Hamburg News

1/2013

Boom industry aviation Think Tank Food tourism booms A winter of culture In the Hamburg Metropolitan For three years, the Think Tank Ten million overnight stays: Ham- Giacometti, Britten, Wagner, Ver- Region, a booming industry cre- Food has been promoting the dia- burg attracts more tourists as di are some of the famous names ates employment with a future: logue between science and busi- ever before – cruise passengers, to be experienced in Hamburg aircraft construction. (p. 2) ness in the food industry. (p. 2) musical fans, and others. (p. 3) this winter. (p. 4) Newsflash Five years in the dialogue with China: The Hamburg Summit Germany is shrinking, Elder statesmen Henry Kissinger and Helmut Schmidt spoke to 400 participants Hamburg is growing. Germany gets older, Ham- They first met 55 years ago, burg younger. And an in- stayed in touch and now dis- creasingly smaller group cussed China and the world with strong growth is in Hamburg: Henry Kissinger facing an ever-growing and Helmut Schmidt. The dia- group of shrinking com- logue of the two elder states- munities. One of these men impressively underlined urban strongholds is the importance of the bilateral Hamburg. This summary meeting launched by the Ham- was drawn by the Federal burg Chamber of Commerce in Institute for construction, 2004: “The Hamburg Summit: urban and spatial research China meets Europe“. (BBSR) from its “Popula- tion Projection 2030“. By Every two years, the confe- 2030, its statisticians say, rence brings together the elite the German population of the sino-European business, will be shrunk from 2010‘s politics and science in Ham- 81.2 million people to 79.2 burg and makes an important million inhabitants, with contribution to the improve- EU Trade Commissioner Ka- China United Trading Corpora- rural district losing more ment of bilateral relations. rel De Gucht. Among the 400 tion GmbH (CUTC) was foun- than one-fifth of their po- This year, the meeting was of- guests were large high-ranking ded in 1984. Today, trading pulation. In Hamburg, ficially opened by Wan Gang, delegations brought to Ham- houses such as Chinatex Euro- however, the population Deputy Chairman of the 11th burg by the China Federation pe GmbH or Baosteel Trading will increase by 100,000 political Consultative Confe- of Industrial Economics (CFIE) Europe GmbH take advantage people from 1,753.600 lo- cals to 1,853.800 citizens. rence of the Chinese people. and the China Association of of Hamburg as a hub. In addi- According to the BBSR, the Further speakers at the sum- Trade in Services (CATIS). tion, global shipping lines like increase will feed mainly mit included Dr. Georgios Pa- With Europe‘s second largest Cosco, China Shipping and Si- from single and two-per- pastamkos, Vice-President of port, Hamburg is the most im- notrans have set up German son households. the European Parliament, Peter portant bridgehead between or European headquarters in www.bbsr.bund.de Praet, Chief Economist of the the EU and China. More than Hamburg to steer their expan- European Central Bank, EADS 440 Chinese companies have sion in Europe. CEO Dr. Thomas Enders, and settled in the city, where the www.hamburg-summit.com

From HafenCity to Jungfernstieg in just three minutes: new metro line U4 in service Busses, ferries and city bikes complement the central public transport of the new waterfront district Ecology and sustainability de- Berliner Tor, and thus to the tion will be inaugurated further ningstraße. Further two ferry termine the mobility concept most frequented transfer sta- east at the Elbe bridges. jetties are to be erected at Ha- of HafenCity. Its backbone of tions in the urban rail network. In addition to U4, also the new fenCity University and the Elbe green transport is now in ser- From Jungfernstieg to Über- harbour ferry quay at the Elb- bridges. They will be comple- vice: the U4. Hamburg‘s fourth seequartier station, the trip just philharmonie concert hall was mented by piers for barges at underground line links the takes tree minutes, and further inaugurated. It is serviced by Magdeburger Hafen and Baa- waterfront district to Jung- two minutes to HafenCity Uni- the HADAG harbour ferry 72 kenhafen. fernstieg, central station and versity. By 2017/18, a third sta- from Landungsbrücken via Ar- www.hafencity.com Hamburg News 1/2013 Page 2

