About us.
Who we are and how we work.
We are a second and third generation family-run business.
The things that characterise us as a family are also reflected in the company: we work together without regard to age barriers, because experience and the enjoyment of innovation mutually strengthen one another. Every one of us is an expert in their own field, and when everyone works together, this sets great things in motion. We are at home in Völksen in the Hannover Region, and value the exchange of experience and co-operation with our (international) partners. We bring alive our traditions at the same time as being open-minded to new ideas.
From 1960 to today: our story.
The beginnings.
Founded as a joinery and interior construction business, our first company premises were in a converted barn in Völksen near Hannover. And even though this was quickly followed by a new building, we have always remained faithful to the place where we started.
The first specialisation.
Thanks to the regular realisation of major trade fair projects, we win big name companies and work for them very successfully for many years, in some cases right up to the present day.
Open for innovations.
We are a founding member of OSPI which launches in 1984, a global network of trade fair construction companies. A partnership which subsequently helps us realise many successful international projects. We introduce the first CAD workstations in 1988.
We grow further.
As demand expands, there is also a need for additional production and storage areas. We construct a new building in Völksen to expand and optimise the storage capacities.
The second specialisation.
We expand our services to include stationary brand worlds, and develop the first shop-in-shop concepts for Ritzenhoff and Samsung. This division grows rapidly and develops into an independent discipline alongside trade fair construction.
Corona: investments & innovations.
Two of our warehouse buildings were equipped with electrically movable shelving systems – increasing storage capacity and efficiency. When the pandemic brought trade fair construction to a halt, we partially compensated through hybrid congress formats that met strict hygiene requirements, as well as through projects for stationary brand worlds in corporate buildings and museums. These developments opened up partially new business areas that persist until today.
Time for a review.
Across 200 pages, we look back on stationary and temporary brand worlds from more than two decades. At trade fairs, in retail stores, at events or in
museums – we have created solutions for our clients that leave a lasting impression.
Modern office building &
new technologies.
In 2025, after the planning and approval phase, we begin renovating and
expanding our office building in Völksen – with a strong focus on sustainability and modern workplaces. At the same time, we continuously seek new partnerships, include younger generations, and invest in new technologies and
systems across all areas.
Our team.
Our team currently consists of over 75 full-time employees with a wide range of expertise, including joiners, designers, wood engineers, economists, storage experts and interior architects. This know-how – boosted by experience and personal skills and talents – is our strength, and the foundation for our ideas and solutions.
Our global partnership network.
Designed here, built there – the claim of the OSPI network of which we are a founding member, sums up the basic idea behind our global partnerships. And it has lost none of its validity even over the 30 years of its existence. Quite the reverse: the smooth realisation of exhibition stands world-wide in co-operation with our international partners is more up-to-date than ever today, and a service which we are very happy to offer our clients.
This is because the advantages and opportunities are clear for all to see: it makes it much easier and cheaper to maintain an international presence with one’s own company. Working with our partners on site makes it easy to transcend country-specific restrictions, local challenges, and language barriers. At the same time, we as the contact, can bundle all of the competences, and be right where our clients need us.
The OSPI network (Octanorm Service Partner International) of which we are a founding member when it launched in 1984, is now the biggest trade fair construction network in the world: over 141 partners in over 40 countries make it possible to plan at home and be present world-wide. OSPI is thus a full service partner which simultaneously offers country-specific expertise and dependable high-quality standards, and therefore also stands for a high degree of credibility and many years of trustworthy co-operation.
Our second international partner network is IFES (International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services). All of the businesses co-operating within IFES have signed the IFES code of conduct – a kind of constitution which regulates co-operation within the whole network. Therefore, when an IFES partner serves the clients of another member company, both the client as well as the member knows that they are working together with a company boasting the highest standards of quality.
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