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Quality can’t be beaten
Chinese rely on ‘Made in Germany’

China’s highest building – and the second highest in the world – is currently being built in Pudong, a district of Shanghai. Already known as the ‘Shanghai Tower’, the building is set to soar half a kilometre or, to be more precise, 632 metres up into the sky. As always, however, the first job is drilling deep into the ground and it’s not the appearance but the construction details that fascinate interested observers.

The Shanghai Tower is made up of nine cylinder-shaped buildings stacked on top of on each other, all completely encased in glass. The impressive, 128-storey building is intended to embody China’s dynamic future and is due to be finished by 2014. Precisely a year ago, the foundation work began. In the construction of this skyscraper great attention is being paid to sustainability – the aim is for the building to be environmentally friendly and sparing on energy consumption. Betek business partner Lewis Lim of Bauer Machines in Singapore played host this summer to Thomas Neff of Betek Sales and Support, who was on a business trip to Asia. During a stopover in Shanghai, Lewis Lim showed him the construction site, where the bored piles for the sealing walls were then being made. Bauer diaphragm wall milling machines and grabs are being used for this, all completely fitted with Betek cutting teeth. In China, too, people put their faith in ‘Made in Germany’ – Betek tools are admittedly often copied in this country, but the quality never gets matched. Fortunately there are partners like Lewis Lim, who champion the original and are thus able to win customers over with high productivity and good cost-efficiency.