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From startup to dimedis GmbH - our history
"North Entrance Messe Dortmund, FairMate Records."
Expansion of digital signage network in the newly opened North Entrance of the Dortmund Trade Fair Centre
FairMate achieves record of 25 million sold tickets
FairMate achieves record of 25 million sold tickets
"New customers: K+S, Lanxess, Hamburg Fair"
kompas is released in version 9.0 and convinces Huesker, K+S and Lanxess Germany as new customers. FairMate wins the Hamburg Trade Fairs and Congress (Hamburg Messen und Congress).
"EnBW and public utilities Karlsruhe"
kompas is released in version 8.5. The energy supplier EnBW and the Stadtwerke Karlsruhe are new kompas customers and use digital signage for their employee communication.
"20th Anniversary"
wayfinding project in Great Britain: outdoor steles in the municipalities Conventry and Rushmoor give orientation thanks to kompas wayfinding. We were able to get Hamburg Messe and Congress enthusiastic about FairMate. dimedis is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
"New customers: Koelnmesse, Bosch"
dimedis grows to over 50 employees and wins another major FairMate customer: Koelnmesse. Bosch is a new kompas customer.
"Schalke 04, Greven."
this year dimedis can win many more customers: Among them Jäger TTC, Schalke 04 and Greven as kompas customers as well as HärtereiKongress and AMAZON Web Services Summit Berlin as FairMate customers.
"Borussia Dortmund"
Borussia Dortmund uses kompas.
"Stockholm Trade Fair"
The Stockholm trade fair becomes a dimedis customer.
"Visitor management system"
The new visitor management system for Messe Düsseldorf comes from dimedis.
"Reed Exhibitions"
The trade fair organiser Reed Exhibitions becomes a dimedis customer.
"Fair solution - FairMate"
The comprehensive "FairMate" admission solution for trade fairs is born.
"Messe Stuttgart"
Messe Stuttgart becomes kompas wayfinding and eshop customer.
"Digital Signage - kompas"
Start of the development of the digital signage product "kompas". First customer CentrO in Oberhausen.
"Onlineshop, company structure"
The first online shop (eshop) goes online. dimedis receives seven shareholders with Wilhelm Halling as main shareholder and a new company headquarters on Dillenburger Street in Cologne-Kalk.
"VIS - Visitor Information System""
VIS, the visitor information system specially developed for trade fairs, was created and will be used for the first time during drupa 2000 at Messe Düsseldorf, where it is still in use today. Further @it customers are Bochum Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahn AB (BoGeStra), Continentale Versicherung AG and Deutsche Entwicklungsdienst ded.
"First CMS in-house development"
With its own database supported Content Management System (CMS) @it dimedis develops the websites of the Ministry of Finance, Justice and Economy NRW. This is followed by projects for EMI Electrola, the district government of Münster and the Medienforum NRW.
"Venture-Capital Startup"
dimedis is founded on 1 March by Wilhelm Halling as a venture capital start-up in Cologne. From December 1996, Technomedia Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft Köln mbH acquires a stake in dimedis.