Hamburg News

11/2010

New elegance Green energies take off Central training for media Double joy for Jews A new fashionable precinct and With a wind energy centre inau- The relocation of HAW More than 70 years after the stylish new buildings: Also in the gurated and a cluster initiative Hamburg‘s DMI faculty marks the Schoa, the Jewish communities west, Hamburg‘s inner city turns launched, renewable energies realisation of the unique art and of Hamburg and Pinneberg wel- chic. (p. 2) push ahead in Hamburg. (p. 2) media campus Finkenau. (p. 3) comed their Torah scrolls. (p. 4) Newsflash Hamburg‘s economy returns to full swing Honoured by Japan: Bye, bye crisis: order books are full, trading volumes increase, and employment rises HWF – Hamburg Business Development Corporati- Hamburg is booming again. In on has been recently ho- the first half of 2010, container noured by the Japanese handling in the Port of Hamburg Consul General Seisuke increased by more than four Narumiya with an official per cent, with terminal opera- “Foreign Minister`s Com- tor HHLA even reporting an 8.1 mendation“. Granted by per cent growth in the year of the Japanese Foreign Mi- its 125-year jubilee. According nistry, it is an international to the Office of Statistics North, acknowledgement for the the worth of good exported via improvement of bilateral relations. The recogniti- Hamburg totalled 17.2 billion on took place during a fe- euros, and thus grew by 7.1 per stive reception attended cent compared to last year‘s by guests from business, period. Exports to Asia even politics and the press. The increased by 29 per cent in the certificate honours not first six months of 2010. only the past performance The economy‘s upswing also gently seeking skilled workers. on behalf of HSH Nordbank of the City of Hamburg‘s reached Hamburg‘s industry. According to the local industry revealed. As global wealth will business promoters, but With order books well filled, association Industrieverband continue to rise, passenger fi- also stand for the pledge the city‘s 221 largest compa- Hamburg, some 1,500 – 2,000 gures are estimated to grow by to continue the support nies reported a 35 per cent vacancies urgently need to six per cent every year and in- the Japanese community growth in sales to 33.8 billion be filled in the Hamburg Me- crease continued demand for in Hamburg in all business matters. The ceremony euros in the first half of 2010. tropolitan Area. In particular, new aircraft, researchers are also acted as the Hamburg Domestic sales were especially Hamburg‘s booming aviation convinced. With several Air- prelude to the nationwide strong, climbing by 45 per cent industry is seeking qualified bus sites, Lufthansa Technik, ceremonies celebrating the to 26.1 billion euros from Janu- staff. Also in the coming years, Hamburg Airport, some 300 150-year anniversary of Ja- ary to June. The international the aerospace industry will be suppliers, and 40,000 staff, the panese-German friendship business grew by nine per cent a major contributor to ongoing Hamburg Metropolitan Area as in the coming year. to 7.7 billion euros. Overall, the economic growth, a new study one of the world‘s leading cen- www.hamburg-economy.de regional economy currently by the Hamburg Institute of In- tres of aviation is well prepared www.hamburg.emb-japan.go.jp employs 74,200 staff and is ur- ternational Economics (HWWI) to meet this challenge.

Hamburg enterprises show social engagement at home and abroad Germany‘s only social exchange brings projects and potential partners together Fellowship, commitment, and that launched its prize for child International and funds inter- with access to classical mu- social responsibility are tradi- protection back in 1979. Since national child education pro- sic. Projects and potential pri- tional Hanseatic values. Ham- 2008, the Hamburg shoe retai- grammes. The Hamburg-based vate or corporate partners are burg companies thus show ler Görtz has been supporting mail order company OTTO has brought together by a unique social commitment in many the German Children Prize, an committed itself for five years database initiated by the Ham- ways. A pioneer of social spon- initiative of World Vision. Bei- to the project “YoungClassX,“ burg Chamber of Commerce: soring is the Hamburg insu- ersdorf has allied itself with providing children from un- the Hamburg Social Exchange. rance company HanseMerkur the charity organisation Plan derprivileged local districts www.hamburger-sozialboerse.de Hamburg News 11/2010 Page 2

