Messe Essen
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | April 21, 1913 |
| Seat | Essen , Germany |
| management | Oliver P. Kuhrt |
| Number of employees | approx. 200 |
| sales | EUR 72 million |
| Branch | Exhibition operator |
| Website | Messe-Essen.de |
| Status: 2016 | |
The Messe Essen is in Essen district Rüttenscheid befindliches exhibition grounds , the right to the Grugapark borders.
history
Origin and first years
In 1893 there was a first trade exhibition in the Essen hall . The beginnings on today's Norbertstraße lie in what was then known as the Essen Trade Show , which was founded as a GmbH on April 21, 1913 by twelve private shareholders . 200 exhibitors presented themselves on 5000 square meters of exhibition space in the main building erected at that time, which stretched over the area of today's forecourt of the Grugahalle and the property of today's Hotel Atlantic. In 1921, the non-profit association for the exploitation of the Essen exhibition grounds GmbH became the operator. At this time, to the west behind the main building, which was erected in 1913, exhibition hall V was built, on the foundation of which the Grugahalle has stood since 1958 . In the exhibition hall V, the largest hall of the pre-war fair, the 2nd Rhenish Evangelical Church Congress took place in June 1926 . After being renamed Gemeinnützige Ausstellunggesellschaft mbH (GAG) in 1934 , the exhibition grounds were partially confiscated during the Nazi era .
In December 1937, the newly built artificial ice rink in Essen opened on the exhibition grounds . The closed hall had an ice surface of 1,800 square meters and offered 4,000 grandstand seats. Ice hockey games and figure skating competitions were held, and there were daily running times for the general public. A restaurant for 300 people, which also had club rooms for another 400 guests, had a view of the ice.
During World War II , the exhibition grounds were finally destroyed by Allied air raids in 1944.
Development after the war
The first exhibition after the war was the Dach und Fach trade fair in 1949 , which was dedicated to the topic of reconstruction and attracted 600,000 visitors. The non-profit exhibition company was renamed in 1971 to the exhibition and trade fair company in Essen (AMGE) . One year later, after Hall 6 was completed, the total exhibition area was around 50,000 square meters. In 1966 the 14th annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists took place in the exhibition halls with over 200 participating artists. This was followed in 1976 by the commissioning of Hall 12 with a further 8,000 square meters. After a new two-story exhibition hall was completed in 1980, the total exhibition area was around 60,000 square meters. The grounds have been operated by Messe Essen GmbH since 1982 . This was followed in 1983 by the inauguration of the exhibition building at the east entrance with new Hall 2 and in 1990 that of Halls 1 and 1A, with which the exhibition now had around 90,000 square meters of total exhibition space. In 1998, with the establishment of CCE GmbH & Co. KG, the congress activities were outsourced. Hall 3, built in 2000 according to plans by the Italian architect Mario Bellini, is an architectural specialty with its characteristic nose cone. The hall, which is over 230 meters long and up to 69 meters wide, is up to 15 meters high and is the longest column-free hall in Europe. Their usable area is 17,000 square meters. In 2004, the largest connected lead-glass art window entitled Energy by Jörg Immendorff was installed in the Galeria .
The Atlantic Congress Hotel Essen , northeast of the Grugahalle, opened on January 7, 2010 . This trade fair hotel, which costs around 30 million euros, has 248 rooms as well as a 1,200 square meter conference area, a restaurant with an outdoor terrace, a fitness and wellness area and an underground car park.
2014: referendum against the renovation of the fair
On January 19, 2014, the citizens of Essen were called upon to vote by referendum on the repeal of the resolution of the City of Essen Council of July 17, 2013 on the planned renovation of the fair. The initiators of the referendum were Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and Die Linke , who had doubts about compliance with the city's budget of 123 million euros and warned that investments would then no longer be possible for urgent projects in the social field and education. Furthermore, they doubted that the fair would represent a correspondingly high economic factor for the city. In return, the council groups SPD , CDU , FDP and the Essen Citizens' Alliance , the then Mayor Reinhard Paß (SPD), all DGB trade unions and the majority of the trade associations in Essen were in favor of the fair renovation.
