging business, Iconectiv, Red Bee Media, and Media Solutions. The company was founded by Lars Magnus Ericsson in 1876 and is headquartered in Kista, Sweden.

Tokyo Electron Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor production equipment and industrial electronics products for flat panel display manufacturing equipment. It operates through the following segments: Semiconductor Production Equipment (SPE), Flat Panel Display (FPD) Production Equipment and Others. The SPE segment handles the development, manufacture, service, and distribution of coaters/developers, plasma etch systems, thermal processing systems, single wafer deposition systems, cleaning systems, wafer probers, and other semiconductor production equipment. The FPD Production Equipment segment manufactures coater/developer for manufacturing flat panel display and Plasma etching/ashing device. The Others segment includes logistics, facilities management, and insurance businesses. The company was founded in November 11, 1963 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Cerno Bioscience LLC is an American private company. The firm develops mass spectrometry calibration and analysis software.