BETTERGROUND, INC.
DALLAS, TX

Johannes Degen and the children of Wilhelm L. Degen sold their shares in the Keller Group of companies after continuous years of expansion. Wilhelm. F. Degen (son of Wilhelm L. Degen) bought the Vibroflotation Foundation Company, Pittsburgh, PA, from Sergey Steuermann. Alexander M. Degen and Wilhelm S. Degen set up Vibroflotation AG, an equipment manufacturing company in Switzerland. They also developed the Gravel Pump, the Vibro Stitcher and the Soletanche Bachy took a 70% share in The Vibroflotation Group and in 2006 took over the company entirely. The relationship ended in a three year non competition undertaking by Wilhelm and Alexander Degen during which both brothers were consulting “The Vibroflotation Group” on numerous international key projects. Established Betterground Betterground Ltd. (Switzerland) was founded in early 2009 and was immediately joined by the most experienced technical experts in the world. Betterground supports China Harbour Engineering Co. with low headroom offshore stone column equipment, site supervision and engineering support on the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facility project, which included over one million linear meters of marine Stone Columns. It is the largest project of its kind in history. First projects in Russia. Betterground Bottom Feed equipment compacts the soil near the new football stadium in St. Petersburg. A modified version of the same equipment was able to install the first vibroflot compacted bottom feed sand columns on the Highway St. Petersburg to Moscow. Expand equipment selling business etterground has license and JV agreements in place with geotechnical specialty contractors over 20 countries. Partnerships through performance-based equipment rental or joint ventures now form an important part of Betterground’s business. For this purpose, the selling of equipment has been split off into a separate firm called Betterground Equipment, while the project business remains under the name Betterground. We design, manufacture, and service specialized equipment for ground improvement, in particular for Vibro Stone Columns and Vibro Compaction. Our in-house engineering team, with over 30 years of experience on key international ground improvement projects, provides value engineering to our clients. For over 70 years the know-how of deep compaction Vibroflot design has been carried forward in the Degen family, co-founders of Betterground. Betterground GmbH. All rights reserved