Hamburg News

10/2013

Trade with Russia flourishes Food network strengthened Naturalisation calls CCH‘s facelift Russia‘s ascension to WTO With foodactive e.V. , the strong Boasting a 40 per cent increase CCH Congress Center strengthened Hamburg‘s role food industry of the Hamburg in the first six months of 2013, will undergo a 194 million euro as central hub for Russia‘s trade Metropolitan Region boasts a Hamburg‘s naturalisation cam- modernisation and be furnished with the EU and the world. (p. 2) dedicated network. (p. 2) paign proves successful. (p. 3) with a barrier-free access. (p. 4) Newsflash Wind hydrogen is a key technology of the energy transition Local patriotism on the Lower Elbe region invests into infrastructure for power-to-gas web: companies and citi- zens who would like to ex- The expansion of renewable press or promote their at- energies, particularly wind tachment to Hamburg can energy, is the declared objec- do so with a new top level tive of Lower Saxony, Ham- domain. As global autho- burg and Schleswig-Holstein. rity, the Internet Corpora- A key project is the implemen- tion for Assigned Names tation of a wind-hydrogen va- and Numbers (ICANN) lue chain in the Lower Elbe now approved the top level region until 2025. domain extension “.ham- Ways to set up and operate the burg“. innovative technology were Supported by the Free and recently examined by a survey Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the local Top Level Domain conducted jointly by Ludwig- GmbH was finally granted Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH the approval after six years (LBST), the law firm Becker of perseverance. Büttner Held (BBH) and the With ICANN‘s positive de- consultants of Ernst & Young cision, Internet addresses by order of ChemCoast e.V. According to the survey, 531 hed, the construction of a simi- such as www.mycompany. The storage of power genera- million Euro should be inve- lar electrolysis plant in Bruns- hamburg or www.myname. ted with renewable energies is sted into the implementation büttel is to follow. All hydrogen hamburg are now made a key challenge of the energy of infrastructure needed for generated there could already possible. As conventional transition, with power-to-gas the production, storage and be distributed to companies top level domains such as offering the most promising distribution of hydrogen at located along the existing pipe- “.de“ or “.com“ hardly of- technology. It not only allows three locations in the Hamburg line between Brunsbüttel and fer any more options for di- stinction, “.hamburg“ will to store the wind energy as Metropolitan Region. Refinan- Heide, with a dense network of open up a great variety of gas, but also transform it back cing is to be effected by future pipelines set up by 2025. Also new names and generate into electricity. Furthermore, revenues. scheduled for 2025 is a perfor- new added value for Ham- the gas obtained by wind could The survey‘s timeline suggests mance increase of the electro- burg and its region. also be used as fuel, e.g. for the construction of a 20 MW lysis plants and the construc- dothamburg.de fuel cell busses, or as a basic industrial electrolysis plant in tion of a cavern storage. chemical product. Hamburg in 2015. Once finis- chemcoast.de

Shaping a new city: Hamburg showcass future-oriented projects at EXPO REAL First-class perspectives for the real estate industry in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region At Europe’s largest trade fair for burg is to welcome 100,000 stein teamed up to present hosted by Hamburg Marketing commercial property and real new inhabitants over the next their assets in a magazine. The GmbH, the Urban Land Insti- estate investments EXPO REAL, decade. The city-state currently Northern German co-operation tute and the Regional Hamburg will showcase premi- expands its infrastructure. is also central theme of a pa- Council for Economic Develop- um perspectives and projects With 44 exhibitors and six spon- nel discussion titled „Hamburg ment of the Hamburg Metropo- 7-9 October in Munich, with sors from the Hamburg Me- Metropolitan Region – strong litan Region“ on 7 October at “Shaping a New City“ as cen- tropolitan Region at the stand, by the interplay of regional de- 2.30 pm at the Hamburg stand. tral claim. A growing city, Ham- Hamburg and Schleswig-Hol- velopment and urban growth“, exporeal.hamburg.de Hamburg News 10/2013 Page 2