Aviation industry secures solid growth in Germany‘s North Shortcuts 35,000 employees in aircraft construction – booming industry seeks professionals Port dues Aviation is one of the key in- manufacturing, they account an order for additional 60 Air- With the start of 2013, the Port dustries of the Hamburg Metro- for ten per cent of staff in the bus A320-family planes worth of Hamburg has significant- politan Region. Some 100,000 north, where companies are 5.3 billion euro. Deliveries are ly reduced the port dues for jobs are directly or indirectly seeking even more qualified scheduled for 2014 to 2017. large-sized ships. Container dependent from the booming staff. With several sites at home In addition to such bestsellers, ships of the latest generation with a capacity of over 10,000 industry. 35,000 people in in the Hamburg Metropolitan Hamburg is also home to new TEU are particularly benefiting northern Germany are emplo- Region, Airbus has been con- visions. After the participation from the new fee structure. yed in aircraft and spacecraft tinuously expanding its work- in the A380 programme, the For exceptionally large ships, construction, 22,000 of them in force since 2011. Most of the new long-haul A350 jet is now an additional discount was int- Hamburg alone. 43 per cent of new 3,000 employees work in being developed and assem- roduced, lowering port fees by all employees in the German Hamburg. bled in Hamburg, with the mai- approximately six and twelve aviation industry are working With up to 32,000 new passen- den flight scheduled for mid- per cent respectively. Port fees in Germany‘s North. These fi- ger and freight aircraft being 2013. As innovator, the aviation were also reduced for ships gures were revealed by a new delivered until 2031, aviation industry invests 25,700 euro with a particularly good envi- study conducted by the Ham- is the mega market of the fu- per employee or 9.8 per cent ronmental performance (ESI burg Institute of International ture, says HWWI. Some of the of sales in research and deve- score > 50), with the discount Economics (HWWI) on behalf of most successful aircraft of to- lopment (R&D), i. e. more than cap increased by a good 30 per cent. Airbus. The staff is highly quali- day are members of the A320 double of the average industrial www.hamburg-port-authority.de fied. While on a national scale family, assembled and deliver- R&D investment ratio (11,100 only 2.7 per cent of academics ed in Hamburg. China Eastern euro). tesa invests twice work in aircraft and spacecraft Airlines has recently placed www.luftfahrtimnorden.de The adhesive specialist tesa SE invests some 160 million euro into its new headquarters Industrial sector continues its huge investments in Hamburg at the northern end of Ham- Trimet expands aluminium production – Jungheinrich sets up spare parts centre burg airport and nearby mo- torway access. On the 86,000 Northern Germany‘s industrial even tripled to 95 million euro. new employees. The forklift sq m plot at Niendorfer Stra- sector significantly increased Investments in airplane and truck manufacturer Junghein- ße, an integrated ensemble of investments in 2011. Compa- vehicle construction accounted rich is currently building a new buildings, incorporating an R red to 2010, gross fixed capital for 280 million euro, repair and 35.7 million euro spare parts & D centre along with marke- formation rose by 44 per cent maintenance expenditures for warehouse, scheduled to start ting and management office, to 966 million euro in 2011, 113 million euro. operations in summer with 250 will be built until 2015. In the south of Hamburg, tesa inves- the last year so far analysed Having prevailed also in 2012, staff. In Wandsbek, Lehmann & ted another 40 million euro by the Northern German Of- as first estimates show, the Voss & Co., a global manufac- into an additional production fice of Statistics. In Hamburg, good investment climate is ex- turer of customised high-per- line at its Hausbruch plant. To the companies of the manu- pected to continue in 2013. The formance compounds, expan- meet the worldwide demand facturing sector invested 871 aluminum producer Trimet has ded its portfolio to powdered for its double-extra strong ad- million euro into machines, announced to invest some 15 thermoplastic materials and hesive tapes, further 30 new mechanical equipment, ope- million euro into its Hamburg thus also acquired a neighbou- staff are to be hired after last rating and office equipment (+ site and to hire new staff after ring plot of land to expand pro- year‘s recruitment of 70. 35%). Investment in real estate last year‘s recruitment of 50 duction. www.tesa.de

