EXPOTECHNIK

District administrator and mayor congratulate on new building in Taunusstein-Orlen with a size of 13,500 square meters

Taunusstein, June 2008.
On June 27, 2008, the official inauguration of the new logistics center of the Expotechnik Group, which has its business headquarters in Taunusstein-Orlen, took place with an official opening ceremony. Everybody who had significantly contributed to the realization of the new building accepted the invitation, with district administrator Burkhard Albers and the city council of Taunusstein represented by its mayor Michael Hofnagel leading the way.

The newly constructed building with a size of 13,500 square meters had been commissioned in October 2007 already and provides space for all materials and logistics processes of the international trade show company under one roof. Expotechnik, international service provider for trade shows and events, which has its headquarters in Taunusstein and disposes of another eight subsidiaries in Asia and America, moved into the new residence already in autumn 2007 after a construction time of only five months. The new building was designed by the architects Gebauer & Helten from Oppenheim and realized by the Wolff & Müller company. It covers a building area of 181 meters in length and 73 meters in width and has a construction height of 10 meters. A hall capacity of almost 13,500 square meters and shelves with more than 650 linear meters provide surface area and infrastructure for production, storage and commissioning. This enables the employees to more efficiently manage and to centrally control aluminium, wood, graphics and client materials.

The new Expotechnik logistics center has been awarded the "Johann-Wilhelm-Lehr-Plakette 2008" by the German association of architects (Bund Deutscher Architekten, BDA)in Hessen in April 2008 as recognition for good architecture. The award is handed out every five years by the BDA group Wiesbaden for good and exemplary architecture found at locations in the city of Wiesbaden and in the administrative districts of Hoch-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus and Limburg-Weilburg. The newly constructed building will be followed by an extension building with a size of 5,000 square meters to be built within the next three years at the latest. It will serve to unite metalwork, painting, carpentry and storage of client materials under one roof, these trades at the moment being located in Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt.

"The new logistics center is a major milestone for the development of Expotechnik Group which is now able to further develop over different stages on a large area, thereby pursuing continuous growth. As an international service provider with very high quality and brand awareness, we are obliged to lead by example. We are very proud of this new Expotechnik location. In particular from an architectural point of view, it is a great contribution in terms of quality and brand perception", says Alexander D. Soschinski, Managing Partner of Expotechnik Group.