Hamburg News

5/2013

Industry goes green Attracted by dynamic climate Mobility of tomorrow ECHOs for To save 150,000 tonnes of CO2 Hamburg‘s economic assets and Better cars are the goal pursued With Deichkind granted an ECHO each year is the target of a dynamic climate were reasons e- by scientists of HAW Hamburg. award and the ECHO Jazz gala self-commitment signed by 15 nough for Porsche Consulting and In their prototype, they use the in view, Hamburg is the cultural Hamburg industries. (p. 2) SAL Heavy Lifts to relocate. (p. 2) advantages of the Ethernet. (p. 3) metropolis of the North. (p. 4) Newsflash In May, the event city Hamburg will host five XXL events Growing economy and Port Anniversary, Church Convention, Elbjazz and Wagner Mania to attract visitors wages: In Hamburg, the nominal gross domestic In May, Hamburg lives up to product grew by 2.5 per its reputation as the event me- cent, the Office of Statistics tropolis of Germany‘s north by North recently reported. five large-scale events. After the adjustment of the The array kicks off 1-5 May with price changes, Hamburg the German Protestant Church achieved a real growth rate Convention attracting some of 1.2 per cent. 100,000 participants. After The city state‘s economic 1953, 1981 and 1995, Hamburg development thus signifi- will host the principal Christian cantly superseded the na- meeting with 2,500 events in tional growth rate of +0.7 five days for the fourth time. per cent. Major contributor to this On Ascensions Day, celebra- excellent performance was tions of the 824th Port Anni- the services sector with a versary will commence. From nominal growth of +2.7 per 9-12 May, some two millions cent or a real growth rate of visitors will discover 13 cruise +1.6 per cent. Trade, busi- ships, 300 yachts and vintage IBA‘s green partner is the inter- Gonzales, Nils Petter Molvær ness services, information sailboats at the world‘s largest national garden show hamburg and The Notwist. Richard Wag- and communications per- maritime festival. A premiere is (igs 2013). True to its claim “In ner would have celebrated his formed particularly well. In the mooring of the training ship 80 gardens around the world“, 200th birthday on 22 May. On the industrial sector, sales of the German Navy “Gorch igs 2013 reflects the internati- occasion of his anniversary, the grew by 4.7 per cent to 87 Fock“. 10 May will see the bap- onality of Hamburg, which is Hamburg State celebrates ten billion euro. The workforce tism of MS Europa 2, operated also celebrated by the Japane- major operas at its “Wagner participated in the growth by a raised income. Ave- by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. se Cherry Blossom Festival in Mania“. rage wages increased by How a city of the 21st century mid-May. www.hafengeburtstag.de 0.5 per cent to 21.83 euro. could grow environmentally May also shows that the world www.kirchentag.de The national wage average and socially-balanced is illus- is at home in Hamburg‘s cul- www.iba-hamburg.de is 19.33 euro. trated by the International Buil- tural life. The Elbjazz Festival www.igs-hamburg.de hwww.statistik-nord.de ding Exhibition (IBA Hamburg) will feature international music www.elbjazz.de with 63 exemplary projects. stars like Jamie Cullum, Chilly www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de

Seven trophies honouring innovative ideas in aircraft cabins Among the winners of the Crystal Cabin Award 2013 are also two students from HAW Hamburg Boeing, Diehl Aircabin, Dornier an award for their innovative front of an jury with 25 experts e.V. True to its claim “Let your Technologie-Systems, Meru, big lavatory concept (BigLavC) from industry and science, air- ideas take off“, it is granted Thales, Zodiac Aerospace and creating more space within the lines and the press. each year at the Aircraft Inte- two students from the Ham- limited size of a lavatory. Out Hamburg‘s innovation award riors Expo in Hamburg. Its tro- burg University of Applied Sci- of 47 applications from eleven for cabin products was laun- phies are esteemed as a glo- ences are this year‘s winners of nations, 21 products and con- ched by the Hamburg Aviation bally known and coveted seal the Crystal Cabin Award. The cepts were nominated for the Cluster and is now organised of approval. students were recognised with finals with presentations in by the Crystal Cabin Award www.crystal-cabin-award.com Hamburg News 5/2013 Page 2

