Start-up and business center ZukunftsZentrumZollverein - Triple Z

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ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the promotion of business start-ups

logo
legal form Corporation
founding November 1996
Seat Katernberger Strasse 107, 45327 Essen
management
  • Dirk Otto, CEO
sales 1.25 million € (2012)
Branch Start-up and business center
Website www.triple-z.de

The administration building during the mining era (1920)
The administration building of the Triple Z today (building 1)

The Triple Z start-up and business center is located in Essen-Katernberg on the site of the former pit 4/5/11 of the Zeche Zollverein . After the Triple Z was founded in 1996, the buildings of the colliery were renovated. Today more than 90 entrepreneurs with around 600 employees work in the offices and production halls. The operating company of the center is the “ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft für Förder von Buergrendungen” (Triple Z AG for short).

location

The Triple Z is located in the northeast of the city ​​of Essen (Katernberg district) at Katernberger Straße 107. The start-up and business center extends over an area of ​​around 26,000 m² and a small part is also located in Gelsenkirchen's urban area . On June 14, 2015, the nearby tram stop was renamed from Nienhuser Busch to Triple Z.

history

Collieries and the "Essen Consensus"

The Katernberg district suffered particularly from the economic structural change in the Ruhr area in the 80s and 90s. The colliery and coking plant death cost more than 10,000 jobs there alone and led to considerable social problems. On the site of the Zeche Zollverein , mining left large-scale industrial wastelands. In order to create concepts for reducing unemployment, the “Essen Consensus” alliance was established in the early 1990s. In 1995, the informal network of leaders from politics, business and administration developed the idea for a center to support business start-ups in order to fight unemployment. The vacant buildings of the former 4/5/11 mine were chosen as the location.

Foundation of Triple Z AG

In 1996 the city ​​of Essen bought the site of the former mine . Triple Z AG (public limited company for the promotion of business start-ups) was founded in November as the operating company of the center. The founding shareholders were Bfz - Berufsförderungszentrum Essen eV (today Bfz-Essen GmbH), Stadtwerke Essen AG, ETEC GmbH (Essen Technology and Development Center), EWG – Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH and s'Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH of Sparkasse Essen . They subscribed to the founding capital of the stock corporation, at the time of DM 120,000.

Refurbishment of the colliery building

The test bench building in 1998

103 years after coal mining began at shaft 4/5/11 of the Zollverein colliery, Triple Z management moved into the building in 1996. This made the Triple Z the third user of the system. Before that, after the colliery was finally closed, the Ruhrkohle AG training workshop was housed there. When Triple Z management moved in, the ten buildings were in dire need of renovation. They were cut off from all supply lines, rain penetrated through roofs and windows, and individual buildings were damaged by vandalism.

As a project in a district in particular need of renovation , the Triple Z received funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the EU in the amount of around 10 million euros. The start-up and company center was renovated in four construction phases. Work began on the administration building of the colliery, today's Building 1: By 1998, smaller and larger offices were built there on 2000 m². The former wages hall of the colliery, where the miners received their salaries, has been extensively renovated. Today there is a bistro there. Construction phases two and three were completed in 1999 and 2002; the rentable office and commercial space increased by around 8,000 m². With the completion of the last construction phase, the renovation of the test stand building, another 23 office rooms were created on an area of ​​1000 m². During the time of the mine, components in the test stand building were tested for stability before they were used underground.

Establishment of companies

In March 1997 the first entrepreneur moved into the center. Further lettings followed as soon as rental units were completed. A total of 14 companies moved into the Triple Z after the completion of the first construction phase. A year later, these companies offered around 40 jobs. By the end of 2005 the occupancy rate had risen to 94%. Today, an average of 99% of the offices and production areas are rented.

aims

Business promotion

The renovated test bench building in 2011 (building 10 of the Triple Z)

The aim of Triple Z is to promote start-ups in order to encourage the creation of jobs. The statutes say: "The object of the company is to promote the economic structure of the Essen-Katernberg district, which has been particularly hard hit by the decline in mining, by supporting small businesses, especially start-ups." be supported in marketing their products and services. Triple Z offers advice before starting a business. Another objective set out in the statutes is urban district development. Essen-Katernberg should benefit from the settled companies that z. B. Use gastronomy and hotel business .