Shortcuts Hamburg‘s inner city is changing its face

Port integration kick-off Hamburg‘s inner city is beco- Also to be converted into a “Opera Palais“, housing mo- With the Hamburg concept ming even more attractive. business improvement district dern offices behind its tradi- named winner, the EU‘s “Port After investments of two mil- is Dammtorstraße, Hamburg‘s tional red brick facade. Right Integration“ project featuring 13 lion euros shared among the opera boulevard. Three new across, the new Metropolis port and political partners from tenants as members of the buildings will enhance its noble House will feature the historic ten EU countries and Russia business improvement district, face. Right next to the opera, metropolis cinema along with kicked-off last month in Ham- the Hohe Bleichen/Heuberg the retail and office premises modern offices, rented already burg with the aim of formula- precinct now features a dyna- of Opern Plaza are fast taking by Vattenfall Energy Trading. ting ways to make the most of sustainable maritime and hin- mic mix of high-end fashion shape, already precertified in Also realised by Norddeutsche terland transport structures. Set like Armani, lifestyle retailers gold as Hamburg‘s first buil- Grundvermögen as investor to last for three years at a cost and local labels like Waltraud ding for its energy efficiency. was the new office block at the of 1.4 million euros, partners in- Bethge along with restaurants Adjacent to the opera‘s nort- courtyard of Sankt Petri church. volved in the project are the Free and bars. Eye-catcher of the hern side, Hamburg architect Towering nine storeys high, and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, shopping neighbourhood are Jan Störmer plans to trans- it was erected on the highest its Ministry of Economy and La- 13 arbor vitae, eleven metres form the brick building erected point of downtown Hamburg. bour Affairs and the Hamburg tall and illuminated at night. by Fritz Schumacher into an www.bid-hohebleichen.de Port Authority along with the ports of Essex, Valencia, Ant- werp, Marseille, Hamina, Ge- noa, Ancona, Tallinn, Riga, Klai- Hamburg – home of superyachts peda, and Kaliningrad. Rich people like billionaire Roman Abramowitsch order their boats at Blohm + Voss www.hamburg.de For their vessels, the super rich nities, like bullet proof glass, a dium“, based on an amazingly e-commerce capital of this world only know one missile defence system, a sub- round and organic design by Hamburg is Germany‘s address: Hamburg, where they marine, and an anti-paparazzi Michael Leach. Also built by stronghold of Internet com- entrust Blohm + Voss (B+V) laser shield. In 2005, Blohm + B + V was the 104 m long super merce. Headquartered here, with the conversion, mainte- Voss had already equipped his yacht “Moura“ owned by the the world‘s largest mail order nance, or building of their su- yacht “Pelorus“ with a new for- Libanese builder Dr. Moham- company OTTO increased on- per yachts. This autumn, one ward helipad and zero speed med Nasser Ar-Raschid, and line sales by one fifth to 3.8 of the world‘s biggest private stabilisers, and partially refitted Oracle chief Larry Ellison‘s 38 billion euros in the first half of vessels left the dock five: the the vessel once again in 2008. knots fast “Katana“. B+V ne- 2010. Many SMEs in retail like 170 metres long motor yacht Abramowitsch also commis- west custom-built yacht 111 the Hamburg outdoor specia- “Eclipse“ built for the Russian sioned the Hamburg shipyard MY/ Vintage links classical hull list Globetrotter also generate billionaire Roman Abramo- with the overhaul of his mega lines of yachts of the 1930’s the bulk of their sales online. Hamburg‘s leading role in witsch. The luxury liner features yacht “Ecstasea“. Also realised with state of the art equipment e-commerce is supported by not only a cinema and several by B + V this autumn was the and manufacturing techniques. the initiative Hamburg@work, pools, but also high-tech ame- 96 m long superyacht “Palla- www.blohmvossyachts.com promoting the digital economy since 1997. www.hamburg-media.net Hamburg Metropolitan Area Leading the way Researching and networking to advance wind energy No other German state has so many managing directors in The Hamburg-based manufac- In addition to research activi- 56 partners from academia and terms of population than Ham- turer of wind turbines, REpo- ties and further development industry and set up the Society burg. Here, every 50th resident wer Systems AG, inaugurated of the REpower wind turbines for the Promotion of Renew- heads a company. With the its new wind turbine techno- and products, the worldwide able Energies Cluster Ham- two per cent share, Hamburg logy centre in Osterrönfeld in service and maintenance of burg“ (EEHH). Supported by clearly supersedes the nati- onal average of 1.2 per cent, the Rendsburg-Eckernförde onshore and offshore turbines the Hamburg Senate, the initi- thus the “Managing Directors district. 470 employees from is organised from Osterrönfeld. ative aims to create a network Demography 2010“ of the cre- Research and Development, From the control centre of the of the fast-growing industry dit agency Bürgel. Technical Support and Service, Permanent Monitoring System of renewable energies in the www.buergel.de are accommodated at the new (PMS) department, located in Hamburg Metropolitan Area to complex. Previously, these de- the ground floor of the Tech- better exploit its growth poten- Top earners partments were located at sites Center, the global REpower tial. Already today, Hamburg Boasting a GDP per capita in Rendsburg, Büdelsdorf and fleet of more than 2,500 wind as Europe‘s Green Capital 2011 of 48,220 euros, Hamburg Husum. The research and tech- turbines is remotely monitored is enjoying an excellent reputa- residents are Germany‘s top nology centre was built by Max 24 hours on seven days of a tion throughout Germany as a earners. Nationally, the dis- Bögl Bauunternehmung GmbH week. business and service centre for posable income averages & Co. KG and features 1,700 renewable energies. The clu- 29,406 euros, revealed the sqm of floor space. It consists Capital of the wind industry ster now targets the internati- state-by-state ranking of the Initiative New Social Market of two structures: a nine-story Since its foundation in 2002, RE- onal promotion of Hamburg in Economy and the magazine office building and a second, power has been headquartered this field. Wirtschaftswoche. trapezoid-shaped building with in Hamburg. To strengthen the www.repower.de www.wiwo.de four floors, which also houses booming wind energy location, www.erneuerbare-energien- a cafeteria in the basement. the company joined forces with hamburg.de Hamburg News 11/2010 Page 3

