As a leading demonstration park of Sino-German economic and technological cooperation, Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park has attracted a large number of German enterprises over the past year since its establishment with its openness, innovation, integrated development, high-quality service system, perfect guarantee measures, and superior business environment. More than 10 German enterprises including Sartorius, Viessmann and Vector Foiltec have announced their plans to increase investment here, which has started a streak of deepened and coordinated Sino-German economic and technological cooperation and a new round of investment moves by German enterprises in China.

Steady moves in the exploration of new paths to technological innovation and reformation

Sartorius, a German company with a history of more than 100 years, provides users with high-tech, high-quality and comprehensive experimental products in biomedical and other fields, based on strong product service capability and superb technological solutions. Sartorius is reportedly an important supplier of Sinovac Biotech. It was, with coordination efforts of Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park, successfully connected with partners such as Hanmi Pharmaceutical and Anlong Biopharmaceutical. Faced with the COVID-19 epidemic, its technological foundation in biopharmaceuticals and the partnership with various cooperators cultivated in the market for many years have paved the way for Sartorius to better develop and expand businesses in China, and the company has entered a period of rapid growth.

The China-Germany Plaza in the Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park

"Many domestic and foreign customers contacted us during the epidemic and we have launched a series of collaborations, said Zhao Yuguang, who is in charge of Sartorius Scientific Instruments (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The technological reserve and the extended market share gave us the opportunity for upgrading and improving our processes and products.

The production base of Sartorius

Sartorius has announced a 400-million-yuan capital increase to invest in the construction of the second phase of the project, on the expansion of its plant and supporting facilities with a total area of 16,000 square meters, in order to further increase biopharmaceutical and laboratory instrument capacity and assist in optimization and upgrading of its industrial structure. At the same time, Sartorius will also launch new precision instrumentation and measurement equipment for R&D projects in various fields such as immunology, oncology and cell therapy, building technological strength and developing core products for future development.

Biopharmaceutical equipment produced by Sartorius

Seizing the opportunity to accelerate the capacity expansion and upgrading

Viessmann, a world-renowned manufacturer of heating systems, is a century-old German company widely reputed and recognized in the European market. With the changing energy situation in Europe and the onset of winter, Viessmann seized the good opportunity for growth. The European people used to use heating systems that either consumed high amounts of energy or had been in use for too long, and there was a great demand for product renewal. With the technological experience gained over the years, Viessmann has developed and designed a number of new technology-based and low energy consuming products, which have been launched in Germany and other European countries just as “warmth in the winter”. 

"Our market insight, strong product competitiveness and the good foundation of Sino-German industrial cooperation have secured significant growth in sales volume in 2022," said Andrej Jautze, General Manager of Beijing Viessmann Heating Technology Co, Ltd.

The factory of Viessmann in the Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park

Viessmann has put forward a package of plans of expansion in China: on the one hand, building an IT/IOT R&D center as well as an energy showcase center with increased capital to develop iterative technology products for the European market; on the other hand, further expanding the production capacity of the factory in the Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park, which will be the source of supplies for 120 sales branches worldwide in the future.

Product series of Viessmann

Scaling new heights, new starting point explored on the market

Vector Foiltec is the only hidden champion company globally with Texlon ETFE as its core business, ranking the first in the world in terms of ETFE technologies and processing capabilities in this business. In 2005 it entered the Chinese market and established its Beijing headquarters. As it taps deeper into Chinese market, its market share in China has reached 50%, and it has successfully delivered the largest ETFE membrane structure project in China: the Water Cube of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. Despite its past great performance, the company's top management and employees actively look for market opportunities and new growth points. 

“We have been able to participate in large construction projects such as Parkview Green FangCaoDi and Universal Studios as the provider of complete design solutions, as the capital is accelerating the construction of “four centers” and major international events are being held," said Han Gengzan, General Manager of Beijing Texlon Foil Technology LLC. After the completion of those projects, the company received unanimous praise from the industry and has been awarded the White Magnolia Award, the highest honor presented by Shanghai municipality on construction engineering quality.

The plant workshop of Texlon Foil Technology

After nearly 15 years of development in China, Vector Foiltec is still looking for new market opportunities and room for growth. In response to more business development needs, it is actively planning for site renewal and capital increment, and will rely on and share the existing platform and resources of the Industrial Park to provide product support and system services for more businesses in China.

The Texlon® ETFE system

On October 25, the National Development and Reform Commission and other five government departments announced "Several Policy Measures to Promote the Increase of Foreign Investment while Stabilizing Existing Investments and Optimizing the Investment Quality with Emphasis on Manufacturing Industry", a positive signal for enhancing investments in manufacturing and promoting high-quality development with foreign investment.

Adjacent to the Beijing Capital International Airport, the Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park is an important part of the construction of "Two Zones" (the Integrated National Demonstration Zone for Opening Up the Services Sector and the China (Beijing) Free Trade Pilot Zone) and the international center for science and technology innovation in Beijing. Enjoying multiple favorable policies, the Industrial Park has a total area of 260 hectares of industrial land and 3 million square meters of office and R&D buildings, and has a superior international living environment with well-established living facilities. There is an entry-exit service hall for foreigners and a public service center for intellectual property rights, which provides comprehensive and "one-stop" services such as commercial services, intellectual property protection and industrial cooperation for enterprises entering the Industrial Park. It will open up more application scenarios in intelligent manufacturing, smart city, autonomous driving, energy saving and environmental protection, and promote the demonstration and application of new technologies and products, providing German enterprises with broader market opportunities.

At present, the Industrial Park has gathered 90 German enterprises including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ameco and Allianz, some 27companies being hidden champions, with a total investment of 4.5 billion Euros and an annual output value of 30 billion yuan. A situation of more and more German enterprises gathering here is formed. In the future, the Industrial Park will adhere to the main path of promoting high-quality development with high-level opening up, and, with equality, mutual benefit and pragmatic cooperation as the core, promote the construction of a leading demonstration zone of economic and technological cooperation with strong international influence, major industrial competitiveness and huge impact in innovation.

Source: Xinhuanet.com