Established in 1996, the bcc Berlin Congress Center GmbH (Ltd.) is an owner-managed, medium-sized company that draws upon the experience of having hosted thousands of conferences, functions and events. Partly focussed on external events in its early years, such as organising conferences throughout Germany, the company made project bcc the sole focus of its attention in 2003. The current bcc building is the result of a major development project undertaken by the bcc GmbH which completely revitalised the building complex Haus des Lehrers/Kongresshalle by the beginning of the 21st century.