Industry to reduce CO2 emissions by 150,000 tonnes Shortcuts 15 Hamburg companies extend their voluntary commitment until 2018 New ladle furnace 15 industrial companies from Refinery GmbH, Hydro Alumi- by a second alliance entered Arcelor Mittal inaugurated a Hamburg have agreed to to fur- nium Rolled Products GmbH, in 2002 with medium-sized 3.5 million euro ladle furnace ther reduce their energy con- INDAVER Deutschland GmbH, businesses. Called “Umwelt- at its Hamburg steelworks. sumption and to save at least Ingredion Germany GmbH, Partnerschaft“, it promotes Ladle furnaces are used for the 150,000 metric tonnes of CO2 Lufthansa Technik AG, SASOL resource-efficient business refinement of liquid steel. The new oven allows to further im- until 2018. With the agreement Wax GmbH, Stadtreinigung activities. The initiative of the prove the quality of wire rod, signed at city hall, the enterpri- Hamburg AöR und TRIMET Hamburg Senate is supported of which the Hamburg plant ses continue and expand their ALUMINIUM AG. In addition, by the Hamburg Chamber of is one of the world’s leading voluntary commitment, started separate co-operation agree- Commerce and the Hamburg suppliers. The Hamburg plant in 2007 with the decision of a ment targeting at further CO2 Chamber of Trades, the Ham- is also one of the world‘s most CO2 reduction of half a million reductions of some 300,000 burg Industry Association and eco-friendly steelworks, with tonne of per year. tonnes have been signed with the ‘s federa- CO2 emissions reduced by The 15 signatories are: ADM the energy suppliers Vattenfall tion of enterprises. More than 67,000 tonnes since 2007. Hamburg AG, ArcelorMittal Europe AG, E.ON Energie AG 4,000 Hamburg-based compa- www.arcelormittal.com/hamburg Hamburg GmbH, Aurubis AG, and E.ON Hanse AG. ny have already participated Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz In total, the agreements will in the environmental partner- Otto enjoys online growth factory Hamburg, German help to reduce CO2 emissions ship and introduced new eco- In the 2012/13 financial year, Electron Synchrotron DESY, by 950,000 tonnes per year. friendly technologies and stan- Hamburg-based Otto Group H & R Ölwerke Schindler GmbH, The contracts signed between dards in its frame. increased its turnover by 1.7 per cent to 11.8 billion euro. HHLA Hamburger Hafen- und the city and its large industri- http://klima.hamburg.de/um- Global online sales rose to 5.7 al players are complemented weltpartnerschaft Logistik AG, HOLBORN Europa billion euro, now accounting for 57 per cent of the group’s retail turnover. To participate Dynamic economy attracts new firms to Hamburg even more in the e-commerce Porsche Consulting with new branch – SAL Heavy Lifts relocates headquarters boom, a dedicated online shop will be launched in 2014. In ad- From Germany and abroad, Consulting will mainly advise lift vessels from its dition, all online-shops will be companies of all sizes are in- companies from shipbuilding, headquarters since the start of planed and realised in-house. creasingly attracted to Ham- aerospace, vehicle construc- 2013. With a combined crane A positive development was burg. One of them is the glo- tion, engineering and the me- capacity of 2,000 metric ton- also reported from Otto‘s lo- gistics branch Hermes, with bal management consultancy dia sector, while boosting the ness SWL, two of their ships sales increased