Hamburg benefits from Russia’s WTO membership Shortcuts The Elbe city is Russia‘s main hub of trade with the European Union and overseas New Aurubis smelter The start of Russia’s WTO most important trade partner But no only goods find their Hamburg-based Aurubis AH, membership on 22 August in seaborne container traffic. way to Hamburg. Russian Europe‘s largest copper smel- 2012 gave trade relations with In 2012, container handling companies also appreciate ter and the world‘s biggest Europe a significant boost. with Russia increased by 13.3 Hamburg as an important busi- copper recycler, started ope- Hamburg, in particular, be- per cent to 676,000 TEU. In the ness location. 150 companies rations of a new smelter that extracts precious metals from nefited from the improved first six months of 2013, contai- have already settled in Ham- anode sludge. Investments economic conditions. The ner traffic between Hamburg burg, the majority with support into the world‘s largest smel- dismantling of trade barriers and Russian ports continued of HWF. Logistics, shipping ter of its kind amounted to strengthened Hamburg’s role to grow significantly, with vo- and food trade have been the more than 50 million euro. 30 as the most important hub of lumes climbing by 8.3 per cent dominating sectors of Russian per cent of funds were inves- Russian trade with the Euro- to 343,000 TEU. relocations so far. Today, Ham- ted into environmental protec- pean Union and overseas. To- The positive development is burg also increasingly attracts tion. 25 new staff were hired day, some 150 companies with rooted in the introduction of companies from the media and for the new plant. a Russian parent are active in several new Baltic Sea feeder IT sector. As full member of aurubis.com Hamburg. 25 of them came in lines, serving also the Russi- WTO, Russia will have to fur- the past twelve months with an ports of St. Petersburg and ther lower trade barriers and Beiersdorf: solid growth support of HWF. Ust-Luga. Roughly 92 per cent decrease import duties from In the first half of 2013, Bei- throughput via the Port of Russian traffic via the Port today’s 9.5 per cent to roughly ersdorf continued to progress of Hamburg also increases of Hamburg is handled by the six per cent. This will further well with strong sales growth in both business segments, above average. Next to Chi- Russian Baltic Sea port of St. stimulate growth. i.e. consumer (+6.5 per cent) Petersburg. hwf-hamburg.de na, Russia is the port’s second and tesa (+7,4 per cent). Group sales rose by 6.6 per cent. The operating result (EBIT) increa- Aviation industry creates employment sed by 11.2 per cent to 434 mil- 631 new jobs • HCAT starts preliminary class • Northern German Air Trafffic concept lion euro. representing a signi- ficantly improved EBIT margin Northern Germany‘s air and creased by 1,574 people. High will be recognised in future de- of 13.7 per cent (previous year: space industry keeps on flying in demand is well-trained gree studies. 12.7 per cent). Consolidated high, with Airbus alone beiing young personnel. The Hamburg Ministry of Eco- after-tax profit rose to 287 mil- fully booked until 2018 with The Hamburg University of nomy, and Innovati- lion euro. beiersdorf.de 5.200 new jets ordered. Applied Sciences (HAW Ham- on finances the project. A survey by the trade union IG burg) and the vocational To safeguard the development record Metall Küste confirms the posi- school for manufacturing and of air traffic in Northern Ger- The wind turbines manufactu- tive industry outlook. Nine out aviation technology (G 15) are many, the five northern coastal red by Hamburg-based Nor- of the 13 companies with a total thus currently testing a new tu- countries agreed on a common dex are more in demand than of 25,000 staff that participated ition concept at the Hamburg approach. Their agreement is ever, with orders rocketing by in the survey expect improved Centre of Aviation Training backed by an expert evaluati- 61 per cent to 839.4 million order situations. Five of them (HCAT). Unlike with other pre- on, confirming that the North euro in the first six months of announced to hire a total of 631 paratory courses, the credit German airport do have suffici- 2013. Order volumes rose to a new employees. Since Mar- points achieved during the so- ent capacity at least until 2030. record sum of 1.3 billion euro. ch 2012, staff figures were in- called HCAT-Propädeutikum hamburg-aviation.de Options account for another one billion euro. Benefiting from excellent sales in Europe, Hamburg Metropolitan Region revenues increased by 57 per cent to 661 million euro. “foodactive“ network strenghtens the region‘s food industry nordex-online.com From Schöller‘s ice cream while developed into a regi- initiative FoodRegio, the food HHLA: 100 new jobs plant to Stollwerck‘s choco- stered association that covers industry network of Schleswig- In the first half of 2013, Ham- late factory in Norderstedt and the food industry‘s interests of Holstein and Lower Saxony‘s burger Hafen und Logistik AG Dr. Oetker‘s frozen pizza site the entire Hamburg Metropoli- food industry competence cen- (HHLA) increased its container at Wittenburg: the Hamburg tan Region. tre NieKE. throughput by 6.8 per cent to Metropolitan Region boasts a Key objectives of the plat- With 420 companies, 42,000 3.8 million standard containers booming food industry, with form are to realise synergies staff and an annual turnover of (TEU). Volumes handled in the global players such iglo, Uni- and competitive advantages. 14 billion euro, the food sector intermodal segment rose by lever, Bacardi or Kühne calling SMEs, in particular, thrive on is the second most important 21.8 per cent to 581 thousand Hamburg their home. Busi- co-operations and the mutual industry in the Hamburg Me- TEU. 100 new employees ness, science, and politics are exchange of experience. The tropolitan Region. By expan- are thus being recruited for the two HHLA terminals at co-operating in the industry‘s projects and initiatives of food- ding cross-state co-operation, Burchardkai and Altenwerder. network foodactive e.V. active bring along valuable the Hamburg Metropolitan In Hamburg, HHLA employs What started in 2008 as a nu- contacts and facilitate the ac- Region sharpens its profile as 3,800 people, 1,500 of them at trition initiative of Süderel- cess to markets and the search a leading location and under- both terminals. be AG in co-operation with for qualified personnel. lines the importance of its po- hhla.de the districts of Uelzen and Foodactive thus co-operates werful industry. Lüchow-Dannenberg mean- with the Lübeck-based industry foodactive.de Hamburg News 10/2013 Page 3