According to the preliminary official final result, with a turnout of 28.8 percent, 50.4 percent voted against the planned renovation of the fair. The minimum number of votes of 45,690 votes was achieved. In detail, 66,066 citizens voted against and 65,104 citizens in favor of the conversion.
2016 to 2019: Exhibition renovation
After the referendum of January 2014, it was decided to rebuild the fair on a smaller scale. Work began on May 2, 2016 with the groundbreaking ceremony . This fair renovation took place during ongoing operations until September 2019 and cost around 88.6 million euros. There has been a new reception area since November 2017. The large number of 18 small, partly two-story exhibition halls was reduced to eight large, ground-level halls, with the total exhibition area of 110,000 square meters being retained.
In the first construction phase, a new glass reception area of around 2000 square meters was built at the east entrance, which, with its large canopy, enables a covered path to the Messe Ost / Gruga underground station . At the same time, the old exhibition halls 9 and 9.1 were closed in order to create the northern part of the new hall 6. On November 28, 2017, after a construction period of around 18 months, the foyer was officially opened by Lord Mayor Thomas Kufen and NRW Minister of Economic Affairs, Andreas Pinkwart . In addition, new congress rooms, the administrative wing and the first half of the new exhibition hall 6 had been completed by then.
The second construction phase, which lasted until April 2018, included the demolition of exhibition halls 4 and 4A, which was completed in 2017, and the area was redesigned as a logistics area. The old hall 5 also fell, in the place of which the southern part of the new hall 6 was built. Above Hall 6 is the newly designed Business Club of the trade fair with a view of Hall 6, which replaces the former trade fair lounge.
The third construction phase from April to August 2018 was planned for the demolition of the two-story Halls 7.1, 8 and 8.1. There followed the construction of the new hall 4 and the southern part of the new hall 5. In addition, the existing halls were modernized and received new air conditioning, sanitary facilities and energy supply.
The fourth construction phase from September 2018 to September 2019 was planned for the completion of Hall 5 with its northern part. This was followed by a new numbering of the now eight exhibition halls.
On September 24, 2019, the last exhibition hall was officially inaugurated by the Lord Mayor Thomas Kufen. This means that the entire renovation of the fair stayed within budget and schedule.
Messe Essen today
With 110,000 square meters of total exhibition space and 20,000 square meters of outdoor space, Essen is the ninth largest exhibition space in Germany. The operator is Messe Essen GmbH, which currently employs around 200 people. There are three congress centers with 28 rooms that can accommodate around one thousand visitors. Up to 800 events are held here every year by the trade fair subsidiary CCE. The Grugahalle, which is also used for concerts and shows, is also part of the exhibition grounds . In 2016, 49 trade fairs (eight of them abroad) were held, ten of which are the world's leading trade fairs . There were around 1.3 million visitors from 130 nations, plus 13,113 exhibitors, with a third of them from abroad.
Oliver P. Kuhrt has been Managing Director of Messe Essen since January 2014 (Chairman of the Management Board until August 2014, since then sole Managing Director). The Lord Mayor of Essen Thomas Kufen (CDU) is chairman of the supervisory board. Messe Essen has its own offices in New York and Milan as well as branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, São Paulo and Moscow.
