LOGISTICS in the Berlin-Brandenburg Capital Region THE GERMAN CAPITAL REGION MORE VALUE FOR YOUR INVESTMENT Helsinki 1.420 km Oslo Stockholm 1.110km 1.100 km Tallinn Moscow 1.270 km 1.750 km Dublin Copenhagen Riga 1.485 km 460 km 980 km Your Advantages in Berlin-Brandenburg Vilnius 1.000 km Minsk London 1.070 km 1.020 km Amsterdam 550 km Warsaw Brussels 620 km 770 km ■ Prague Kiev Central location in European traffi c fl ow Paris 360 km 1.660 km ■ Close to Central and Eastern European emerging markets 1.090 km Vienna ■ 6 million consumers in Berlin-Brandenburg Bern 670 km Budapest Bucharest 900 km 880 km 1.340 km ■ 100 million potential clients available in an 8-hour truck drive ■ Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) offers excellent air Madrid Istanbul Szczecin 2.193 km freight perspectives Lisbon 2.490 km Rom (Stettin) 2.890 km 1.500 km ■ Wide-area industrial locations connected to highways with ! Athens Hamburg operating permission available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 2.650 km Rostock ■ Excellent transportation and telecommunication infrastructure ■ Leading location for Telematics (Electronic Data Transmission) ■ Up to 50 % in investment support for the logistic industry Pritzwalk Schwedt ■ Highly qualifi ed employees, low labor costs ■ Effi cient and unbureaucratic authorization procedures ■ Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences renowned for ! ! Logistics and IT professorships Wittenberge Gross wages and salaries per employee (Germany) ■ Close to political decision makers and organizations in trade, hotel, restaurant industry, and traffi c Eberswalde in 2006 (Euro) Qualified Employees – Berlin Kietz/Küstrin Flexible and Competitive In the Berlin-Brandenburg region, logistic companies will fi nd highly Rathenow qualifi ed and motivated employees. Due to 3 years of professional training in logistic careers, from specialized computing experts to ! warehouse clerks, high quality work is guaranteed. In the region, Potsdam Warszawa (Warsaw) ! 150,000 employees are working in the logistic industry. Inspite of the Brandenburg a. d. H. ! 22.414 Bavaria 24.896 Hesse 23.153 North Rhine-Westphalia North 23.153 22.270 Baden-Württemberg 26.783 Hamburg 20.532 Berlin above-average qualifi cations of the employees, the regional wages 18.239 Brandenburg Frankfurt (Oder) Sources: LDS, VGR, LASA, 2006 and salaries are about 30 percent under those of comparable areas. ! Flexible working hours and rates, 40 hour working week, and a minimal Costs of land for building in selected Magdeburg amount of public holidays make the region a cost saving industrial site. Hanover Eisenhüttenstadt German Federal States in 2005 (Euro/m2) ! The companies Berlin Partner GmbH and ZukunftsAgentur Branden- burg GmbH (Brandenburg Economic Development Board) support with a large range of services, from recruiting to advanced training of ! new employees. Leipzig Frankfurt/Main Guben/Gubin Munich Cottbus Efficient Connections – Wroclaw (Breslau) Attractive Prices Forst Berlin-Brandenburg offers a strategically ideal location for a Europe- wide distribution due to its proximity to German seaports and the avail- Schwarzheide ability of wide-area industrial real estate. The sites are located next to highways and available at favorable prices. Germany’s capital region is characterized by its excellent connections in all directions. The ideally Berlin Bavaria Hamburg developed trans-European network of rails, roads, aviation and inland Brandenburg water transportation all meet here. Investment support is available up 50,51 115,47 115,47 114,72 Hesse 114,72 97,60 North Rhine-Westphalia 156,46 Baden-Württemberg 156,96 383,33 to 50 % of costs within general guidelines. Dresden Source: Federal Statistical Offi ce Germany, 2006 Praha (Prag) &EDERAL(IGHWAY #ARGO4RANSPORT#ENTERS 3TATE(IGHWAY ,OGISTIC#OMPANIES 2AILROADS 5NIVERSITIES 7ATERWAYS #OMBINED4RAFFIC+6 4ERMINALS )NNER(ARBORS !IRPORTS "ORDERCROSSINGS "ERLIN"RANDENBURG)NTERNATIONAL"") Logistics in Berlin-Brandenburg Szczecin (Stettin) ! Hamburg Rostock Pritzwalk Schwedt ! ! Wittenberge Eberswalde Berlin Kietz/Küstrin Rathenow ! Potsdam Warszawa (Warsaw) ! Brandenburg a. d. H. ! Frankfurt (Oder) ! Magdeburg Hanover Eisenhüttenstadt ! ! Leipzig Frankfurt/Main Guben/Gubin Munich Cottbus Wroclaw (Breslau) Forst Schwarzheide Dresden Praha (Prag) &EDERAL(IGHWAY #ARGO4RANSPORT#ENTERS 3TATE(IGHWAY ,OGISTIC#OMPANIES 2AILROADS 5NIVERSITIES 7ATERWAYS #OMBINED4RAFFIC+6 4ERMINALS )NNER(ARBORS !IRPORTS 3D Simulation of the BBI Airport in its maximum "ORDERCROSSINGS "ERLIN"RANDENBURG)NTERNATIONAL"") capacity of 40 million passengers p.a. The Network of Success SELECTED ECONOMY AND CARGO TRANSPORT CENTERS SELECTED COMPANIES RESEARCH INSTITUTES ■ BEHALA, ■ agiplan UNIVERSITIES Szczecin Berlin • www.agiplan-gmbh.de (Stettin) • www.behala.de ■ Airport Berlin Brandenburg ■ Technische Universität Brandenburg ! International BBI Cottbus (BTU) Hamburg ■ Rostock ETTC, • www.berlin-airport.de • www.tu-cottbus.de Frankfurt (Oder) ■ Alfred Talke Logistic Services ■ European-University of Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) • www.ettc.de • www.alfred.talke.com • www.euv-frankfurt-o.de ■ Bosch and Siemens ■ Freie Universität Berlin Schwedt Pritzwalk ■ Cargo Transport Centre East Berlin, Domestic Appliances • www.fu-berlin.de Freienbrink logistics centre ■ Technische Universität Berlin • www.gvz-berlin.de • www.bsh-group.de • www.logistik.tu-berlin.de ! ! ■ Dachser Wittenberge ■ Cargo Transport Centre South Berlin, • www.dachser.com UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES Eberswalde Großbeeren ■ Deutsche Bahn www.gvz-berlin.de • www.bahn.de ■ University of Applied Sciences for Technology ■ Deutsche Post and Economy Berlin (FHTW) ■ Cargo Transport Centre West Berlin, • www.deutschepost.de • www.fhtw-berlin.de Berlin Kietz/Küstrin Wustermark/Brieselang ■ DialoG ■ University of Applied Sciences for Economy, www.gvz-berlin.de • www.dialog-logistik.de Berlin (FHW) ■ DPD (German Parcel Service) • www.fhw-berlin.de Rathenow • www.dpd.de ■ Steinbeis Academy Berlin/Transfer Institute for ! SELECTED ■ Fiege Business Administration and International LOGISTIC SITES • www.fiege.de Entrepreneurship Potsdam Warszawa (Warsaw) ■ Gazeley • www.stw.de Brandenburg a. d. H. ! ! • www.gazeley.com ■ Technische Fachhochschule Berlin (TFH) Frankfurt (Oder) ■ BBI Business Park ■ GEFCO • www.tfh-berlin.de ! • www.gefco.de ■ Technische Fachhochschule Wildau (TFHW) ■ Blankenfelde/Mahlow ■ Komm Logistic Magdeburg • www.tfh-wildau.de Hanover Eisenhüttenstadt • www.komm-logistik.com ! ■ Brandenburg – Havel River ■ Kuehne + Nagel UNIVERSITIES OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION • www.kn-portal.com ■ Eberswalde ■ Panalpina ■ University of Cooperative Education for ! • www.panalpina.de Economy Berlin Leipzig ■ Eisenhüttenstadt ■ PSI • www.ba-berlin.de Frankfurt/Main Guben/Gubin • www.psi.de ■ Business Administration and Economy Munich Cottbus Wroclaw ■ Hoppegarten ■ ReiCo Logistic Academy Berlin (Breslau) • www.reico-spedition.de • www.vwa-berlin.de Forst ■ Königs Wusterhausen ■ Rhenus Logistics • www.rhenus.com RESEARCH INSTITUTES ■ Ludwigsfelde ■ Rieck Logistic • www.rieck-logistik.de ■ Fraunhofer Application Center for Logistic Schwarzheide ■ Mittenwalde ■ C. Spaarmann Systems Planning and Information in Cottbus • www.spaarmann.de • www.ali.isu-cottbus.de ■ Pritzwalk ■ TempLog Berlin ■ Fraunhofer Institute for Production Facilities • www.templog.de and Construction Technology (IPK) ■ Rangsdorf ■ Toll Collect • www.ipk.fraunhofer.de • www.toll-collect.de ■ Research and Application Network for Dresden ■ Rüdersdorf ■ Trinks Praha (Prag) Transportation Systems Technology Berlin • www.trinks.de • www.fav.de ■ Schönefeld ■ Ullrich ■ Konrad-Zuse Center for Information Technology • www.ullrich-gruppe.de Berlin (ZIB) ■ Schwarzheide ■ UPS • www.zib.de &EDERAL(IGHWAY #ARGO4RANSPORT#ENTERS • www.ups.de ■ Steinbeis Transfer Center: Technology ■ Schwedt ■ VW Original Assembly Consulting and Marketing at the FHTW Berlin 3TATE(IGHWAY ,OGISTIC#OMPANIES Parts Logistic • www.asicon-berlin.com 2AILROADS 5NIVERSITIES ■ Velten • www.volkswagen-otlg.de Environment and Economy (STZ) 7ATERWAYS #OMBINED4RAFFIC+6 4ERMINALS ■ WLS ■ TSB Technology Foundation Center for • www.wls-logistic.de Innovation Berlin )NNER(ARBORS !IRPORTS ■ WAGENER & HERBST • www.technologiestiftung-berlin.de "ORDERCROSSINGS "ERLIN"RANDENBURG)NTERNATIONAL"") • www.wagener-herbst.com Powerful Technology Transfer Seven universities, 21 academies and universities of applied scien- ces with more than 170,000 students and more than 250 private and public institutes form one of the most dense research network cen- ters in Europe. Logistic specialists benefit from the specialized indus- try expertise of the scientific institutes. Among these institutes are the logistic faculties of the TU Berlin, the University of Applied Sciences in Wildau, and the Fraunhofer Application Center for Logistic System Planning and Information in Cottbus. Production Technology Center Berlin: A cooperation of the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) and the Fraunhofer-Institute IPK Telematics in the Capital Region For the combination of IT and mobile data-transfer via telecommuni- cations, Berlin-Brandenburg offers a differentiated expertise and real-time test field. The implementation of development, concepts, and innovations becomes manifested in traffic, virtual parking, and navigation. The Head Office of the Germany-wide operating Toll Col- lect is in Berlin. The electronic toll system for freight vehicles is one of the leading technology