Load capacity

The former pay hall (building 1) today

The operating concept of the Triple Z provides for the economic viability of the center, which should get by without ongoing public funding. In 1998 Triple Z AG generated an annual surplus of around 10,000 euros for the first time . Since then, the start-up and corporate center has been in the black in operational business . In the 2017 financial year , the annual surplus was around 30,000 euros.

The shareholders of Triple Z AG have always spoken out in favor of not paying out the dividend , but instead investing in promoting start-ups and expanding the center. The Triple-Z share is therefore understood as a "promotional share" and not as an investment.

Aerial photo of the Triple Z 2011 (with markings)

Industry mix

Companies from different sectors are located in the center, for example craft businesses, engineering offices, designers, IT specialists, advertising and communication agencies, management consultants and training institutions. The mix of industries is intended to encourage cooperation among individual entrepreneurs and limit the risk of monostructural economic crises .

Shareholders, management board and supervisory board

Triple Z AG has around 1500 shareholders (as of 2013), the share is being offered at a selling price of € 15.36 per share . Prominent shareholders include former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and other politicians such as Norbert Blüm , Hannelore Kraft and Peer Steinbrück .

The business of Triple Z AG is managed by the board of directors, consisting of Dirk Otto (chairman of the board and at the same time center director), Harald Filip and Clemens Stoffers. Werner Dieker has been chairman of the supervisory board since Triple Z AG was founded.

Awards

  • "Sustainable urban development projects", winner in the competition of the NRW Ministry for Urban Development (1999)
  • "Agenda 21 NRW Best Practice Example", award from the NRW state government (2003)

literature

  • Working group Marcelo Ruiz, Matthias Sauter (2006): Continuity in the social city. What is the perspective of integrated district development after funding? Conference documentation. City network "Social City NRW". Aachen.
  • Joint work of the urban development commission of the building ministers' conference (2008): Integrated urban development - local practice. Good examples of networking and bundling in the Socially Integrative City program. Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning. Bonn.
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung eV (2007): Promotion of the local economy. Case study as part of the evaluation of the integrated action program “Socially Integrative City” in North Rhine-Westphalia. City of Essen.
  • Wermker, Klaus u. a .: (2009): 15 years of the Essen Consensus. The Lord Mayor of Essen for the Essen consensus. Eat.
  • ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the promotion of business start-ups - Triple Z (2006): 10 years of Triple Z. Triple Z AG.
  • ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the promotion of business start-ups - Triple Z (1999): Zukunftszentrum Zollverein. Project idea and development line for the Essen start-up center. Documentation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the promotion of business start-ups - Triple Z (2013): Brief report on the 2012 financial year , p. 4.
  2. ↑ ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the promotion of business start-ups - Triple Z (2006): 10 years Triple Z , p. 71.
  3. ^ Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung eV (2007): Promotion of the local economy. Case study as part of the evaluation of the integrated action program “Socially Integrative City” in North Rhine-Westphalia. City of Essen. P. 22.
  4. ↑ ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the promotion of business start-ups - Triple Z (2012): Brief report on the 2011 financial year, p. 7.
  5. ^ Articles of Association of the ZukunftsZentrumZollverein Aktiengesellschaft for the Promotion of Business Startups - Triple Z. In the version of July 16, 2010, Item 1.
  6. ↑ Press release: General meeting of Triple Z AG confirms successful start-up funding in Katernberg - Triple Z. Accessed on July 17, 2018 (German).

Web links

Commons : Zeche Zollverein Schacht 4/5/11  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 13 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 2.2 ″  E