Düsseldorf/Mannheim. Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH will celebrate its centenary in 2027. The team at H&C Stader won the contract for the historical review with its pitch. The project is based on comprehensive research, which will be used to digitise and index historical materials and prepare them for the anniversary in a central content pool. The airport's extensive image archive, comprising over 30,000 photographs, poses a particular challenge.

Düsseldorf Airport opened in the spring of 1927. After an interruption during the Second World War, it resumed civilian operations in 1948 and grew over the following decades to become the central commercial airport for North Rhine-Westphalia. The construction of the new terminal in the 1970s and the comprehensive modernisation after the fire in 1996 were formative events. Today, the airport serves a catchment area of over 18 million people and is one of the largest airports in Germany – with a wide range of services from air travel to shopping and gastronomy to event and conference rooms.

Munich/Mannheim. To mark the 100th anniversary of MARTIN GmbH, H&C Stader brought the history and present of the family-owned company to life in a variety of formats. An anniversary film, a calendar, and the book “100 Years of MARTIN” trace the development of the global market leader. An accompanying LinkedIn campaign conveyed the content digitally and reached a broad specialist audience.

MARTIN GmbH, founded in 1925 by Josef Martin, began as “Josef Martin Feuerungsbau” – with an innovation that would shape the industry: the reverse-flow grate, developed for the combustion of demanding fuels. Over the decades, this technical pioneering achievement developed into a globally active specialist in the construction of thermal waste treatment plants. To this day, the company is an international market leader in its technological niche and is now in its fourth generation of family ownership.

Mannheim/Seddiner See. H&C Stader has acquired all shares in archivalism GmbH and is now the sole owner of the company. Previously, H&C Stader held 40 percent of the shares. The company will continue to be headquartered in Seddiner See, Brandenburg, with an additional location in Erfurt.

With this strategic decision, H&C Stader is further expanding its archiving division to provide companies and institutions across Germany with professional archival services. The service portfolio of the entire archiving division includes archive development, digitization, cataloguing of historical documents, as well as consulting on archival software and packaging solutions.

Independent brand within the group
archivalism will remain an independent brand with its own profile within the H&C Stader Group. This ensures that archivalism’s proven expertise is preserved while being integrated into H&C Stader’s overall strategy. It is particularly noteworthy that archivalism specializes in supporting and developing archives in the public sector and public institutions.

New responsibilities
Matthias Schlösser, who has long held Prokura (commercial power of attorney) for H&C Stader Archiv GmbH, will additionally assume Prokura for archivalism and oversee its integration into the corporate group. Raphael Hartisch will also receive Prokura as Operations Manager of archivalism.
“The full integration of archivalism into our group is an important step in further strengthening our competencies in the fields of history and archival work. Our goal is to provide our clients with even more comprehensive and tailored solutions – from strategic history communication to professional archiving. This is how we create value from history and safeguard knowledge for future generations.” Dr. Ingo Stader, CEO & Founder of H&C Stader

Berlin. One hundred years ago, the German group of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was established. This year, ICC Germany celebrated this special anniversary with a major official ceremony. H&C Stader conducted research for the anniversary brochure, compiled the content, and interviewed both former and long-standing employees. The anniversary brochure was presented during the ceremony.

The International Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1919. Since its inception, it has promoted understanding through trade and the removal of barriers to global commerce. Germany joined in 1925, a few years after the end of the First World War. ICC Germany was founded by leading German business associations and remains an important part of the International Chamber of Commerce, which is widely known, among other things, for the International Commercial Terms, or "INCOTERMS."

Hamburg. As part of the first HistoryComms Conference of the DPRG History Communication working group, a position paper adopted by the DPRG on professionalism and quality in corporate history communication was presented.

The HistoryComms Conference on October 9 and 10 brought together communication experts from companies, (business) archives, academia, and agencies across the DACH region. In addition to presenting the position paper, various companies and organizations shared insights on how standards are applied in professional practice. The event was hosted by Beiersdorf AG.

For the first time, the paper sets standards for communicating corporate history and, in ten points, calls for, among other things, giving historians the right to veto if historical content is distorted or scientific standards are disregarded.

The position paper was based on several in-person meetings and remote sessions of the History Communication working group, or its predecessor, the Corporate History Communication network, which was initiated five years ago by H&C Stader founder and CEO Dr. Ingo Stader and communication specialist Matthias Koch. The paper was developed within an interdisciplinary working group of the committee and coordinated with the DPRG board.

About the DPRG History Communication Working Group
The DPRG History Communication working group is the successor to the Corporate History Communication network, founded in 2020, and serves as a platform for exchange among professionals in the field of history communication. Its goal is to strategically anchor and strengthen history communication in companies. Through regular network meetings and open events, the working group advances the development of the profession, defines quality standards, and increases visibility for history communication.

About H&C Stader
Since its founding in 2013, H&C Stader has been committed to raising the visibility of the field of history communication. As a pioneer in this area, the Mannheim-based history agency introduced history communication at the Communications Congress in Berlin ten years ago and subsequently within various professional associations, including the Federal Association for Industrial Communication (bvik) and the Association of Leading PR and Communications Agencies in Germany (GPRA).

The position paper can be obtained free of charge via the DPRG.