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2 Zeitungen (2 Exemplare)

Globe, Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 1, Mars 2006

Contents:

• At home in a boom market: From a new foundry GF Automotive is producing components in China for the automotive industry [...] (p. 1)
• A contemporary cathedral of sport: Wembley Stadium has brilliant future – and GF is helping. (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Rising share price (p. 1)
• Customer projects: Record order from Taiwan (p. 1)
• Annual report: Growing as planned (p. 1)
• Festive opening ceremonies (p. 1)

Market strategies

• "Top priority": Kurt E. Stirnemann [...] on internal communication and its significance as a factor in success (p. 2)
• People as a success factor: Employees who communicate take on responsibility (p. 2)
• Important dates at Georg Fischer (p. 2)
• A warm reception: New lobby dedicated (p. 2)
• Full speed into the future: The employees are expecting big things from the new light-metal foundry. [...] (p. 3)
• Chinese fast food: Canteen offers room for 30 people. (p. 3)
• Interview: Technology impresses Chinese carmakers (p. 3)

Customer projects

• Building sustainable retail: Wal-Mart has set up two experimental stores in the United States to test sustainable building techniques for the retail sector. Georg Fischer supplied the piping [...] (p. 4)
• Interview: Developing a prototype (p. 4)
• ABS piping from Georg Fischer (p. 4)
• Automation secures jobs: With the right technology, even a high-wage country like Switzerland can manufacture cost-effectively. (p. 5)
• Reaching for the stars: A spectacular new hotel in the centre of Manchester nears completion. (p. 5)
• Globe presence (p. 5)
• Interview: Creativity takes precision (p. 6)
• The off-road challenge: Customer Bühler-Mechanik uses machines from Mikron to produce precision components for the automotive industry. (p. 6)
• High-performance milling: It handles large workpieces with ease. The HPM 1850U delivers top performance and guaranteed precision. (p. 6)
• Precision machines for India: A market growing by leaps and bounds opens up to GF. (p. 6)

Technology products

• All of a piece: In 2004, riders on KTM motocross racing bikes won 17 world championships. (p. 7)
• Design engineers in a new role: Engineers from DaimlerChrysler and VW cast their own components on Design Engineers Day. (p. 7)
• Much more than boring numbers: In its new Sustainability Report, Georg Fischer documents how it is carefully managing resources. (p. 7)
• Technology products (p. 8)
• Better positioned: Georg Fischer let investors and analysts see the company's latest technical innovations at its first-ever Technology Day. (p. 8)
• A successful premiere: Fifty investors and journalists attended Technology Day – and they were most impressed by the live presentations. (p. 8)
• Opening the door to the future: In Herzogenburg, Georg Fischer Automotive manufactures interior door frames for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. [...] (p. 9)
• Milestones in Georg Fischer's history: Look at what we found in the corporate archives “treasure trove.” (p. 9)

People experience

• Plant's swans find a home: When the works canal in Traisen was shut down, swans living there had to be relocated. [...] (p. 10)
• Prudence and responsibility [an interview with Charlotte Hill, President of Georg Fischer Signet] (p. 10)
• People (p. 10)
• Aconcagua's ice-cold shoulder: Together with fellow mountaineers, Gabriele Süss-Köstler [...] achieved a remarkable feat. She climbed Aconcagua [...] (p. 11)
• Water for the world: Georg Fischer continues its Clean Water Foundation for an indefinite period and supports drinking water projects (p. 12)
• GF ensures sustainable supply: Sukumar Singh, Managing Director of Mass Education, on Clean Water (p. 12)
• Opinions (p. 12)
• Global branding fits the whole company: Eighteen months after the new branding policy was presented, an internal survey shows an extremely high level of compliance. (p. 13)
• A matter of the heart: Georg Fischer is dedicated to the common good. GF Signet, a subsidiary in the USA, offers a good example of this commitment. (p. 13)
• Seeking successors for a knowledge-drive company: Georg Fischer is actively seeking recent graduates at career fairs. [...] (p. 13)

Site portrait

• Turning an idea into a global winner: Despite its international character, Stockholm's System 3R AB has retained the charm of a start-up company. (p. 14)

Service tips

• E-mails: First sort, then send – The flood of e-mails is one of the downsides of modern communications technology. [...] (p. 15)
• Four ways to stay fit and flexible while at work [...] (p. 15)
• Recommendations: Film tip (p. 15)
• Recommendations: Book tip (p. 15)
• Masthead (p. 15)

Living culture

• A tribute to Spain's genius: Picasso fever is burning in Spain. Employees of GF Piping Systems in Madrid are looking forward to exhibitions [...] (p. 16)
• A nice hot meal goes a long way at work: When the company restaurant in Garching shut down, action hat to be taken. (p. 16)
• Employees show off their city: "The variety is unbeatable" (p. 16)

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