Personal partnership

with a plus sign

Schäfer Messe + Consulting – we have carefully chosen our name, which deliberately contains “the plus sign”. This plus means, that we can always prepared to offer you a little extra.

SMC Messe + Consulting

Exhibition construction
Event organization
Shop fitting
Your very own external trade fair department
Full-service partner
from one source
with a thought-out concept
committed employees
with the highest professionalism
with personal involvement
A family business with 35 years’ experience

Dialogue partners, fellow thinkers, ideas forge

Every task is an incentive and an obligation for us to give our best. We see ourselves as your strategic partner, your external trade fair department, planning support and creative partner. You can count on our commitment and professionalism.

The value of personal closeness

And yet you will still experience something more: this particular personal closeness to which we believe is necessary. We wish to build up a positive and personal relationship with our customers because we believe this is important in today’s fast-paced society and because we believe it is a prerequisite for developing and implementing a tailor-made holistic concept for you while at the same time creating a successful and lasting relationship. As a family enterprise, this aspect is part of our self-image, which we will pass on to the next generations.

Our little extra

Personal partnership with a plus sign

Schäfer Messe + Consulting: A family business with 35 years of experience, a future orientated and creative partner with personal closeness.

Full service partner

All services from a single source: from consultation through to design and 3D visualization, to the implementation, all with our own production, logistics and storage services.

A broad production and rental spectrum

From the booth or furniture construction, from product presentation to the lighting – everything comes from our company. We have our own carpentry shop, our own metal workshop, our own graphic designers and a comprehensive library of rental-furniture and fittings.

Trade fair appearances from 30 m² to 30,000 m²

Fascinating performances at trade fairs and events from 30 m² to 30,000 m², with stands from S to XXL, double-storied or as a system built stand – well-networked nationally and internationally.

Shop fitting competence

Shop and furniture construction from own workshops: shop interiors, reception areas, training or showrooms, office equipment, soundproofing and partitioning systems.

Multimedia, light & sound

Embracing multi-medial and interactive messaging: whether Notebooks or Tablets, multi-touch or split-screens, gesture control, living floors or projections.

History

1981

Shortly before his retirement, Wolfram Schäfer, a long-standing CEO of an internationally active pharmaceutical company, decided to found an external trade fair department for the planning and implementation of advertising for the pharmaceutical industry. He used his experiences in corporate presentations.

1988

Seven years later, Torsten Schäfer joined the company after completing his high school diploma. At the beginning of his studies in economics, he supported his father in further developing the company. His special interest was implementing the system rental booth. Together, they intensified their specialization in exhibition service, branching out into other sectors while increasing their customer network both nationally and internationally.

1997

On 1^st January 1997 Wolfram and Torsten Schäfer founded SMC Schäfer Messe + Consulting GmbH. As the company’s portfolio expanded, more staff were employed.

1998

To accommodate the ever increasing company team, construction materials and rental-furniture etc., a new office and warehouse was built.

2003

Torsten Schäfer takes over as the sole shareholder and managing director.

2004

The operating area is expanded once more to over 2.000 m².

2009

The company is growing continuously and is increased with another 1,000 m² warehousing.

2012

The entire office, the production and storage space at the site is extended to a total of around 6,500 m², now including the new carpentry and metal workshops.

2018

Beginning of a new-build project in Wuppertal Vohwinkel. On the new site a hall capacity of more than 7.500 qm and modern office buildings of 1.000 qm arises.