A tough farewell but breaking up is sometimes necessary to make way for something new and that applies to businesses as well and thats what were talking about today on made in germany about parting ways one of the big break ups were seeing right now is britains departure from the e. U. I did pick a sions off that socalled brags its for businesses in britain and the e. U. Are huge just like islands the northern part of it is part of the u. K. While the southern bit is the independent republic of ireland a member of the e. U. For no the border between republic and Northern Ireland is open people and goods across it unchecked but begs it will change everything my colleague went to the border of the river for oil to find out more. The two neighboring towns of. Look pretty ordinary they both have a bar red brick houses a church a main street and and of a bar and another bar. But there is one thing that makes these towns very special their residents will probably experience something that hardly ever happens thanks to brings it the reappearance of a border that was full to be almost obsolete. And its not just any border but the irish border once one of the most controversial in europe it currently bridges to tightly knit regions ive come here to find out how that may change. Im actually standing on the border as we speak right there behind me through public a little. Bit that. Was a. Moment that you. Know when towns on opposite sides of the border connected by one bridge. The border between the two islands stretches over five hundred kilometers and is one of the most difficult issues in the brains of negotiations the u. K. Wants out of the e. U. But that would require a harder border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland and whats the right and with real life consequences. And thats even though residents here voted overwhelmingly to remain in the u. Right now of the border doesnt really feel like one people cross it to commute to shop or even just to dog the only different thing. Here in the u. K. There miles. You look at it. And in ireland you paint heroes in the u. K. And pounds. But it wasnt always like this up until nine hundred ninety eight goodson people couldnt travel freely because of the militarized border and the lack of customs agreements the distance between the british and irish possums was less so it could take maybe a couple of hours just to go by it was just a nightmare of a jury here in kennedy has been working for the Sportswear Company on eels for forty years now the company is one of the biggest employers in the region and is located in struck down in the u. K. Right at the border it also has plans in the republic of ireland. Its products move back and forth across the border up to eight times before being shipped out. And half the stuff here crosses the border to come to work. At the time the border you know our Company Really took off we were subject to top of our journeys you know it could spell and for or as a plan b. On eels has bought land on the other side of the border so as to move the plant back to e. U. Country if worst came to worst and other firms are affected too about thirty five percent of Northern Irish exports currently go to the republic of ireland. The most surprising thing is that nobody has any idea what the border could actually look like now the private citizens know all business and not even the politicians. Physical border posts automated license plate recognition no one knows. That im certainty is a weighing on the people who live here. Have passed for we have borders this makes a big difference to think that could come back just normal people are asking normal questions like what about my pension simple things that there isnt really answers to all award lives in the republic of ireland twenty kilometers from the u. K. She commutes across the border every day as do many here but the border isnt only an economic one its very politically charged to. This place is called the camels hump it used to be the British Customs checkpoint it was also the site of two shootings during the period known as the troubles. That was a name given to the conflict in Northern Ireland and along the border between the unionists who wanted to belong to the United Kingdom and the nationalists who wanted a United Ireland without a border. It started in the late one nine hundred sixty s. And only ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight was a Peace Agreement more than three thousand people died half of them civilians. It would have had helicopters of police and military and very very low you may have heard some gunshots or things like that happen as well so you knew that there was something going on here in gallaghers family was deeply involved in the conflict when we seen many Police Land Rovers coming up and things like that you know we would have got ourselves paired either to join iran or begin to riot. We grew up with a lot of sectarian violence and thats one thing i think that we fear that may come back again our border here i would like to have my children and ill go through what i went through. The border here is a much more complex subject. Its not only that goods and people may have a harder time traveling across the border its also what the border does to the peoples mindset. The uncertainty is one thing but most of the people i talk to think that any kind of target would be if they. Want to get this through. I mean that report was from my colleague and he was joining me in the studio right now the cure do you think people are exaggerating the problem i mean these days theyre not not proper border controls anymore theres scanners and digital cameras and all of us. No well the people who say dont worry youre exaggerating the bricks it is basically everybody else says that this is not only about border scanners or you know number plate recognition its also about peoples lives that work somewhere else and live on the other side of the border and also businesses its just so much more than just that one border and its also about the border in peoples heads its an area that hasnt has a lot of troubles and in the past and its very recent so putting up anything that resembles any kind of border is just yet a very very sensitive issue so the country that is healing if you will of the manager that we had in your piece you said you bought property in the republic of ireland and is that something that other companies are doing as well well niels can do that because its as we said one of the biggest employers in the region and they have the capacity to do that but there are a lot of small and Medium Sized Companies they just do not have the money for that to hedge against the risk of a heart break is that it doesnt work like that and thats also a big problem because its already an economically underdeveloped area and the border could