by ten per cent firm Porsche Consulting from involvement in alternative are the world‘s fastest heavy to 1.1 billion euro. Otto group‘s Bietigheim-Bissingen, which energies and wind power. lift vessels worldwide. Employ- company Sportscheck plans to strengthened its presence on In 2012, Porsche Consulting ing a workforce of 116, SAL open five new shops in Nort- the German market by opening reported an increase in sales also opened its new offshore hern Germany and to moder- a branch in Hamburg. Starting by 19 per cent to 83.5 million department to serve clients in nise its Hamburg store. 53,900 with 40 employees, the consul- euro in comparison to the prior the oil and gas and offshore staff work for the Otto group ting firm is seeking additional year. wind energy industries. around the globe, including consultants, primarily expe- SAL Heavy Lift also relocated www.porsche.com 8,000 staff in Hamburg. rienced engineers and econo- Hamburg, where is has been http://sal-heavylift.com www.ottogroup.com mists. In Hamburg, Porsche operating a fleet of 16 heavy www.hwf-hamburg.det Record sales Hamburg-based Eppendorf Hamburg Metropolitan Region Group performed better than ever in the fiscal year 2012, Hamburg to develop into Europe‘s leading logistics hub generating sales of more than 500 million euro for the A gateway to Asia, the Baltic employees at more than 1,000 financing and managing some first time. Sales increased by region and Scandinavia, Ham- locations in 100 countries and 50 properties in 46 locations, 8.9 per cent to 520.2 million burg is also turning into one 10,000 at 100 German loca- Garbe Logistic recently signed euro after 2011‘s 477.7 mil- of Europe‘s leading logistics tions, Kühne + Nagel Group a co-operation agreement with lion euro. 2012‘s net income hub. To participate at the city‘s is one of the world‘s leading Accent Real Estate Investment rose to by 14 per cent to 70.6 growth in the booming indus- logistics companies. Last year, Managers, Moscow, to develop million euro. Investments in try, Kühne + Nagel thus imple- the turnover generated by sea- logistics real estate in Russia. research and development mented a new corporate struc- freight, airfreight, contract lo- The partners aim to have the grew by 10.7 per cent to 27.5 ture, with Hamburg appointed gistics and overland transport largest investment portfolio on million euro last year. To boost international sales, Eppendorf as new regional head office by road and rail rose by 5.9 the Russian real estate market opened new sales offices in Western Europe. The former per cent to 20.75 billion Swiss within the next five years, i.e. Korea and Russia. Founded in organisational units “Central Francs (16.94 bn euro). by 2018. Russia currently of- 1945, the company employs Europe“, “North West Europe“ Family-owned Garbe Logistic fers great opportunities in the an international workforce of and “Southwest Europe“ will AG has been a principal inde- logistics sector, particularly in 2,700, with 616 staff working now be steered as the single pendent partner for companies the Moscow region. at Eppendorf‘s Hamburg head- region “West Europe” from in the logistics and transport in- www.hamburg-logistik.net quarters. Kühne + Nagel‘s headquarters dustry for more than 20 years. www.kn-portal.com www.eppendorf.de at HafenCity. With over 63,000 Developing, acquiring, leasing, http://areim.ru Hamburg News 5/2013 Page 3

