2 Zeitungen (2 Exemplare)

Globe: Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 3, September 2008

Contents:

• Resources running out? : Many new material prices are skyrocketing. [...] (p. 1)
• New Head of GF AgieCharmilles: Jürg Krebser will guide the Corporation's strategic development in Asia. (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Headwind (p. 1)
• Market strategies: 1 million doors (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Serra on radio (p. 1)
• GF makes movies (p. 1)

Market strategies

• Not an office guy: Pietro Lori, new Head of GF Piping Systems, likes direct connections to employees. [...] (p. 2)
• Solidarity with China: The earthquake in China affected GF staff. [...] (p. 2)
• Fair dates in the second half of 2008 (p. 2)
• Correction (p. 2)
• Raw materials: in great demand all over the world – Commodity prices just keep rising. [...] (p. 3)
• Good, not critical enough: The results are in: the worldwide survey regarding GLOBE (p. 3)
• Getting rid of the salt: One of the biggest challenges of our age is to ensure sufficient quantities of drinking water in the right quality. (p. 4)
• Valuable leadership: The GF Academy offers training with a practical orientation. (p. 4)
• In brief (p. 4)
• Steaming ahead: GF heats up Maggi (p. 4)
• Award for GF DEKA: GF flying high (p. 4)
• Clean Water on tour: Travelling exhibit (p. 4)

Customer projects

• Developing the careers of Hollywood's biggest stars: If it weren't for GF Piping Systems, Indiana Jones and Leonardo DiCaprio would be but a pale shadow of themselves. [...] (p. 5)
• Customer projects (p. 6)
• A big role in small parts: GF Automotive received a design prize from the International Magnesium Association [...] (p. 6)
• Heat from within: The Earth's hot core supplies energy round the clock, unimpeded by weather, seasons or time of day. (p. 6)
• Mikron makes music: The guitars made by Pennsylvania-based C. F. Martin & Co. regularly appear in the hands of the world's best musicians. [...] (p. 7)

Technology products

• Faster pit stops at GF: GF Piping Systems is using a productivity management system to cut changeover times [...] (p. 8)
• Construction in Kunshan: Foundry going up (p. 8)
• Bathing in a sea of fresh air: A new air purification system is doing its part for health protection in Altenmarkt. (p. 8)
• Technology products (p. 9)
• Thousand times more productive: Economical production and minimal use of raw materials are the first steps to improve environmental protection. [...] (p. 9)
• Cast parts take a bath: Faster, more accurate, more environmentally friendly [...] (p. 9)

People opinions

• A commitment to the community: Community service work is more than just work. Volunteering also fosters personal development [...] (p. 10)
• People opinions (p. 11)
• Happy picking mushrooms: Ida Dalla Costa of GF AgieCharmilles has been walking stoops through the forest for 25 years [...](p. 11)
• Clean water for Manila: In the Philippines, GF Piping Systems is involved in a redevelopment project [...] (p. 12)
• What's in a name? : Georg Fischer did not found the company but he is often mistaken for the boss. (p. 12)
• Appointments (p. 12)
• A "workmate" on TV: TV star at GF: Konny Reimann may be just another cowboy in Texas, but in Germany lots of people know his face. (p. 13)
• Award-winning training: Apprenticeships at GF Piping Systems impressed young people and the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce alike. [...] (p. 13)
• So what does …: … Nada Ugarkovic do? (p. 13)

Site portrait

• Prestigious aluminum: GF Automotive manufactures pressure die-cast parts in Germany's Sauerland region. [...] (p. 14)

Service tips

• The right distance: Different cultures: One person seeks closeness in a business relationship, while the other prefers to keep his or her distance. (p. 15)
• Fittings in museums: Products and technologies from 200 years of GF history are exhibited in museums all over the world. (p. 15)
• Insider tip: Oriental classical music – Jazz after hours (p. 15)
• Masthead (p. 15)

Living culture

• Rustling giant grass: A bamboo garden thrives beside the GF plant in Mettmann [...] (p. 16)
• Valuable "recycled" paper: Georg Fischer was converted into a joint-stock company 112 years ago. [...] (p. 16)
• My city: Sydney – Australia's jewel (p. 16)

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Englische Schlagwörter: Resources :: Drinking water :: Geothermic :: Motion sequences :: Iron foundry :: environment protection :: Cathodic dip coating facility :: Community service work :: Apprentice training :: Pressure die-casting