Shortcuts Success of Hamburg‘s campaign: naturalisation up by 40 per cent

Stage School moved More and more migrants are Since December 2011, the man citizenship. Compared to Founded nearly 30 years choosing the German pass- Hamburg Senate has been 2011, naturalisation increased ago, the Hamburg-based port: from January until June promoting naturalisation, with by 5.1 per cent. Stage School developed into 2013, the number of naturali- First Mayor Olaf Scholz him- Since the start of Hamburg‘s Germany‘s leading school for sations in Hamburg rose by self heading the campaign. naturalisation campaign, the singing, acting and dance. For 40 per cent. 3,747 Hamburg Out of the 137,000 Hamburg approval process has been si- the start of the new term, the migrants were granted the local fulfilling the legal requi- gnificantly accelerated. prestigious private school mo- German nationality, and thus rements for German citizen- To handle applications for na- ved to new premises at Altona, with 27 classrooms covering 1,100 persons more compared ship, some 75,000 migrants turalisation faster and more 4,000 sq m on three floors. to last year‘s 2,687. Applica- have been contacted in writ- efficiently, seven new posi- Youngsters aged 13 and older tions for naturalisation incre- ten by Olaf Scholz, who per- tions have been created at the can prepare themselves for ased by six per cent to 3,768 sonally encouraged them to central registration office. Sin- the tough admission test at the people in the same period. become a German citizen and ce then, the application time “Young Talents“ workshop. Hamburg‘s naturalisation promoting its advantages. has been shortened from one Famous graduates include campaign thus bears fruit and Throughout Germany, 112,300 year to eight months. the actors Anna Loos and Ralf proves to be truly successful. foreigners were granted Ger- hamburg.de Bauer. stageschool.de Business-Kick-Off 2013 focuses on Hamburg‘s assets 15 new hybrid busses Green buses have been inte- Panel discussion by the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce with 200 guests gral to the fleet of Hamburger For five years, the German- Germany is Sweden‘s most Europe Windkraft GmbH. In Hochbahn AG for years. Now Swedish Chamber of Com- important trade partner, with 1996, the Svenska Handels- the eco-friendly and resource- conserving bus fleet continues merce has been starting au- the the cen- banken started operations in to grow, with 15 diesel-electric tumn with a so-called Business tral hub in bilateral trade. 1,000 Hamburg, where the Swe- hybrid buses being operated Kick-Off in Stockholm. Hamburg companies are active dish Chamber of Commerce by Hochbahn‘s affiliates Jas- This year focusing on the busi- in Sweden, and 200 Swedish has been present since 1959. per and Süderelbe Bus GmbH ness location Hamburg, the companies are present with Hamburg and Sweden are also in the south of Hamburg. In chamber‘s honorary Vice-Pre- branches or affilliates in Ham- closely networking in strategic total, Hochbahn‘s low and sident Hans-Theodor Kutsch, burg. H&M, Autoliv and Alfa partnerships like STRING and zero-emission fleet currently HMG and HWF welcomed Laval have chosen Hamburg Baltic Sea Network. Fast con- comprises four fuel cell hy- more than 200 guests at the for their German headquar- nections to Stockholm, Göte- brid buses, five serial diesel- Scandic Park Hotel. Born and ters. Since 2009, Vattenfall has borg and Umea are offered by electric hybrid buses, two XXL bred in Hamburg, Kutsch was been expanding its activities in Hamburg Airport. hybrid buses and twelve paral- particularly pleased to host the renewable energies from ham- deutschschwedischehandels- lel diesel-electric hybrid buses. hochbahn.de evening. burg with its affiliate Vattenfall kammer.de

