Founded in 2015, the Polish start-up Coding Giants has quickly developed into a leading provider in the EdTech sector. With an innovative e-learning platform and programming school, the company offers young people between the ages of 7 and 19 the opportunity to learn how to program computer games, mobile applications, websites and 3D graphics in a fun way. The aim is to get talented young people interested in new technologies at an early age and secure skilled workers in the long term. Coding Giants has also been on a strong expansion course in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2023: The company coordinates strategic alignment in Germany and Western Europe from its Düsseldorf base with up to 40 employees. Coding Giants is already working with a school in Mönchengladbach on a pilot project for the planned training network.

The Flender company from Bocholt is considered the market leader for industrial drive technology and wind power gear units. The specialist has been supplying quality products from North Rhine-Westphalia all over the world for 125 years. They are used in numerous key industries such as cement production, raw materials processing, the oil and gas industry, power generation, water and wastewater management and conveyor technology. Flender has been developing high-performance gear units, generators and couplings for wind turbines under the Winergy brand since 1981. With over 350 gigawatts of products supplied, one wind turbine out of three all over the world contains a piece of Flender and therefore a piece of North Rhine-Westphalia. The company is active at 33 locations worldwide with around 9,000 employees and is regarded as a driver of the energy transition.