Regular trade fairs (selection)
Trade Shows
- IPM (International Plant Fair) ESSEN , annually at the end of January: As the world's leading fair for horticulture, it covers the entire value chain of the green industry: from plant production, to technology, floristry and equipment to the point of sale
- Welding & Cutting, first exhibition in 1952, thus the oldest trade fair in Essen, held every four years in September: The most important meeting point for experts and top decision-makers in the joining, cutting and coating industry
- Security Essen , every two years in September: the world's leading trade fair for civil security with innovations from IT security to access solutions, mechanical security systems and perimeters to video surveillance, services and fire protection
- Metpack: The world's leading trade fair for the metal packaging industry that takes place every three years (next trade fair in May 2020)
- SHK Essen , every two years in March: the national trade fair with the most visitors for the sanitary, heating, air conditioning and digital building management sectors
- E-world energy & water , annually in February since 2001: Important energy trade fair with approx. 25,000 visitors (2017)
- Baufachtage West, every two years in January: Combines the three special construction trade fairs Construct IT, Industrial Building and Acqua Alta under one brand
- Cutting World: First and only trade fair that focuses the value chain on cutting. Parallel to the German Flame Cutting Day and the German Cutting Congress
- Equitana , biennially: Largest horse trade fair in the world
Public fairs
- Essen Motor Show (now Jochen Rindt Show), since 1968, annually in November / December: The EMS is Europe's largest "PS Festival" and combines passion for automobiles in the four pillars of sporty series vehicles, tuning, motorsport and classic cars
- International game days SPIEL , annually in October: the world's largest public exhibition for board games
- Reise + Camping , since 1957, annually in February: The largest holiday fair in North Rhine-Westphalia shows everything to do with mobile travel: from leisure vehicles of all kinds to camping accessories to international and national tourism.
- Fahrrad Essen, annually in February and parallel to Reise + Camping: Fahrrad Essen is the most important bike fair in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Mode Heim Handwerk , since 1970, annually in November: largest consumer fair in North Rhine-Westphalia. The special trade fair for do-it-yourself, Kreativ.essen and the pleasure fair "NRW - the best from the region" will also take place under its roof
- Techno-Classica Essen , annually in spring (March / April): World fair for oldtimers, classic & prestige automobiles, motorsport, motorcycles, spare parts, restoration and world club meeting
- International Postage Stamp Fair: The International Postage Stamp Fair in Essen is the world's oldest event of its kind. Since 1976, collectors from all over the world have been meeting at Messe Essen every year
International trade fairs and trade fair participation (selection)
- India Essen Welding & Cutting (India)
- Beijing Essen Welding & Cutting (takes place annually alternately in Shanghai and Dongguan )
- IPM DUBAI / WOP DUBAI (Dubai)
- Svarka / Welding (Russia)
- Hortiflorexpo IPM (takes place annually alternately in Beijing and Shanghai)
- China Essen Motor Show ( Guangzhou , China)
- Flowersexpo Moscow powered by IPM ESSEN (Russia)
Transport links
The exhibition center is on the Federal Highway 52 to the approximately 27 kilometers from Dusseldorf Airport and on the national highway 224 with the Essen city connected and provides around 5000 near the fair parking and in addition about 7,000 parking facilities in the park and ride system. The metro line 11 of the light rail Eating operated the stations Messe Ost / Gruga and Messe West / Süd / Gruga .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Messe Essen: Annual Report 2016 ; accessed on April 10, 2018.
- ↑ DerWesten.de of June 13, 2013: 100 Years of Messe Essen - It all started 100 years ago with the “Gewerbeschau Essen” ; accessed on April 30, 2016.
- ^ Advertising leaflet for the artificial ice rink in Essen, Norbertstrasse 2, issued in 1937.
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: 14th exhibition in Essen / exhibition halls at Gruga-Park ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 5, 2015)
- ↑ Messe Essen: History ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ↑ Stadtspiegel Essen, edition January 6th, 2010: Messehotel was completed in record time.
- ^ City of Essen: Information on the referendum ; Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ City of Essen: result of the referendum: Fair renovation not at any price ; Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ After 18 months of construction, Messe Essen opens new foyer ; In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from November 18, 2017
- ↑ New building for Messe Essen: the best comes at the start ; In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of May 3, 2010
- ↑ The fair officially concludes the renovation and renovation phase ; In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 24, 2019
- ↑ Messe Essen: facts and figures ; accessed on April 10, 2018.
- ↑ E-world 2017: record number of exhibitors from 710 companies and around 25,000 visitors Press release from February 9, 2017, accessed on November 18, 2018
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 41 ″ N , 6 ° 59 ′ 38 ″ E