Japanese in Raddusch

Makita development engineers at Raddusch construction company

Karsten Pöschla runs a prefabricated house company in Raddusch. He erects post-and-beam houses throughout Brandenburg and Berlin. His aim is to hand over a ready-to-occupy building to the client within 100 days. “That is technically quite possible, we are able to do it. In the past, it was more a matter of things that were not within our area of responsibility when there were breaks in construction,” says the house builder, who has materials and machinery available on the Raddusch industrial estate. In recent years, he has also found that his tools, especially the battery-powered machines, have not always lived up to the promises made by the respective manufacturers. Karsten Pöschla has therefore preferred machines from a single manufacturer for some time. Karsten Pöschla: “I was impressed by the quality, and the compatibility of the 18 V batteries is particularly important to me, because I need to be able to quickly swap a battery on the construction site in an emergency. Having to use a different battery for every tool is no longer acceptable to me!”

The Raddusch entrepreneur has attracted the attention of company representatives based in Europe with his machinery “from a single source”. “We would like to take a look at the use of our technology on site in order to identify and subsequently eliminate any weaknesses,” says Hanai Takamasa, Product Development Manager at the Brussels branch. He was accompanied by a colleague, a Makita application engineer and two colleagues from product marketing.

Karsten Pöschla is actually satisfied with the powerful technology, but is now also aware of the remaining weak points and names his wishes, such as more stable supports for particularly long beams or an improved side guide for the hand-held circular saw. Application engineer Christian-Matthias Kühling had a new hand-held circular saw with a 40 volt battery and a cutting depth of 160 mm with him for demonstration purposes. Exactly the right machine for cutting sandwich panels for the building contractor! “I can use it to process a wide variety of materials quickly and cleanly in a single step – and that saves me time, which I urgently need for my 100-day target,” says Karsten Pöschla.

The meeting was good for both sides: the Japanese photographed every detail, took measurements and made sketches. Karsten Pöschla was happy to be able to share his wishes, which will certainly be taken into account in the next generation of machines.

Karsten Pöschla met the Makita representatives, who have their German branch in Ratingen (NRW), at last year’s spring festival at ELG Calau. He was able to talk to them and present his suggestions for improving the product. A visit to his company agreed at the time has now taken place in Raddusch, with the Japanese representatives of the European branch in Brussels also present. Karsten Pöschla is currently testing one of only four hand-held circular saws currently in use in Germany. For him, it is important that he does not use a wired device when working on a rooftop, for example. The new 40-volt circular saw is clearly superior to the corded devices from other suppliers, as Karsten Pöschla assesses after just a few days of use. Makita has a unique selling point here. The Raddusch entrepreneur now only uses devices from the Japanese supplier in his company, with a total of devices for 12 different applications.

Peter Becker, 12.03.26