The company
Management
Hans Peter Schneider (*1960) has been the managing director of M3B GmbH since 2001.
Supervisory board
MESSE BREMEN is a division of M3B GmbH owned by the City of Bremen which was established on 1 January 2018. The supervisory board is chaired by Kristina Vogt, Senator for Economics, Labour and Europe. The deputy chairperson is Kerstin Kreitz, Head of Department at the Senator for Finance.
Further members are Andreas Kottisch, CEO of ePhilos AG, and Birgitt Rambalski, Chief of Protocol in the Senate Chancellery of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
Employee representatives in the supervisory board include Gabriele Frey, project manager WISSENSWERTE at MESSE BREMEN, Markus Günsch, market supervision at the depot of the Großmarkt Bremen (city’s central market) and Andrea Kosack, dispatch advisor at the Ratskeller – Weinhandel since 1405.
Memberships
AUMA – Association of the German Trade Fair Industry
IDFA – Interest Group of German Trade Fairs and Exhibition Cities
GCB – German Convention Bureau e.V.
ICCA – International Congress and Convention Association
degefest – Association of the Congress and Seminar Industry
Exhibition departments and contact persons
CONGRESS BREMEN und guest events
Kordula Grimm
+49 (0) 421 3505-337
grimm@messe-bremen.de
In-house trade fairs and special interest topics
Claudia Nötzelmann
+49 (0) 421 3505-377
noetzelmann@messe-bremen.de
In-house consumer fairs
Kerstin Renken
+49 (0) 421 3505-353
renken@messe-bremen.de
In-house fairs
Technical director and ÖVB-Arena
Andreas Adolph
+49 (0) 421 3505-235
adolph@messe-bremen.de
In-house events
Jobs
Current vacancies at MESSE BREMEN are listed on the M3B GmbH website.
Sustainabilty
MESSE BREMEN & ÖVB Arena is aware of its joint responsibility in protecting the environment and climate. A contribution is, for example, the installation of solar power systems on the roofs of Halls 4 to 7. They produce 750,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year which corresponds to about 25 per cent of the venue’s energy requirements. Green electricity is used for the remaining sum.
75%
green electricity
25%
energy produced in-house
20%
less energy consumption
A combined heat and power plant also produces heat with reduced CO2 emissions. The last event halls have been equipped with LED lamps in 2018, so that all halls including the ÖVB Arena can then be illuminated in an energy-saving manner.
Overall, energy consumption decreased from 4.4 million to 3.5 million kilowatt hours from 2006 to 2016 despite significantly more events being held here.
Code of Sustainability
Progress report 2020
History
In comparison to other exhibition centres in Germany, MESSE BREMEN is still relatively new: Halls 4 to 6 only opened in 1997 and Hall 7 completed the venue in the early 2000s. Since then, seven halls including the ÖVB Arena offer 40 000 square metres event space.
In the beginning, the venue was used mainly for hire business. However, today 110 events are held in MESSE BREMEN each year of which 60 are trade fairs and congresses.
MESSE BREMEN is very popular with external event organisers and one of the reasons for this is its central location and excellent accessibility. In addition, the adjoining outdoor area offers an extra 100 000 square metres. The 16 conference rooms in the Congress Centrum Bremen – also directly adjoining – offer space for between 15 and 1 600 participants.
Of the venue’s own events, it is the nine-day HanseLife consumer trade fair which will soon have 80 000 visitors per year which is the most popular. Likewise, the fish international, jazzahead! and the Bremen Classic Motorshow also attract an international audience.
1960 – 1964: The beginnings
Building of the Stadthalle Bremen (today the ÖVB Arena), Halls 2 and 3
After an architectural contest in 1995, the exhibition and event centre of the WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen was built on the town’s Bürgerweide up until 1997 according to plans by architects Gert Schulze (Bremen) with the planning group Hagg, von Ohlen, Rüffer and Partners (Bremen).
1992 – 1997: Opening
Opening of the Congress Centrum Bremen (CCB)
Halls 4 to 6 only opened in 1997. Hall 7 completed the venue in the early 2000s. MESSE BREMEN is very popular with external event organisers and one of the reasons for this is its central location and excellent accessibility. In addition, the adjoining outdoor area offers an extra 100 000 square metres. The 16 conference rooms in the Congress Centrum Bremen – also directly adjoining – offer space for between 15 and 1 600 participants.
1995 – 2004: Expansion
During this period Halls 4 to 6 were rebuilt, Hall 7 was completed and Hall 1 converted. Of the venue’s own events, it is the nine-day HanseLife consumer trade fair which will soon have 80 000 visitors per year which is the most popular. Likewise, the fish international, jazzahead! and the Bremen Classic Motorshow also attract an international audience.
2010 – present day: Continued growth
In 2010, 54 events, of which 20 were internal, were held in MESSE BREMEN which together attracted 349 000 visitors to the halls. In this year, 8 580 exhibitors used 405 000 m² gross floor space to showcase their products and services.
