valsin departure is our time to size speed to save money 20 years ago peter paul martin was a logistics pioneer in the half felt good on monday by the time this area was pretty remote with a lot of road infrastructure but that has changed dramatically for us in the last 20 years when it comes to shipping the road network has been built out now and it's very extensive. that would also be bold more than. several highways cross here there are important connections in all directions now all the big players in logistics are in the region. here at the former inner german border the east german watchtower and barbed wire have been turned into a memorial band who works for the local government here he's responsible for welcoming new companies to the area he experienced the border here opening in november of 1989 but these days he has other problems in his district there's hardly any more room for new investors. he to be helping those companies is getting more and more difficult because there are fewer properties large enough to serve big companies and it's hard to find suitable personnel when t