even make that worse very briefly the people that you spoke to in that region or the thing about drugs that right now they hate it everybody hates it its just crazy everybody along the border thinks its such a bad idea and yet well see whats going to happen after that then. I thank you very much. One of the biggest separations in recent history was the division of germany after World War Two it lasted for forty years until the fall of the iron curtain when germany reunified peacefully nearly a generations past but divisions and differences endured as reveals and demographics economics and queasy. For twenty eight years east and west germany were divided by a wall. It fell in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine but major differences between the two sides remain. One striking example not one of the thirty german Blue Chip Companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has its headquarters in eastern germany. The trend among the working population in the east is to move to the west as a result eastern germany is not only sparsely populated its population is older residents in the east are three years older on average than in the west the few regions in the country where women earn more than men are all in eastern germany. The difference is especially stark in the city of kut course where men earn some four hundred euros a month less than women on average. In general there is considerable wealth disparity between eastern and western germany people in the west inherit more money six figure sums or bequeath three times more often in the west then in the east. The wealth differential may explain why only nineteen of the countrys three hundred storage restaurants are in eastern germany now theres some food for thought. And we stay in eastern germany after it turned out the police were looking for two migrants as main suspects in a fatal stabbing of a german man and the immigration protests rocked the german town of kenneths in september angry locals joined right wing groups and took to the streets protesting against the governments immigration policies fired up by racist rhetoric some attacked immigrants and reporters the incidents tarnished the citys image a disaster for local businesses that need to recruit international talent. And uneasy calm has descended on chemists a few weeks after right wing extremists took over its streets. Because of it all of a correction is worlds a wife what we normally see in this city like chicago. Right wingers from across germany converged on the center of town to rally against refugees them foreigners. This is true its not a pretty sight to see nazis blatant nazis marching through town the shock still resonates among residents here. Lots of people in the city were stunned that such a thing could even happen here on c. N. N. Can can its was renamed karl marx city in the days of communist east germany why is anger and hatred apparently so widespread in this region and eastern germany as a whole. Cabinets is neither grain or brown thats the slogan of a Citizens Initiative formed in the wake of the far right rallies it stands for a chemists which rejects in a phobia over sixty companies have given a total of two hundred fifty thousand euros to the organization the money is for integration projects to help combat a negative image that could adversely impact firms here in the industry and the economy have developed very successfully in recent years weve got strong small and Midsized Companies and we need skilled workers we cant recruit them all locally so we need workers from abroad. One startup staff base gets job applications from programmers around the world the Software Company has one hundred employees and offices in berlin amsterdam and new york its headquarters is in chemists. Cofounder martin behringer was born and raised here. But they are not me we never lived off in the image he was in fact the town has always had a negative image and it hasnt improved now but it wasnt we have to come out with our work and ensure that our strength which is grown in recent years keeps growing i dont know. What does bring or like about chemists why did he stay he tells me how the city has developed in recent years and that he believes in it. You know just when i was a student it was standard for people to leave town from almost everyone from my High School Year left for things of turnaround in recent years weve had several people returning. They spent a few years in munich. Another box you can feel a fresh wind all. Chemists is not particularly pretty there are still lots of prefab apartment blocks built during the communist era but it does have an art nouveau district and at five euros a square meter rents in chemists are among the lowest in german cities of the population of two hundred forty seven thousand twenty thousand are immigrants. After german reunification industry here collapsed a lot of companies only resettled recently like this Engineering Firm the heckert company once part of an east german combine now exports two thirds of its milling machines is the managing director came from there who are valley in western germany he had planned to stay for a year but he liked the job and soon the town i knew i had no preconceived ideas i just wondered why i would want to go so far from home. But i stayed because it was fun to work here with a great team. And because the setting was right. Not to become it is a nice city its getting bad press at the moment but its a pretty liveable town because its a great strategy. But the city has an image problem with foreign visitors here a business delegation from latin america is taking snaps of karl marx this is the spot where the recent demonstrations turned ugly its only a few hundred meters from an Engineering Design office. The Company Plans and builds chemical plants in more than fifty countries. Theyve just recruited an electrical engineer from brazil he witnessed the violence but it doesnt seem to have. Im off. On the club it put me in via harben i think its a problem everywhere it doesnt just happen in kenya its. I have to say that ive only met friendly people here you know i have very positive feelings. Big guy stuck. But the boss is worried he wont be able to find more people in future customers and suppliers have been asking if candidates are still safe of course the place was in the letter because it was such an International Company its important that we recruit internationally so. We currently have twenty seven employees from fourteen countries and thats are in. Place from places like brazil turkey on russia and hungary gone and we need them and we want them to feel at home here. And although kenneth is calm again for the moment more demonstrations are expected in the coming weeks. The german Industrial Group to some call passed been in trouble for years in its heyday was