Optimism prevails Hamburg Metropolitan Region The Hamburg economy is optimistic about the future. A tasty mix of science and industry: the Think Tank Food With order books well filled, 23 per cent of the local crafts To encourage the dialogue By expanding the transnati- research and recruiting. Ano- businesses expect a further between science and indus- onal co-operation, the Ham- ther major focus is the enhan- improvement of their busi- try, the Northern German food burg Metropolitan Region ced networking of business ness situation. 91 per cent of industry initiatives foodactive strengthens its profile as a and science, as, for example, enterprises have already been and foodRegio launched the strong business location and by the Think Tank Food. The calling it good or satisfactory. “Think Tank Food“ in 2010. emphasises the importance of annual meeting allows com- The Hamburg retail cracked On occasion of the third Think its food industry. In the Elbe panies of the food industry the sales mark of eleven bil- Tank Food at Unilever‘s Hafen- metropolis, the 71 companies to gather detailed informa- lion euro, and thus develo- City headquarters, the existing of the sector annually gene- tion about current scientific ped disproportionately better partnership between the Free rate sales of more than eight research projects and assess than other sectors in 2012. and Hanseatic City of Ham- billion euro and employ some their practical relevance. The The investment willingness also remained stable, with burg and Süderelbe AG was 7,600 people. project activities are sup- many of the Hamburg-based intensified through the sup- As the nutrition and food ini- ported by the European Fund companies still desperately port of the food network. From tiative of the Hamburg Me- for regional development searching staff for its nu- now on, foodactive is also the tropolitan Region, foodactive (EFRE) of the federal state of merous vacant posts. central point of contact for supports players in this sector Lower Saxony. www.bdi-hamburg.de Hamburg‘s companies of the in the areas of procurement, www.foodactive.de food industry. process optimisation, market www.foodregio.de Hamburg News 1/2013 Page 3

