Publishing details At a glance Sales and net income for the year in € m Level of internationality Visitors: 47.9 % Exhibitors: 73.4 % 500 50 400 40 Editors-in-chief Print production 300 30 Dominique Ewert Messe Frankfurt Medien Klaus Münster-Müller und Service GmbH 200 20 Publishing Services Annual Report 2014 100 10 Editors 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Markus Quint (production editor) Print l from Germany attending Messe Frankfurt events at the Frankfurt venue l Sales l Net income for the year l from outside Germany attending Messe Frankfurt events at the Frankfurt venue Antje Breuer-Seifi Druckhaus Becker GmbH Claudia Lehning-Berge Dieselstraße 9 2014 The Messe Frankfurt corporate group conceives, plans and hosts trade fairs and exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Sarah Stanzel 64372 Ober-Ramstadt Messe Frankfurt The parent company and its subsidiaries offer a well-coordinated service package for national and international Gabriele Wehrl Germany Annual Report customers, exhibitors and visitors. Responsibility for content in accordance Paper Corporate group 2 with the German press laws Cover: Hello Fat Matt 1.1 350 g/m in € m* 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Iris Jeglitza-Moshage Inside pages: Arctic the Volume 150 g/m2 Sales 448 467 537 545 554 Photographs Print run Personnel expenses 102 106 120 123 131 Pietro Sutera Photography (p. 3) 3,000 in two editions Depreciation, amortisation and write-downs 59 59 61 56 52 Rüdiger Nehmzow (p. 6–11, 36–39) (German and English) Earnings before taxes on income 42 34 36 49 47 Iwan Baan (p. 19) EBITDA 109 99 102 108 102 BRCK (p. 21) Editorial team address Pre-tax return on sales in % 9 7 7 9 9 Cara Harshman (p. 21) Messe Frankfurt GmbH Net income for the year 24 22 25 35 33 Corporate Communications Additions to fixed assets 20 22 27 48 56 Illustrations Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1 Equity 397 404 412 427 453 Roman Klonek (p. 24–29) 60327 Frankfurt am Main Total assets 875 832 834 820 863 Germany Directions Active employees (at 31.12. respectively) 1,629 1,725 1,833 1,999 2,130 Editorial review Telephone + 49 69 75 75 - 56 25 Kirsten Skacel, Lektorat Rotstift Telefax + 49 69 75 75 - 9 56 25 * except employees and return on sales corporate.communications@ English translation messefrankfurt.com Shareholders: City of Frankfurt (60 %), State of Hesse (40 %) Jan Wheeler, Saarbrücken Subscribed capital: City of Frankfurt € 108 million, State of Hesse € 72 million Simone Conrad, Saarbrücken Basic data 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total area (m²) 578,000 578,000 578,000 578,000 592,127 Concept, design and copy Available hall space (m²) 355,678 355,678 355,678 355,678 366,637 one/one Berlin / Bremen /Amsterdam Available open space (m²) 96,078 96,078 96,078 96,078 96,078 Number of halls 10 10 10 10 10 Events in Germany Number of trade fairs and exhibitions 36 37 41 43 44 Exhibitors 42,386 38,184 44,066 40,786 41,828 Net area (m²) 1,281,215 1,366,756 1,444,758 1,480,779 1,314,277 Visitors 1,474,301 2,307,067 1,634,205 2,268,884 1,557,581 Events outside Germany Number of trade fairs 51 63 68 70 77 Messe Frankfurt GmbH Exhibitors 26,196 30,643 34,431 38,793 42,880 Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1 Net area (m²) 572,538 713,636 791,785 935,148 1,060,630 60327 Frankfurt am Main Visitors 921,183 1,063,369 1,173,757 1,381,032 1,526,372 Germany Total Telephone + 49 69 75 75 - 0 Number of trade fairs 87 100 109 113 121 Telefax + 49 69 75 75 - 64 33 Exhibitors 68,582 68,827 78,497 79,579 84,708 [email protected] Net area (m²) 1,853,753 2,080,392 2,236,543 2,415,927 2,374,907 www.messefrankfurt.com Visitors 2,395,484 3,370,436 2,807,962 3,649,916 3,083,953 Publishing details At a glance Directions Sales and net income for the year in € m Level of internationality Trade fairs bring together supply and demand under Visitors: 47.9 % Exhibitors: 73.4 % 500 50 one roof. But the potential partners for mutual success 400 40 aren’t always just around the corner. The world may Editors-in-chief Print production 300 30 Dominique Ewert Messe Frankfurt Medien have become a global village – but that village is still Klaus Münster-Müller und Service GmbH 200 20 Publishing Services Annual Report 2014 100 10 pretty big and the distances are correspondingly far. Editors 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Markus Quint (production editor) Print l from Germany attending Messe Frankfurt events at the Frankfurt venue Messe Frankfurt therefore provides international hubs l Sales l Net income for