Its telecoms and chemicals businesses have been sold, and it will probably dispose of its stakes in Hochtief, a construction company, and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, a printing-machine manufacturer, in the next few years.

ECONOMIST: Water industry

That kind of premium business is what a mainstay of the old printing industry--Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, a low-profile, 152-year-old German press manufacturer--is after.

FORBES: Hot type

The project provoked controversy with 3D printing firm MakerBot pulling gun part blueprints from its website in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings and 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys refusing permission for its machines to be used by the company.

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