one of the biggest still produces in the world the pinnacle of germany and its straight now business has collapsed mainly due to cheap competition from the far east to save the company and thousands of jobs the idea now is to break it up into two new companies. To form a crook family residence now open to the public the companys Founding Fathers loom large here the last member of the dentistry to be sole owner of the company decreed before his death in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven but crop remain a diversified conglomerate controlled by a foundation. The Current Crisis is not a popular topic here at villa so we arranged to meet a former crop employee. Would never have thought of break up of the company. The multi industry structure was a permanent feature of crap and the post merger. From his apprentice days through to retirement. Hurts to see all this negative talk about people lose their jobs more quickly these days. Make up for the other. Production at least one area was always profitable. We rarely saw job losses. But the companys struggling with one of the worst crises in its history for months journalists have been refused access to h. Q. Behind those closed doors pressure from investors. Supervisory board representatives. Two members of from the crypt foundation. Companies divisions together. But the foundation seen its power reduced under the watch of current share. Stake in the company to just twenty three percent. Is an executive with second biggest shareholder c. V. And capital. Pressure to the Board Members with a view to spinning off the more productive divisions. Shares at a profit. And of the supervisor. Is the company and its chief executive. Conflict with investors escalated he zinga resigned. Two days later by the supervisory board. Who cited a lack of confidence among. The company to flounder. Situation became untenable for the trade unions to. The largest Industrial Union in europe. Is its head in the north rhinewestphalia region where to group is based hes frustrated by the frequent boardroom changes of recent months. About who ends up taking responsibility and if you have people shirking their responsibility you have to ask whether they were the right people for those positions. The majority of to some cooks workforce are scattered throughout sites across germany many in this traditionally steelmaking region how do they see the break up. Shame united were stronger. And i dont like the way it came so suddenly like a slap in the face. And it was a multi Industrial Group and the c. E. O. Selling off all kinds of units wasnt good. Despite the growing discontent shelled a c. V. And got its way. In the break up of the. And its one hundred sixty thousand strong Global Workforce those operations fairing not so well. On the more profitable ones mark green. Among the latter is the groups elevator business based in southern germany one of the companys most profitable units it made over nine hundred Million Euros last year its team are currently working on world first such as a magnetic levitation elevator but also move sideways. The chief engineer is not the only one happy with the transition he hopes that future profits will flow into r. And d. Instead of propping up weaker divisions in the form a conglomerate. To separate from something that you have loved doing all your life can be hard many entrepreneurs find it difficult to leave their company when they retire and some stay on follow and they should instead of handing over their lives work to the next generation and we have met one of the few old School Managers willing to talk openly about the pains of separation for him it was especially difficult because he spent all his life in the business of having fun. This man is in no hurry to hang up his managerial boots. He may be turning seventy next year but retirement is out of the question for hold on mock he was instrumental in creating the park and turning it into germanys biggest amusement resort. To apologise my dog is my life and you cant just turn your life off like a light switch groups and be unleashed on. The park attracts five and a half million visitors a year with a turnover of two hundred sixty Million Euros for years marks sons thomas and michel have been getting ready to take up the reins its a tricky situation for a dyed in the wool corporate patriarch the question he tells us of bearing responsibility for the future of the company and for his sons. Who has. This in mind i gets a lot easier to appreciate when you have children of your own. And knowing about those additional concerns your good i mean i cant shake this image of three overlapping areas like me because it is all and interrupts his son briefly but its an illustration of their relationship. Over the decades before the park has grown into a monster theme park with roller coasters restaurants and Live Entertainment for young and old alike. That. Mark inherited the company from his own father. His sons thomas and michel grew up with the Amusement Park and as they watched it grow and grow absorbed his entrepreneurial spirit two years ago they became joint partners alongside their father the three men have had their fair share of. Its sometimes even calling in a mediator for help. Being so many times when weve had to address delicate issues we saw each other we would assume wed already discussed everything. But we never really talked openly about the. Id for. We need scope to implement our own projects and to gain confidence just opening and closing the park every day wouldnt satisfy me or thomas. Two sons with their own visions for the part. Of. The companys managerial structure isnt always reflected in public june your boss is in charge of the new roller coaster being officially unveiled here but its his father and face of the company who gets to speak first at the event. When he gets on the when youve spent your entire life on one thing and one thing only and devoted all your energy and emotions to it. Then of course its hard to imagine assuming a new role where youre no longer in the drivers seat. To history. Nor in the spotlight where his sons would now also like to be its uncharted territory. Its hard for him to let go although we never want him to stop from one day to the next i cannot imagine a saying were in charge now so go find yourself a happy. Family but i do mind going on my wife ill take a stroll in the woods but. It will probably be some years before lets go completely his father continued to manage the business well into his eightys. And thats it for today its time for you and me to part ways now dont just made in germany well be back next week. For. Example. The. Law. You are so wonderful. Tore down the wall and reinvented yourself to become a great city sewer months nothing. Is now a garden and. 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