Best pupil-teacher quota Shortage of teachers is a fo- Hamburg-Tourism reports highest growth in Germany reign word in Hamburg. In the Elbe city, the 221,186 pu- Hamburg lures more and more range from high urban invest- Anticipating an ongoing good pils attending the city-state‘s tourists to the banks of the ments into infrastructure, new performance to this year‘s 384 public schools are being Elbe and Alster river. From Ja- transport links and new travel season, the Hamburg Tourism taught by 19,000 teachers. nuary to June 2013, overnight inducements to investments Board is expecting another With statistically one teacher stays in the Elbe city increa- into new hotel projects. In 2012 growth by 950,000 nights and taking care of the education of sed by some 450,000 guests alone, 5,280 new beds were thus an annual result of more 11.9 children, Hamburg offers to 5.3 million nights. With tou- added to Hamburg‘s dynamic than 11.5 million overnight the best pupil-teacher quota rism grown by 9.2 per cent in hotel market. Still, beds are in stays. in national comparison. Class the first six months of 2013, high demand. In the first half Despite the high stability and size is limited to 23 children, in Hamburg reports the highest year of 2013, the occupancy steadily increasing attractive- social hotspots to 19 kids. hamburg.de growth rate of all German ci- rate of Hamburg‘s hotels rose ness, the Hamburg Tourism ties. to 75 per cent. The Elbe me- Board continues to advertise Gardening extravaganza And much is due to internatio- tropolis thus takes the nation‘s Hamburg and to enhance its Chelsea may be done and nal tourism, the Office of Sta- top position ahead of Munich international awareness and dusted in its centennary year, tistics North says. The number (73.4 per cent) and Berlin (69.4 perception. Since September, but Hamburg‘s igs 2013 has of foreign guests grew by 7.2 per cent), while being ranked the extensive online campaign still more time to go in its six- per cent. Leading the ranking third in Europe after Paris and “Upgrade to Hamburg“ has month run. On a 250-acre is- of foreign visitors are the Bri- London. been running in the United land site in the Elbe river, the tish, with arrivals augmenting Due to its dynamic growth, States. Further initiatives pro- garden show of seven worlds, by +20.2 per cent, but also the Hamburg tourism deve- mote the Elbe metropolis as a ranging from the “World of more Swiss and Danish tou- loped into a key industry of a leading location of the MICE Ports” to the “World of Na- rists (+2.9 and +5.1 percent re- Hamburg‘s economy. The visi- industry with numerous attrac- ture”, is a must-see for anyone spectively) head to Hamburg. tor flow will bring some 94 mil- tive venues for meetings and with green fingers. igs-hamburg.de The reasons for the positive lion euro of added value into conventions. development are diverse and the city this year. hamburg-tourism.de Hamburg News 10/2013 Page 4