Shortcuts Two new theatres for the musical metropolis Hamburg

New boulevard The success came with “Cats“: and restaurant, but also retail million euro venue with 1,800 As the western entrance to the since 1986, Hamburg has deve- and other cultural institutions seats will be complemented by inner city, Dammtorstraße has loped into Germany‘s musical with good sales. Musical fans a newly designed Elbe prome- been converted into an attrac- capital and third-largest venue spend around 500 million euro nade. tive opera boulevard in the worldwide after London and in Hamburg, thus a study of A second venue is also near past five months. The 280 me- New York. At the banks of the the Hamburg Tourism Board. the harbour. In the listed who- tres long connection between Elbe river, shows such as “The Shows are currently staged lesale market hall between Stephansplatz and Gänse- Lion King“ and “Tarzan“ annu- at three theatres, with two ve- central station and the Elbe markt takes its name from the Hamburg State Opera located ally attract some two million nues to join the musical scene bridges, the musical operator there. Works in the second musical fans to Hamburg. 1.7 soon. Right next to the yellow Mehr Entertainment is building inner city business-improve- million spectators also stay for tent of “The Lion King“, the a stage for 2,0000 spectators, ment-district have been imple- a night and discover the sights musical operator Stage Enter- scheduled to be inaugurated in mented in the framework of a and other offers of the Hanse- tainment is currently erecting late 2014. public-private partnership. atic city. the first newly planned musical www.hamburg-tourismus.de www.bid-opernboulevard.de The attraction of the musi- theatre in Germany since 2000. www.stage-entertainment.de cals not only provides hotels Scheduled to open 2014, the 65 www.mehr-entertainment.de Nordex in South Africa Shortly after its market entry in South Africa, the Hamburg- Hamburg ranked among the Top Ten in INSM city monitor based wind turbine manu- Study confirms the city‘s bright perspectives for the future facturer Nordex has been commissioned to install its Employment, social affairs, on of start-ups is reflected by pulation and the 60 + generati- second wind farm in the coun- economy and prosperity: In Hamburg‘s fourth position in on, Hamburg is once again in try. Operated by the small the monitor of the Initiative for the comparison of trades. But the top ten. Last but not least, independent renewable ener- a New Social Market Economy especially in regard to new em- the city was also ranked tenth gy producer Red Cap, the 80 MW Kouga wind farm at Port (INSM) in co-operation with ployment, Hamburg excelled. with 54.4 points in the dyna- Elizabeth‘s Oyster Bay will the magazine “Wirtschafts- From 2006 to 2011, Hamburg mic ranking, which reflects the start to supply its zero-emissi- Woche“, Hamburg confirmed created 12.9 per cent of jobs development of German cities on energy to the grid by 2014. itself a young successful city subject to social insurance con- from 2006 to 2011. http://red-cap.co.za/develop- with good prospects for the fu- tributions compared to 9.4 per The INSM study considered ments/kouga-wind-farm ture. In the scientific and inde- cent on national average. The 90 factors, including economic www.nordex.de pendent survey of Germany‘s study also positively evalua- and structural indicators such 50 largest cities, the Elbe me- ted Hamburg‘s demographic as income, economic perfor- Stable office market tropolis was ranked eight with development. At the age ratio, mance and highly qualified Office take-up in Hamburg 56.5 points in the comparison which reflects the relationship employees. amounted to 312,000 sq m in of levels. The dynamic creati- between the 20-59-year-old po- www.insm-wiwo-staedteranking.de the first three quarters of 2012, say the analysts of Savills Re- search, with the vacancy rate remaining unchanged at a Ten million overnight stays: Hamburg‘s new tourism record low 8.1 per cent. Prime rents also stayed stable at 24.50 Hamburg is the most beautiful from the Arab Gulf States in- where they were welcomed by euro per square metre, and of Germany‘s 2.064 cities. The creased by 109.3 per cent, with cheering crowds. . thus two per cent higher than representative survey of the visitor figures thus doubled in in 2011. After a very strong ARD confirmed what has been comparison to the previous Relaunched website fourth quarter, Savills expects expressed by the tourism mo- year. Right on time for the main office take-up to total 460,000 nitor of the Hamburg Tourism Hamburg also successful pro- booking time, the most com- s qm. In long-term compari- Board (HHT) in numbers: for files itself as a year-round prehensive relaunch of the son, 2012 sales were thus five 42 months, visitor figures have cruise destination. 164 cruise HHT website online as an ef- per cent above the average of been heading from one record ships called at the Port of ficient tool in the destination the last ten years. http://www.savills.de to the next. Hamburg last year, with MS marketing. In the Internet, Amadea arriving as late as 4,000 web pages now present Success with Facebook Overnight stays on the rise December 18. 2012‘s highlight Hamburg as a vibrant metro- The online city platform ham- The magic ten million mark include the record month of polis worth exploring. Testi- burg.de is well established of visitor nights was cracked May with 33 arrivals and the monials by locals, animated in the social media. With in 2012 after 9.5 million over- celebrations of the port bir- themes, detailed destination more than 750,000 Facebook night stays in 2011. According thday and the third Hamburg information, an improved boo- friends, “Hamburg – my city“ to the HHT, no other European Cruise Days in summer, which king platform and the “Inspire is the second largest German city enjoys such as strong and will be hosted again in 2014. Me“ tool for individual expe- city community on Facebook dynamic growth in overnight At the Cunard Days, MS Queen rience are key features of the next to Berlin. Every month, stays. The success is not only Mary 2 arrived at the port with relaunch. Its mobile version 1.4 million unique users and rooted in the stable and grow- MS Queen Elizabeth in tow. http://m.hamburg-tourism.de more than 180,000 users of ing domestic market, but also After the end of the Lon- is optimised for both iPhones the iPhone app consult the on- in the growing number of in- don Summer Olympics, MS and smart phones. line city portal. www.hamburg.de ternational visitors. Deutschland brought back the www.hamburg-tourismus.de Last September along, arrivals German athletes to Hamburg www.hamburgcruisecenter.eu Hamburg News 1/2013 Page 4

