Hornbach Holding is engaged in the development and operation of do-it-yourself (DIY) megastores with garden centers on an international basis. In addition, Co. and its subsidiaries are engaged in the construction materials and builders' merchant business. Co. operates within two segments: retail business and its real estate business. As of Feb. 28, 2014, Co. was operating a total of 49 DIY megastores with garden centers in eight countries outside Germany.

Schaltbau Holding AG is a Germany-based company, which develops and manufactures components for transportation technology and for the investment goods industry. It operates in the following segments: Mobile Transportation Technology; Stationary Transportation Technology and Components. The Mobile Transportation Technology segment offers door systems for buses and railway vehicles, fittings for sliding vehicle doors through the Bode Group, and solutions for the controlling and monitoring of trains as well as their communication with stationary safety and signal system technologies through Albatros S.L. The Stationary Transportation Technology segment offers railway signal technology, warning systems, rail point heating systems and maritime aids to navigation through the Pintsch Group, as well as Brake Systems, which provides industrial brake and crane brake systems through the Pintsch Bubenzer Group. The Components segment offers connectors and snap-action switches, among others.