The trade fair industry was shaken up when our company founder Klaus Niemann offered the first booth for rent.
Join us on our journey through more than 40 years of booth construction.
How it all Started
... back in 1978
History
Start MDS Messebau und Service GmbH 1979
Company building 1983
MDS Messebau und Service GmbH 1987
Sustainable trade fair construction as early as 1988
3. Generationen Messebauer
Company building 1998
| November 1978: | Founding of the company by Klaus and Karin Niemann |
| January 1979: | Construction of the first booth for TESCOHA wallpapers at SWISS in Basel |
| February/March 1979: | First office at Vaenser Weg 103 in 21244 Buchholz with two full-time employees |
| Late summer 1979: | Start of construction of the new company location at Gildestraße 6 in 21244 Buchholz |
| 1983-1987: | Expansion of the company by two warehouses and a workshop with an office building |
| October 1985: | Karsten Niemann starts working at MDS Messebau |
| 1988: | MDS Messebau und Service already employed 16 full-time employees and growing |
| 1988: | Switch to ecologically friendly transport, with swap bodies on Deutsche Bahn |
| 1993: | New construction of the fourth warehouse and office on the 1st floor |
| 1997: | The shareholders decide to build a modern, forward-looking new building at Brauerstraße 11, in 21244 Buchholz |
| 1998: | Start of construction on 1 April. Moving in on 1 December. 15,800 m² of land, 4,700 m² of built commercial space. MDS Messebau already has 40 full-time employees in 1998 |
| November 2004: | The largest photovoltaic system in Northern Germany with 992 monocrystalline PV modules is built on our roof. Total power 163.9 KWph |
| January 2005: | Connection and feed-in to the public supply network of Stadtwerke Buchholz |
| 2009: | Klaus and Karin Niemann withdraw from the business and hand over 100% of the shares to Karsten Niemann |
| 2010: | The vehicle fleet has been completely converted to low-emission Euro5 vehicles |
| 2011: | Vanessa Niemann begins her work in the family business as the first representative of the third generation |
| 2013: | Nicole Niemann receives 15% of the shares and becomes a shareholder Acquisition of Europe's largest rollsroller and a new edge banding machine Start of construction of a new warehouse MDS Messebau now has 50 permanent employees |
| January 2014 | After six months of construction, the new 1200 m² warehouse is completed |
| January 2015 | Our old Actros truck will be exchanged for a new MAN class Euro6. This will make our vehicle fleet even more modern and less polluting |
| June 2018 | Death of company founder Klaus Niemann |
| December 2018 | The truck fleet is completely converted to Euro 6 by purchasing two new MAN trucks |
| August 2019 | Vanessa Niemann leaves the company |
| February 2020 | First trade fairs are cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| March 2020 | Trade fairs are banned, for the first time in our company's history, we have to switch to short-time work |
| dec 20 - apr 23 | we support our district of Harburg with vaccination centres and COVID test centres |
| March 2022 | the first electric vehicle is part of our fleet |
| Mai 2022 | the organisation of trade fairs is normalising - trade fair construction is finally back on track |
| August 2022 | Nicole Niemann becomes managing partner |
| bis März 2024 | Tour fleet will become even more environmentally friendly with 3 additional electric vehicles and a hybrid vehicle rade fairs are banned, for the first time in our company's history, we have to switch to short-time work |
direct way to your exhibition stand
booth requestMDS Messebau und Service GmbH
Brauerstrasse 11, 21244 Buchholz i. d. N
Ms. Andra Busse
Consulting & Planning
Lang.: German / English
Tel. +49 (0)4181 9212 36
abusse@mdsmessebau.de
Mr. Karsten Niemann
Management