By contrast, decreases in the manufacturing, construction, and transport, storage & communication sectors mitigated the upturn in the wholesale & retail trade and financial services sectors. The unfavorable development in manufacturing was due mainly to a drop in value added by the Isla refinery due to the prolonged shutdown of the refinery. Also, activities in the ship repair industry shrank.
Whereas only five corporate venture capitalists were associated with the German venture capital association during the stock market boom, their number is now four times as high. Today, about two-thirds of the DAX companies have corporate venture capitalists as subsidiaries.