Shortcuts HAW Hamburg to develop the intelligent car of tomorrow

LHT builds at home base RECBAR is the acronym for a tive computing and commu- for future use as automotive Lufthansa Technik AG conti- project at the Hamburg Uni- nication laboratory (C-LAB) communication infrastruc- nues investing in its Hamburg versity of Applied Sciences in Paderborn. The three year tures. Today‘s car network is home base. Until spring 2014, (HAW Hamburg) that analy- project headed by HAW‘s pro- an aggregation of multiple a new 14,000 sq m six-storey ses the potential of the Ether- fessor Franz Korf is sponsored communication technologies. complex will be erected to net technology as the central by the Federal Ministry of Edu- To reduce complexity, Ethern- house workshops, offices and automotive communication cation and Research (BMBF). et will be tested as an homo- facilities for the Central Mate- infrastructure. Partners in the The Hamburg work group had geneous backbone, allowing rials Technology department, including a brand-new chemi- “Realtime Ethernet Backbone already been was awarded the various domains to coexist cal laboratory. for Cars“ project are the IAV innovation award 2012 of the with different demands in ti- www.lufthansa-technik.com automotive engineering, the network of automotive excel- ming, availability and security. OFFIS research and develop- lence for its vision of an intel- To prove the advantages of an Mega seller A320 ment institute for computer ligent electric vehicle system. Ethernet backbone in cars, a The A320 built in Hamburg science, tools and systems at The objective of RECBAR is to prototype will be built in co- is more in demand than any Carl von Ossietzky University design, develop and test intel- operation with IAV. other Airbus aircraft. Within a Oldenburg and the co-opera- ligent backbone architectures www.haw-hamburg.de month, 434 aircraft have been ordered, making the A320 the company‘s bestseller. After or- Safe to play with? Hamburg‘s toy testers know the answer ders by Lufthansa (102 aircraft) and Turkish Airlines (82 air- Bureau Veritas is the global market leader for the contamination analysis of toys craft), the private Indonesian More than 80 per cent of toys Around the globe, Bureau Veri- electric appliances, the consu- carrier Lion Air ordered further on the market are contami- tas employs some 230 experts. mer goods division is Bureau 234 A320s. A week later, also Hawaiian Airlines signed a fix nated with pollutants, says a Their tests are not limited to Veritas‘ largest of meanwhile contract for 16 A320 aircraft. study by Stiftung Warentest. In mechanical and physical pro- some dozen departments. Its Since the latter two airlines Hamburg, dedicated specialists perties, flammability, electro- industrial division, for instance, so far mainly bought from Bo- have been analysing for more magnetic compatibility and is increasingly in demand for eing, the orders from Hawaiian than 150 years whether soft color fastness, but also inclu- the official certification and Airlines and Indonesia‘s Lion toys and plastic animals, buil- de the analysis of 19 harmful testing of wind turbines and Air are particularly gratifying. ding blocks and puzzle pieces chemical ingredients. Thus, offshore wind farms. Bureau www.airbus.com comply with statutory limits. the quality and safety of toys is Veritas has also been acknow- The Hamburg branch of Bu- also analysed in regard to lead, ledged by a Verdantix survey ECE wins MIPIM Awards reau Veritas is the globe‘s toy benzene, cadmium, diluents, as the most-recognised certifi- Great honour for Europe’s police, with 500,000 toys pas- AZO dyes, and polycyclic aro- cation body among sustainabi- shopping centre market leader: sing through the labs and the matic hydrocarbons. lity leaders. ECE won two MIPIM Awards at hands of 90 testers each year. Checking also furniture and www.bureauveritas.de this year’s MIPIM in Cannes. Apart from the distinction as “Best Shopping Centre” for Marmara Park in Istanbul, the takes off to new destinations in summer Hamburg-based company also won a MIPIM Award as “Best New destinations and in- Sunday. Also added to the fering a late flight, alternating Futura Mega Project” for Mi- creased services: Hamburg network was a daily service between Istanbul (Sabiha Gök- laneo in Stuttgart. The MIPIM Airport‘s summer schedule to Rome, leaving Hamburg at cen), Adana, Ankara, Kayseri, Award is considered to be the offers attractive routes to 115 16.40 for the Italian capital. Izmir, and Antalya. most important distinction in spots around the globe. Germanwings returned to Flights to Czechia will also be the real estate industry and Especially low cost carriers si- Hamburg with eight destina- increased. From 1 June on- honours the world’s best real gnificantly expand activities in tions. Newly introduced were wards, Czech Airlines will be estate projects. Hamburg. Based on a strong services to Barcelona, Corfu, operating an additional mid- www.ece.de performance, Vueling will thus Catania, Kos, Olbia, Istanbul, day flight to Prague, thus boo- SKF invests into BVI turn its Barcelona flights into a Split and Venice. The route sting frequencies from 12 to 18 The Swedish group SKF, sin- daily service and increase the network is complemented by weekly flights. Already by the ce February owner of Blohm number of seats from 54,000 to flights to Dubrovnik, Nice, Nu- start of 2013, Luxair has been + Voss industries (BVI), wants more than 75,000 in the coming remberg, Palma de Mallorca, increasing services to Saar- to invest in Hamburg. So far summer season. In addition, Stuttgart and Vienna, previ- brücken and Luxemburg to 14 hardly active in the maritime the young Spanish airline will ously serviced by Lufthansa. weekly connections. Since 8 sector, the Gothenburg ma- commence services to Málaga Further flights are offered to April, bmi regional has been chine-builder announced to on 18 June. Since late March, Pristina. taking of to Bristol eleven times significantly expand activities Vueling has also been heading Next to Spain, Turkey is one of per week. in this field and to relocate its off to Florence. the most popular travel desti- Further new services will be maritime headquarters from easyJet also introduced new nations of Northern Germans. introduced in the 2013/14 win- the Netherlands to Hamburg. services. Since 21 March, the Turkish Airlines thus increased ter season. Then, TUI will link The relocation and expansion low cost carrier has been lin- its services from Hamburg, Hamburg non-stop with the will also bring along new jobs. www.skf.com king Hamburg to Edinburgh now taking off four times a Dominican Republic, Mexico with an A319 flight taking week to Istanbul. Starting in and Barbados twice a week. off Monday and Thursday to June, the carrier will also be of- www.ham.airport.de Hamburg News 5/2013 Page 4

