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H&C Stader - the company

H&C Stader is one of the leading providers of historical and archival services and a certified member of the Association of Leading PR and Communications Agencies (GPRA).

Under the umbrella of H&C Stader, the divisions History & Communication, Archive Services, archivalism and the magazine are brought together within the History Hub.


Our Principles

1. We are historians and experts in history marketing. We combine scholarly work with modern communication.

2. We align our services with our clients’ goals by transforming their needs into tailor-made solutions.

3. Our goal is to make a company’s historical heritage sustainably valuable for its brand and identity.

4. We offer our clients an individual, structured project process with clear points of contact who coordinate their needs with our expert teams.

5. We are a dynamic team and continuously develop our individual strengths in order to grow together as a company for the benefit of our clients.

 

Our Network

To always offer our clients the most up-to-date solutions, we stay current – both in research and in the latest trends in corporate communication. For this purpose, we are connected with several key associations.

Organisation 1

Gesellschaft der führenden PR- und Kommunikationsagenturen in Deutschland e. V. (GPRA)

zertifiziertes Mitglied

Organisation 2

Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft e.V. (DPRG)

Mitgründer/Initiator des Arbeitskreises History Communication, Mitglied im Lenkungskreis

Organisation 3

Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V. (GUG)

Organisation 4

Vereinigung der Wirtschaftsarchivarinnen und Wirtschaftsarchivare e.V. (VdW)

Organisation 5

Center for History & Coroprate Communication - Eine Initiative der Günter-Thiele-Stiftung

Organisation 6

Bundesverband der Kommunikatoren e.V. (BdKom)

Seit 2016 Sponsor des Kommunikationskongresses

Organisation 7

Notfallverbund Archive Rhein-Neckar e.V. (NARN)

Organisation 8

Verband der Historikerinnen und Historiker Deutschlands e.V. (VHD)

Our history

We continuously evolve and take on new challenges – for over 10 years.

 

2013

Dr. Ingo Stader founded the history agency H&C Stader GmbH History & Communication in Mannheim.

2014

H&C Stader relocates to a new, larger office

2016

First dedicated storage spaces and office equipment for archival work

2018

H&C Stader becomes a training company for FaMIs (specialists in media and information services)

2019

Opening of the H&C Stader site in Hamburg. Establishment of H&C Stader Archive GmbH

2021

Opening of the H&C Stader site in Berlin. By now, 24 permanent employees

2022

Groundbreaking for the construction of the History Hub. Hosting of the first #HistoryComms conference in Frankfurt am Main. Investment into archivalism GmbH

2024

As part of its GPRA membership, H&C Stader is certified to the ICCO Consultancy Management Standard (CMS IV)
In May: Move into the new H&C Stader History Hub building.

2025

H&C Stader acquires all shares in archivalism GmbH and becomes the sole shareholder.

The H&C Stader team at the 2023 offsite retreat