Great names and anniversaries mark Hamburg‘s culture in winter and spring Giacometti x 2 – Lessing Days at – tribute to Wagner, Verdi and Britten at the State Opera Hamburg starts its diverse versaries dominate the pro- cultural programme of 2013 gramme of the Hamburg State with an exceptional highlight. Opera that has chosen “Wag- In co-operation with the Buce- ner – Verdi – Britten 2013“ as rius art Forum, the Hamburg theme of the year. The jubi- Gallery of Arts will showcase lee begins this month with the whole spectrum of works Wagner‘s monumental early by Alberto Giacometti (photo) compositions, followed in May and reveal why this leading by a three-week “Wagner ma- 20th-century sculptor’s work nia“ with performances of his is still regarded as ground- ten major works. Also born in breaking. Running 25 January 1813 was Guiseppe Verdi. His to 19 May, its exhibition “Gi- 200-year anniversary is cele- acometti. The Playing Fields“ brated by the Hamburg State is complemented by “Alberto Opera with a spectacular sa- Giocometti. Encounters“ at the cred piece: Verdi‘s Messa da Bucerius Kunst Forum displa- the city. As artistic director of year, they will once again tack- Requiem for Soli, choir and ying Giacometti`s portraits. the National Theatre, Lessing le intercultural themes. From Orchestra on March 29. First a wrote and staged his comedy 25 January to 9 February, they failure, now a classic is a piece What unites Europe? “Minna von Barnhelm“, wor- will ask if there are any connec- of work by Benjamin Britten While the Swiss never worked ked on “Emilia Galotti“ and ting features between Iceland composed for the coronation in Hamburg, Gotthold Ephraim revolutionised theatre by its and Istanbul, between Slavic, of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953: Lessing belongs to the literary pioneering “Hamburg drama- Germanic and Romanic cul- Gloriana. On 24 March, the heritage of the Hanseatic city. turgy“. Starting from Lessing‘s tures. co-production with the Royal Although he only lived three enlightenment thought, Thalia Opera House, London, will be years in Hamburg (1767-1770), Theater annually host the Les- Wagner – Verdi – Britten staged in Hamburg. his life and work are coined by sing Days. 2013 in their fourth Not one, but three great anni- www.hamburg-tourism.de

International Emmy Award granted for a Hamburg production News Bits Tristan Chytroschek honoured for his TV film “Songs of War: Music as Weapon“ The legendary Mojo Club will The documentary “Music as stan Chytroschek, who learnt dren melodies were used for be reopened in the “Dancing To- Weapon“ by ZDF and Arte re- the craft of film making at the no-touch torture, Chytroschek wers“ at the entrance of Reeper- ceived the prestigious Inter- BBC and Channel 4. was able to win their US com- bahn“. On its 23th and 24th level, national Emmy Award in New In his 52 minutes documenta- poser Christopher Cerf as pro- Heaven‘s Kitchen promises to York. As an offshoot of the US ry, Tristan Chytroschek shows tagonist for his documentary. take diners to cloud nine when Emmy Awards, the prize is how warmongers and tortu- So far, the film has not been opened in April. considered the most important rers instrumentalised music shown in the United States. www.mojo.de TV Award for non-American for their purposes. The brutal That it still made headlines is productions. Exposing the ab- power of African war dances, due to the Arab news chan- Hamburg‘s locals lead happy use of music by rulers, the film the ferocity of Maori Hakas, the nel al Jazeera, which can be marriages. With 20.3 divorces was named winner in the cate- roar of US sound guns blasting watched in the United States. per 1,000 inhabitants, the sepa- gory of “Art“ and successfully Metallica at Taliban hideouts: “Music as Weapon“ was also ration rate well below the natio- competed against three other Aggressive sounds demoralise screened at the Vivisect inter- nal average of 23. Also in regard contributions from Japan, Bra- the enemy and whip the allies national human rights Film Fe- to married couples, Hamburg is zil and the United Kingdom. into a frenzy. stival, DOCSDF Film Festival, topping statistics with 112 marri- Shown on Arte in 2010, the film In Guantámo and Bagram, One World Berlin Film Festival, ages per 1,000 inhabitants. was produced by the Hamburg prisoners were tortured with FIPA Biarritz and the “steps“ fe- www.statistik-nord.de office of the a&o büro filmpro- songs from Sesame Street. stival in the Ukraine. duktion gmbh, headed by Tri- Shocked to see how these chil- www.a-o-buero.de

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