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). At peak capacity, H&C Stader handles more than 30 projects per year. Under the H&C Stader umbrella, the specialized divisions History & Communication and Archival Services are united.
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Our History & Communication division supports you in preparing and organizing a milestone company anniversary. We conduct professional research in archives and write modern company histories. In addition, we curate and produce exhibitions (digital and analog), history showrooms, and company museums. We conduct eyewitness interviews, write scripts and storyboards for history films, produce podcasts, and plan your history social media campaign.
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Our Archive division is your partner, consultant, and service provider for archiving projects. This includes all archival activities, appraisal and cataloguing of records, digitization, and conservation work. In addition, we offer consulting services on archive setup, archive space planning, archive software, and the storage of archival materials. With the archive specialist archivalism GmbH – a company of the H&C Stader Group – we are a full-service provider in the field of archiving.
With the archive specialist archivalism GmbH – a company of the H&C Stader Group – we complement our services in serial archiving projects, such as the transfer of registry records.
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Space for your company history (or histories) – With the construction of our new storage and office building, the H&C Stader History Hub, we are bringing together the divisions History & Communication – services related to company anniversaries – and archival services under one roof. The storage building provides space for around 3.5 linear kilometers of archival materials – for temporary or long-term storage.
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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.
Gesellschaft der führenden PR- und Kommunikationsagenturen in Deutschland e. V. (GPRA)
zertifiziertes Mitglied
Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft e.V. (DPRG)
Mitgründer/Initiator des Arbeitskreises History Communication, Mitglied im Lenkungskreis
Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V. (GUG)
Vereinigung der Wirtschaftsarchivarinnen und Wirtschaftsarchivare e.V. (VdW)
Center for History & Coroprate Communication - Eine Initiative der Günter-Thiele-Stiftung
Bundesverband der Kommunikatoren e.V. (BdKom)
Seit 2016 Sponsor des Kommunikationskongresses
Notfallverbund Archive Rhein-Neckar e.V. (NARN)
Verband der Historikerinnen und Historiker Deutschlands e.V. (VHD)
Our history
We continuously evolve and take on new challenges – for over 10 years.
Dr. Ingo Stader founded the history agency H&C Stader GmbH History & Communication in Mannheim.
H&C Stader relocates to a new, larger office
First dedicated storage spaces and office equipment for archival work
H&C Stader becomes a training company for FaMIs (specialists in media and information services)
Opening of the H&C Stader site in Hamburg. Establishment of H&C Stader Archive GmbH
Opening of the H&C Stader site in Berlin. By now, 24 permanent employees
Groundbreaking for the construction of the History Hub. Hosting of the first #HistoryComms conference in Frankfurt am Main. Investment into archivalism GmbH
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.
H&C Stader acquires all shares in archivalism GmbH and becomes the sole shareholder.
![[Translate to English:] Ein Gruppenbild des H&C Stader Teams beim Team-Offsite 2023. 26 Menschen stehen und sitzen in einem Konferenzraum und blicken in die Kamera.](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/8/csm_Team_2023_d677c30e08.jpg)
The H&C Stader team at the 2023 offsite retreat