the year l from outside Germany attending Messe Frankfurt events at the Frankfurt venue Antje Breuer-Seifi Druckhaus Becker GmbH Claudia Lehning-Berge Dieselstraße 9 where all the market players can come together and 2014 The Messe Frankfurt corporate group conceives, plans and hosts trade fairs and exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Sarah Stanzel 64372 Ober-Ramstadt Messe Frankfurt The parent company and its subsidiaries offer a well-coordinated service package for national and international explore the options for a possible cooperation – whether Gabriele Wehrl Germany Annual Report customers, exhibitors and visitors. just around the corner or at the other end of the world. Responsibility for content in accordance Paper Corporate group 2 with the German press laws Cover: Hello Fat Matt 1.1 350 g/m in € m* 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Iris Jeglitza-Moshage Inside pages: Arctic the Volume 150 g/m2 Sales 448 467 537 545 554 But how does the market function in Hattersheim, Photographs Print run Personnel expenses 102 106 120 123 131 Pietro Sutera Photography (p. 3) 3,000 in two editions Depreciation, amortisation and write-downs 59 59 61 56 52 Johannes burg, Shanghai or on the World Wide Web? Rüdiger Nehmzow (p. 6–11, 36–39) (German and English) Earnings before taxes on income 42 34 36 49 47 EBITDA 109 99 102 108 102 Iwan Baan (p. 19) Messe Frankfurt has always been a forerunner of BRCK (p. 21) Editorial team address Pre-tax return on sales in % 9 7 7 9 9 Cara Harshman (p. 21) Messe Frankfurt GmbH Net income for the year 24 22 25 35 33 internationalisation and offers unrivalled expertise for Corporate Communications Additions to fixed assets 20 22 27 48 56 Illustrations Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1 Equity 397 404 412 427 453 everyone seeking new directions, exciting innovations Roman Klonek (p. 24–29) 60327 Frankfurt am Main Total assets 875 832 834 820 863 Germany and strong networks. Directions Active employees (at 31.12. respectively) 1,629 1,725 1,833 1,999 2,130 Editorial review Telephone + 49 69 75 75 - 56 25 Kirsten Skacel, Lektorat Rotstift Telefax + 49 69 75 75 - 9 56 25 * except employees and return on sales corporate.communications@ English translation messefrankfurt.com Shareholders: City of Frankfurt (60 %), State of Hesse (40 %) Jan Wheeler, Saarbrücken Subscribed capital: City of Frankfurt € 108 million, State of Hesse € 72 million Simone Conrad, Saarbrücken Basic data 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total area (m²) 578,000 578,000 578,000 578,000 592,127 Concept, design and copy Available hall space (m²) 355,678 355,678 355,678 355,678 366,637 one/one Berlin / Bremen /Amsterdam Available open space (m²) 96,078 96,078 96,078 96,078 96,078 Number of halls 10 10 10 10 10 Events in Germany Number of trade fairs and exhibitions 36 37 41 43 44 Exhibitors 42,386 38,184 44,066 40,786 41,828 Net area (m²) 1,281,215 1,366,756 1,444,758 1,480,779 1,314,277 Visitors 1,474,301 2,307,067 1,634,205 2,268,884 1,557,581 Events outside Germany Number of trade fairs 51 63 68 70 77 Messe Frankfurt GmbH Exhibitors 26,196 30,643 34,431 38,793 42,880 Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1 Net area (m²) 572,538 713,636 791,785 935,148 1,060,630 60327 Frankfurt am Main Visitors 921,183 1,063,369 1,173,757 1,381,032 1,526,372 Germany Total Telephone + 49 69 75 75 - 0 Number of trade fairs 87 100 109 113 121 Telefax + 49 69 75 75 - 64 33 Exhibitors 68,582 68,827 78,497 79,579 84,708 [email protected] Net area (m²) 1,853,753 2,080,392 2,236,543 2,415,927 2,374,907 www.messefrankfurt.com Visitors 2,395,484 3,370,436 2,807,962 3,649,916 3,083,953 2 Executive Board editorial 3 Directions Messe Frankfurt is resolutely continuing in its chosen direction: stable business in Germany, a stronger global presence and strategic development of the portfolio and exhibition centre in Frankfurt have led to a new all-time sales record of € 554 million. Sales of € 554 million, operating profit of € 47 million and into service in the summer. By concentrating all controlling, In the international arena we have driven our organic growth In this year’s Annual Report we invite you to join us on a net income after tax of € 33 million not only underscore the operational safety and site security in a single location, around the world through acquisitions, exporting of brands journey – a journey around the (Messe Frankfurt) world. It company’s continued profitability, but also create the neces- we have implemented a project that is the only one of its and new event formats.