Welcome to our new members
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14 Jan 2025
Welcome to our new members

We are delighted to announce our membership has grown in the last quarter of 2024 and at the beginning of 2025. AbbVie, AP Wireless, GE Vernova, Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo and Wabtec have been approved as new members. We wish a warm welcome to our new members and look forward to working closely on our advocacy efforts in the future.  

AbbVie is an American research-based biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and sale of pharmaceutical products. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company focuses on treating a variety of conditions. 

AP Wireless is a cell site lease investment firm operating globally. Headquartered in San Diego, California, they are focused on the strategic acquisition and management of ground, tower, rooftop and in-building cell site leases. 

GE Vernova is a leading US manufacturer of energy technology. With approximately 55,000 wind turbines and 7,000 gas turbines, GE Vernova’s technology base helps generate approximately 25% of the world’s electricity and has a meaningful role to play in the energy transition. 

Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world. 

Headquartered in Purchase, New York, PepsiCo is an American multinational food, snack and beverage corporation that engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide.  

Wabtec provides technology-based locomotives, equipment, systems, and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries and builds new locomotives. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, they employ over 29,000 people globally.  

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