24 hours IBA: deep insights behind closed doors Hamburg‘s Elbe islands showcased best practises for sustainabledevelopment at 30 locations Would you like to eat seaweed tion projects that will reach out sushi at Hamburg‘s algae far beyond the presentation house, or dance Tango on the year of the building exhibition. energy mount? To swap clo- Thus, construction of thes at a SWIMP party and Harburg‘s “Maritime living at create hip fashion from cast-off Kaufhauskanal“ project and clothes at the “fabric“deck? Or the “Georg-Wilhelm-Höfe“ in listen to the latest NDR radio the west of Wilhelmsburg with play title “To the water!“ live in a total of 400 flats will be com- the entry hall of the Hamburg pleted after the closing of the Ministry of Urban Develop- gates. In total, 1,733 flats have ment and the Environment? been erected or completed by IBA in 2013, comprising 516 A new kind of Open House modernisations. With “24 hours of IBA – 24 Also realised by IBA were more hours of diversity”, the Inter- than 100,000 sq m of industrial national Building Exhibition Easter sounds real estate, eight educational IBA Hamburg invited visitors in and exemplary solutions for The 24-hour-programme was institutions, two retirement mid-September to discover its the climate-neutral city of the complemented by standard and nursing homes, three day diversity in a 24 hour program- future. IBA tours conducted by bus, care centres for children, four me. At its second edition – the A diverse programme of boat, bicycle or on foot. sports facilities, a business first one took place in May, events from art, music, theat- park, a centre for artists and some 5,000 visitors familiari- re, fashion, and film and sports IBA Hamburg‘s future impact creative heads, the extension ses themselves free of charge along with guided night walks In addition to the 60 projects of Aßmann canal and more with the lesser-known corners thrilled the crowds that tho- that are to be discovered until 3 than 70 hectares of green of the Elbe islands and experi- roughly enjoyed the more than November 2013, IBA Hamburg spaces. enced innovative architecture 60 events at 30 IBA locations. initiated numerous construc- iba-hamburg.de

CCH facelift: restauration works planed for 194 million euro News Bits Redesign of forecourt and foyer • barrier-free access from Dammtor station Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach was CCH Congress Center Ham- tects Jost Schramm, Gerd CCH‘s central part will be re- the most important musician bet- burg, Europe‘s often copied Pempelfort and partner, stored, while the eastern side ween the Baroque and Vienna‘s model for convention centres CCH was built 1969-1973 in will be torn down up to ground classical era. Life and work of the inaugurated in 1973, will un- a unique location between level. Details will be defined in man who spent the last 20 years dergo extensive reconstruction Dammtor-Bahnhof station, the the preliminary planning, de- before his dead working as mu- and modernisation works until fairgrounds of Hamburg-Mes- sign engineering and approval sical directors of Hamburg‘s five 2018. se and Hamburg‘s Botanic Gar- planning. main churches can be discovered According to the Hamburg se- dens. 38,000 cubic metres con- Next to the renewal of techni- at the C.P.E. Bach Year 2014. nate, costs will total 194 milli- crete and 4,800 tonnes of steel cal building equipment (TGA), cpebach.de on euro at the utmost. CCH‘s were used in the construction the heating, air conditioning reconstruction will be the first of the five-storey CCH and its and fire protection plus the “Hamburg: das Magazin aus projects to see the implemen- two basement levels, with works on the facades and flat der Metropole“ is not only the tation of the senate‘s new prin- its added hotel tower being a roofs, also the redesign of the region‘s largest and most suc- ciples on cost-neutral construc- landmark since then. foyer visited by nearly 200,000 cessful printedmagazine, but tion. The new guidelines will For 40 years, CCH belonged people each year is high on the also loved on Facebook, where ensure the compliance of cost, to the ‘Champions League‘ of agenda. Also comprised in the more than 10,467 users liked the timeline and quality even in MICE locations, with 130 world work load is a barrier-free ac- magazine, now avaible with its complex projects. congresses hosted. To ensure cess to Dammtor station. third edition. hamburg-ahoi.com Based on plans by the archi- its leading role in the future, cch.de

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