New views of Hamburg: GEO Special shows surprising perspectives Gruner + Jahr acknowledges Hamburg‘s international reputation by publishing the special in two languages The Hanseatic city of Ham- Hamburg Airport, Hamburg burg is re-inventing itself as a Messe & Congress GmbH, modern metropolis of the 21st Hamburg Tourism Board, Ham- century. The International Buil- burg Convention Bureau, Ham- ding Exhibition and the inter- burg Port Authority and other national garden show sustai- partners, HMG will utilise the nably changed the face of the magazine for the international city. New perspectives of the location advertising of Ham- tourist magnet in Germany‘s burg. Thus, each participant of north with a record 10.6 mil- the 96th Lions Convention held lion overnight stays last year in Hamburg 5-9 July will be gi- are provided by the brand new ven a copy. travel magazine GEO Special Published four times a year “Hamburg“. with a circulation of one mil- lion, HMG‘s Hamburg Magazin Innovative aerial photography is an efficient tool to promote For their spectacular images and the St. Pauli entertainment (217,000 copies) and English the city in the German-spea- the photographers Jörg district. (55,000 copies), but also as an king market. You will find Wischmann and Heiner Müller- iPhone app in both languages Hamburg Magazin not only as Elsner relied on a high-tech Interactive & international that provides videos and audio a supplement at “Die Zeit“, octocoper. Equipped with four After 1983, 2001 and 2006, it‘s clips, animated graphics and “Süddeutschen Zeitung“, legs and eight engines, the mi- the fourth time a GEO Spe- maps. “Tagesspiegel“ and Austria‘s niature camera-helicopter flew cial is dedicated to Hamburg. “Standard“ but also on Face- across buildings, beaches and However a premiere is its mul- Marketing mix book. river banks and delivered ama- timedia approach. The maga- 33,000 issues of English edi- www.geo.de zing views of Hamburg‘s land- zine is not only available as tion were bough by Hamburg www.marketing.hamburg.de marks: the port, the river a printed edition in German Marketing GmbH. Along with www.markenshop.hamburg.de

ECHO prizes for artists from the Hamburg Metropolitan Region News Bits “Deichkind“ honoured with German Music Award– ECHO Jazz in Hamburg The Hamburg Kreativ Gesell- Hamburg is one of Germany‘s Die Toten Hosen were the the role of music in the media schaft has been providing a 2,000 leading cultural cities. Its im- evening‘s shining stars, along attended by high-ranking fe- sqm store as temporary exhibiti- portance is reflected by the pre- with Led Zeppelin hounoured deral politicians. on and event space to Hamburg stigious ECHO music award, with the Lifetime Achievement Honouring its role in jazz, the artists and creative heads. The with seven prizes granted to Award and Linkin Park, named German Phono-Academy de- rooms on two floors can be ren- the Hamburg Metropolitan at winner in the category Rock/ termined Hamburg to host ted for the weekly price of 25 euro the 22nd award ceremony. Alternative International. Also the ECHO Jazz for three years. for the maximum of eight weeks. The four members of the elec- a Hamburg Warner Music ar- On 23rd May, its glamourous www.kreativgesellschaft.org tro punk band “Deichkind“ tist is Udo Lindenberg, one of award gala will officially mark from Hamburg- were 2012‘s ECHO winners. the start of the Elbjazz Festival The cruise port Hamburg has honoured for their album “Be- On occasion of the award ce- held on Pentecost. From Ham- been named winner by the indus- fehl von ganz unten in the ca- remony, the Permanent Repre- burg, Tingvall Trio (2011, 2012), try magazine “Cruise Insight“in tegory “Club/dance national/ sentation of the Free and Han- NDR Bigband (2011), and con- the category Best Turnaround international“ with the Ger- seatic City of Hamburg in Berlin cert operator Karsten Jahnke Port Operations 2012. The man music award. teamed up with Hamburg‘s (2010) have been honoured award was granted to Ham- Six awards were granted to Ministry of Culture and Reeper- with the ECHO Jazz so far. burg during the Miami trade fair artists from Warner Music Cen- bahn Festival to host the 2nd www.echopop.de “Cruise Shipping“. tral Europe, headquartered in Festival Echo Edi- www.echojazz.de www.hamburgcruisecenter.eu Hamburg. With four awards, tion, a top-level discussion on www.musikindustrie.de

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