Set-up of the Art and Media Campus Hamburg concluded Shortcuts Academy of Journalism celebrates 40-year anniversary Genome research The art and media campus Fin- burg now boasts a central my of Journalism has accom- Each year, some two million kenau in Hamburg is a unique campus custom-tailored for panied the initial and further people die of tuberculosis (TB). German training centre of the the training in all fields of the training of journalists from A clue to why some 90 per creative industries. Its home creative industries. apprentice to editor-in-chief. cent of people are naturally are the former grounds of Largest training facility is HAW Founded in July 1970 by pub- protected from the disease has now been found by researchers Europe‘s largest birth clinic. Hamburg‘s faculty DMI with lishing houses and journalist of the Bernhard Nocht Institute For five years, it has been con- some 1,500 students. Also lo- association, its seminars were for Tropical Medicine (BNI). To- verted and extended, has seen cated at the art and media cam- initially funded solely by do- gether with British and African refurbishments and new buil- pus are the Hamburg Media nations and membership fees. colleagues, they detected in the dings. With the relocation of School, the University of Fine From 1983, tuition fees have human genome an area that the Faculty of Design, Media Arts, the Miami Ad School, the been charged. Since 1990, the differentiates TB patients from and Information (DMI) of the Multimedia Kontor Hamburg, four-week compact course for healthy persons. University of Applied Sciences and the citizen and education volunteers has been firmly an- www.bnitm.de Hamburg (HAW Hamburg), the television channel TIDE GmbH. chored in the collective agree- transformation of the grade II The concept of the art and me- ment. So far, 26,000 journalists Design award heritage listed building by Fritz dia campus at Finkenau was have attended the academy‘s The Hamburg agency feld- Schumacher into an elite trai- developed in 2003 by the city courses that launched their mann + schultchen design stu- ning facility for future experts of Hamburg and has been im- careers. Among the prominent dios has been honoured with in communications and media plemented since then for about alumni are, for instance, Gabi the iF Communication Award in Gold for the corporate con- has been concluded. 21 million euros. Bauer and Markus Lanz. cept of their client Andreas Do- For already 40 years, the Acade- www.akademie-fuer-publizistik.de The media metropolis Ham- ria. Trademark of the design is a black bar, acting not only as a graphic element, but also as a Promising talents love Hamburg panel, linking the documents, Research and science foundation takes shape pictures, and other elements of the work flow. Hamburg attracts highly politan area. A new funding experts from academia and www.ifdesign.de skilled workers. According to programme now supports the- industry for four years, among a new study of the Nuremberg se talents even more. them the General Secretary Lightweight construction Institute for Labour Market To support their research of the Max Planck Society, Dr. Car manufacturer Mercedes- and Employment Research projects, the Hamburg parlia- Barbara Bludau, and the CEO Benz is investing ten million (IAB), only Munich is another ment initiated a research and of Airbus Germany GmbH, Dr. euros into a new workshop for the development and pro- German city to be just as po- science foundation. Founding Gerald Weber. The foundation duction of lightweight com- pular with highly trained pro- board member is the graduate will commence funding first ponents at its Harburg site. fessionals as Hamburg. philosopher Dr. Carsten Klein. projects by 2011. The funding The factory already supplies The Hanseatic city not only For the Board of Trustees, guidelines are expected to be intelligent lightweight structu- scores with the high wage le- consisting of eleven mem- determined by late 2010 or ral parts along with axles and vels, but also lures the high bers and chaired by the Head early 2011. Applications may steering columns for the pas- potentials with its diverse and of the Ministry of Science and only be handed in then. senger car range of Mercedes- vibrant cultural scenes and the Research, the Senate of Ham- Benz, smart, and Maybach. recreational value of its metro- burg has appointed acclaimed www.hamburg.de www.daimler.com

