Highlights of 75 years - Hettich

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T-Mobile building near the Rhine in Bonn Photo: T-Mobile Hettich‘s ProjectBusiness team, set up in 2002 as a separate business unit, coordinates the conception, planning, management and monitoring of projects in Germany and worldwide. The team works closely with architects and designers, communicating Hettich‘s manufacturing competence and product bandwidth to planning offices. Project Business also provides special support within the Hettich Group for front line sales activities to all customers, whether in the industry, dis- tributor or professional sectors. “If there‘s an interesting construction project being planned anywhere in the world, we want to have Hettich fittings in the interior design specs well before the foundation stone is laid!“ says Fritz Prommersberger, head of ProjectBusiness. It‘s clear that he is absolutely determined to achieve this ambitious goal. But he‘s also realistic: “It takes a big challenge to 28 ProjectBusiness Facilitators and communicators motivate us powerfully enough to take small steps methodically.“ The trigger for setting up the Project Business unit was hettlock. This electronic locking system for furniture, on the market for over four years, makes it possible to integrate furniture security seamlessly in a digital locking and organization system for a whole building or facility. Hettich was aware that the security concept for a building like a bank, administration complex or hotel is specified very early in the planning process. If hettlock was going to penetrate the market, it had to be in the specs when a project went to tender. As it was, for example, with the new T-Mobile building. Presenting hettlock to international architects working on a project achieves some remarkable results. It‘s an opportunity to fill in some gaps in knowledge about furniture fittings in general. We can present often overworked planners with convincing arguments on how Hettich fittings can improve functionality and comfort in their current project. We can back our arguments with a long list of international reference projects. The new Kanzleramt building in Berlin These include the Molson Center in Montreal, the Sky Dome in Toronto, the new Kanzleramt in Berlin, the central station in Frankfurt am Main, the Bank of China in Beijing and the Banco do Brasil, Canberra‘s parliament building and Fairline luxury yachts from England. Hettich hardware has been used in fitting out the interiors of all these buildings and the yachts. Hettich ProjectBusiness has bundled the experience from these and other projects to produce an information pack for architects. It‘s available online by clicking on the Architects/Planners button at www.hettich.com. Fritz Prommersberger sees himself and the ProjectBusiness team as lobbyists not only on behalf of all Hettich sales divisions and international subsidiaries, but also for furniture manufacturers, interior fitters and joinery workshops who work with Hettich hardware. Prommersberger: “We act as facilitators, supplying information, giving advice, suggesting contacts and generally providing support to make sure that everything goes smoothly.“
Top: The brilliant stadium facade Centre: Fritz Prommersberger, head of ProjectBusiness at Hettich International (left) and Christian Mittermaier enjoying a preview of one of the boxes. Bottom: VIP box World class quality for VIP boxes The Allianz Arena is already attracting huge attention as an architectural landmark. Its construction is being funded as a joint project by two prominent Munich football clubs, FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich. The competition to design the new stadium was won by the acclaimed Swiss architect partnership Herzog/de Meuron. The 66,000 capacity arena will be the venue for sporting events, especially football, and the new home stadium for both clubs. The 106 VIP boxes offer seating and facilities for 1,374 special guests. The Hans Mittermaier joinery workshops won the contract to fit out most of these boxes. The family company, set up in 1957, has been headed by Christian Mittermaier for the past ten years. Today it employs 25 people and its main business is fitting out doctors‘ consulting rooms, banks, stores, restaurants and special projects. Its reference list includes names like BMW, Siemens, Coca-Cola and Kraft Foods. Now it can add another prominent name, the Allianz Arena, to its list. Allianz Arena: spectacular sports architecture service The Allianz Arena in Munich, one of Europe‘s most spectacular new stadiums, has 106 boxes, average size 40 sqm, each accommodating around 12 VIP guests. With yearly rentals ranging from E90,000 to E240,000, the boxes are fitted out for in top quality and provide luxurious comfort. One of the contractors was the Hans Mittermaier joinery workshops in Pittenhart in Bavaria. The box interiors are fitted out in fine woods. In choosing the hardware for the furniture, Mittermaier called on the consulting services of Hettich‘s Project Business team. The decision went in favour of intelligent fittings technology with high functionality: quality InnoTech drawers, damped Intermat TopExclusive hinges, and ProDecor handles and knobs. The quality is right and the project is on schedule. The foundation stone for the stadium was laid on October 28, 2002 and the opening celebrations are scheduled for May 30/31, 2005. The celebrations will centre on the kick-off game for the 2005/2006 German football season between FC Bayern and TSV 1860. And on June 9, 2006, the opening ceremony and the prestigious opening game of the world championship will take place in the Allianz Arena with all the world watching. 29
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