Facts & Figures

Business figures, Shareholders, Supervisory board and other Core information about the Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH

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Overview of the Grounds and Key Facts

123.000 qm
Total area
12
Exhibition halls
3
Outdoor areas
87.500 qm
Exhibition space in the halls
2
Multifunctional foyers and entrances (East and West)
4.500 qm
Demo Lake

Key Figures 2023 for Messe Friedrichshafen

 

Revenue

20.4 million euros

Exhibiting companies  

7.900

Visitors

558.000

Nations represented

over 60

Number of events

11 of our own trade fairs
 18 guest fairs
 17 events and corporate events

 

History of Messe Friedrichshafen

In April 1950, the first International Lake Constance Fair, known as IBO, opened on the school grounds between Pestalozzi School and today’s Graf Zeppelin Gymnasium in Friedrichshafen.
 

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Management

  • Klaus Wellmann, Managing Director
  • Stefan Mittag, Authorized Representative

Shareholders

50%City of Friedrichshafen
  2%Ulm Chamber of Crafts
  2%ZF Friedrichshafen AG
46%Eleven private shareholders

 

Supervisory Board

Andreas BrandLord Mayor of the City of Friedrichshafen, Chairman
Peter HüniManaging Director Hüni + Co. KG Friedrichshafen, Vice Chairman 
Peter BuckBoard Member of Fränkel AG
Georg PfaffEntrepreneur
Barbara RiegerEntrepreneur
Peter GerstmannChairman of the Management Board of Zeppelin GmbH 
Dr. Sönke VossChief Executive of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Bodensee-Oberschwaben 
Matthias LenzRepresentative of ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Board Member of the ZF Art Foundation  
Dr. Tobias Mehlich Chief Executive of the Chamber of crafts Ulm

 

Investments

fairnamic GmbH( 51% )
Messe Friedrichshafen Shanghai Ltd( 60% )
Bejing German Messe Exhibition Consulting( 40% )

*fairnamic GmbH is a joint venture between Messe Friedrichshafen and Messe Frankfurt, with Friedrichshafen holding 51% of the shares and Frankfurt 49%.