Large solar order Conergy is currently building New Senate concept to further the integration of migrants Greece‘s largest solar park. Special emphasis is placed on the recognition of foreign degrees The Hamburg-based company has just concluded a 32-MW As an international port and More important than the que- gnition procedures of foreign framework agreement for the trade metropolis, Hamburg stion of the immigrant‘s origin titles and degrees. construction of 20 solar po- has always stood in contact are his skills and knowledge. In addition, the Hamburg Mi- wer plants with a major local with the world and has a cen- Special attention in the 36 nistry of Economic and Labour investor. The agreement is the turies long tradition of being pages “concept on the profes- Affairs will launch a grant pro- largest to date in the country‘s a home to people of all nati- sional integration of people gramme to fund, if necessary, fledgling solar energy history. onalities. Today, people from with migrant background“ is subsequent qualification. Mi- www.conergy.de 180 countries call Hamburg thus given to the improved re- grants who still need an ad- their home, and almost every cognition of foreign professio- vanced course or training will More registrations second pre-school child pos- nal qualifications. be supported for the time of The number of business re- sesses a migrant background. The Hamburg Welcome Center, the training scheme with up to gistrations increased in the To better integrate immigrants since 2007 located as a central 640 euros per month. In the first half of 2010 in Hamburg and their families into the eco- service point in the premises current year, 500,000 euros by eight percent to 12,300, reports the Office of Statistics nomic, social, and cultural life of the Hamburg Chamber have already been allocated North. With 44 per cent, for- of the Hamburg Metropolitan of Commerce, has therefore for the migrant qualification mations of small enterprises Area is the main target of a been already expanded and grant programme. were particularly strong. new Senate concept presen- now offers expert advice and www.statistik-nord.de ted recently. support for the required reco- www.welcome.hamburg.de Hamburg News 11/2010 Page 4

