The companies in the Jebsen & Jessen Group can look back on a 125 year-old history – and innovative services and the best service for their customers form part of this tradition. The company founders Jacob Jebsen and Heinrich Jessen made a decision to set up a joint business in Hong Kong whilst in the bar of the German Club in Shanghai on New Year’s Eve in 1894 – a memorable moment in an equally memorable place. This became a reality on 1 March 1895. In 1909, the Hamburg-based subsidiary was opened in the former free port area in Hamburg.