Feeling good – visitors, bands, and industry enthralled by Reeperbahn Festival Germany‘s largest club festival convinces consumers and business as high-quality event for hot discoveries 17.000 enthusiastic guests, 190 g r a m m e show. Per- dance bar “Pearls“, St. Pauli newcomers from all over the were its formances church, the party boat “Frau world, 70 exciting events at exclusive took place Hedi“ and the Reeperbahn af- the international meeting place shows, not only in filiate of the Hamburg saving Reeperbahn campus, and an including the estab- institute Haspa. During the day, exciting multi-media arts pro- “soul ma- lished mu- some 1,500 media and industry gramme: in its fifth year, Ree- c h i n e “ sic clubs experts discussed latest trends perbahn Festival successfully C e e - L o and thea- and developments of the music proved its cultural and econo- Green, the tres along industry at Reeperbahn Cam- mic importance. It thus also Jamaican Hamburg‘s pus. Participants of the interna- confirmed Hamburg Marketing Jolly Boys, Reeper- tional trade meeting included GmbH‘s strategy. The latter ini- the per- bahn, but some of the industry‘s major tiated festival and campus and formance orchestra “The Irre- also in unusual, yet typical lo- players like Eric Clapton pro- successfully use it in the inter- pressibles“ and Gonzales‘ piano cal locations such as the table moter Vince Power, Australian national promotion of Ham- AC/DC publisher Philip Mor- burg. Bernd Neumann, Federal tlock and Brent Grulke, Crea- Minister of Culture, thus stated Up-to-date tive Director of the South By in his opening speech: “Reeper- Southwest-Festivals celebrated Sasha & Coco Zhao: By presenting these stars rooted in either of bahn Festival is not only a local in Austin, Texas. Integratred the partner cities, Hamburg celebrated the German Reunification event, but one with regional into festival and campus was Day in Shanghai. With their Sistercities Friendship Concert, the and international impact on the an extensive art programme Hamburg pop star Sasha and the Shanghai jazz singer Coco Zhao world of music. The culture and with music-related exhibitions thrilled the audience on the EXPO stage close to Hamburg House. creative industries generate re- like Flatstock Europe 5, the 4th More than 600,000 visitors made the first certified passive house venues of 15 billion euros every Comic Festival Hamburg, and in China built by Hamburg one of the most popular exhibits of the year. Those are not peanuts, but screenings of the music film world exhibition, which closed its gates on 31 October 2010. a huge economic factor.“ www.expo2010.hamburg.de festival UNERHÖRT. Highlights of the evening pro- www.reeperbahnfestival.com

Symbol of Jewish belief returns News Bits Jewish communities of Hamburg and Pinneberg welcome new Torah scroll Hamburg‘s borough school of More than 70 years after the has remained unchanged for boast their own community Niendorf and the Jing‘an langu- Schoa, a new Torah scroll was 3,322 years. Protected by the centre. Built in 1969 by the Ger- age school in Shanghai have si- welcomed at Chabad Luba- velvet roof of a Chupa, the new man Red Cross, the building at gned a school partnership on witsch in Hamburg with a crowd Torah scroll then headed a pro- Carla-Bartram-Weg 14 served environmental topics. The Allianz of 600 people and a delegati- cession with music, dance, and as an old people‘s home in the Environment Foundation sup- on of rabbis in attendance. Its flares, passing past Grindelhof past years. Now a property of ports school co-operation. purchase has been sponsored to Rentzelstraße‘s Chabad. The the Jewish foundation “We www.stadtteilschule-niendorf.de by some 100 Hamburg Jews, Torah ceremony also marked help ourselves“, it not only whose names are listed in shi- the seven-year anniversary of comprises a prayer hall and a Murder and manslaugther on ning letters on the blue velvet the Jewish community centre. kiddush room, but also offices, Kampnagel: From 1 – 6 Novem- coat of the scroll. Lead by their a café and rooms for courses in ber, star writers of detective no- rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky, they as- Two cities, two Torah scrolls German, Hebrew, and religion, vels will create suspense at the sembled at Joseph-Carlebach- Only a few kilometres to the or classes in music from Israel. 4th Hamburg Crime Festival. Platz, the former location of the northwest, also the largest Je- Also at home in the Hamburg Participants include Åke Edward- Bornplatz synagogue destroyed wish community of Schleswig- Metropolitan Area are the new- son, Ingrid Noll, Jilliane Hoffman, by the Nazi, to add the last of Holstein welcomed its own ly established Jewish commu- Doris Gercke, Helene Tursten and the total of 304,805 letters to the Torah scroll. In Pinneberg in the nities in Ahrensburg and Bad other stars of the scene. leather roll. Reflecting the Hamburg Metropolitan Area, Segeberg. www.krimifestival-hamburg.de words of Moses, its content its 220 members also now www.chabadhamburg.de

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