2 Zeitungen (2 Exemplare)

Globe: Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 4, December 2008

Contents:

• Strategic acquisitions: Buying and selling parts of the Corporation support the corporate strategy. (p. 1)
• Investing in Schaffhausen: GF Piping Systems is to invest 21 million francs in production and distribution. (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Financial crisis hits GF share (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Change at GF Automotive (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Double award (p. 1)
• A long way up: the world's tallest building (p. 1)

Market strategies

• We'll stay the market leader [Interview with Michael Hauser, new Head of GF AgieCharmilles] (p. 2)
• Travel through time: Anniversaries in 2009: a glimpse into the 200-year history of GF (p. 2)
• Obligated by family tradition: GF Piping Systems has strengthened its position in the building technology segment through the acquisition of JRG Gunzenhauser AG. [...] (p. 3)
• "We want a gentle transformation" [Interview with Nabil El Barbari, Head of Building Technology] (p. 3)
• Lessons from the boom: China has learned from the West, and is doing so the country has fuelled its economic boom. [...] (p. 4)
• Focus on the core business: The sale of Verkehrstechnik enables GF to focus on its strategy [...] (p. 4)
• In brief (p. 4)
• Mobile employees: On the road for GF (p. 4)
• The best in the state: The top apprentice (p. 4)
• New logistics centre: Iberian warehouse (p. 4)
• Perform and innovate: Show of strength (p. 4)

Customer projects

• Sending water up into the sky: Keeping the gigantic Burj Tower supplied with water is dependent on a very sophisticated piping system. (p. 5)
• Customer projects (p. 6)
• Frisian watchmaker: With an electric discharge machine from GF AgieCharmilles, the Dutchman Wybe can der Gang aims to make the world's best watchcases. (p. 6)
• A steady course: Pestalozzi and GF: partners for close to 150 years. (p. 6)
• Climate protection in the kitchen: Ready-made canned soups save a lot of hard work in the kitchen. [...] (p. 7)
• Santa gets cold feet: Chocolate Santa Claus figures are as much a part of Christmas as exchanging gifts. [...] (p. 7)

Technology products

• In the lead with iQ: The launch of AT Hyperspark iQ underscores GF AgieCharmilles' claim to be the technology leader in die-sinking spark erosion. (p. 8)
• New building in Kunshan: Final spurt (p. 8)
• Assessing life cycles: Metal or plastic: which is more sustainable? (p. 8)
• Technology products (p. 9)
• Central testing: Three new machines extend the competencies of GF Automotive in the areas of materials testing and components testing. (p. 9)
• Digital juggernaut: Three-dimensional transparency is a valuable tool in the construction of commercial vehicles (p. 9)

People opinions

• Work-life balance: Mom and Dad climbing the career ladder [...] (p. 10)
• Taking a discovery tour in the factory: Factory tours have always been a useful communications tool. [...] (p. 10)
• So what does …: … Silvana Stosic-Drzajic do? (p. 10)
• In the footsteps of Marco Polo [Interview with Guo Yuanping, GF Piping Systems, Beijing] (p. 11)
• Special colleagues: Worldwide, GF employs more than 240 disable people. [...] (p. 12)
• "Employers have to reach out to the disabled": A commentary by Barbara Murray, Senior Disability Specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO) (p. 12)
• Appointments (p. 12)
• Ready for any winter emergency: In Altenmarkt the company fire brigade at GF Automotive it getting prepared for the worst that winter can do. (p. 13)
• Do you speak globish? : Whether in Sweden or Indonesia, English – global language of business – acts as an important common communication tool [...] (p. 13)

Site portrait

• Heart of Central Europe: For a year now, the Czech sales company of GF AgieCharmilles has been focused on strengthening the brand presence [...] (p. 14)

Service tips

• A neat start to the day: Say good-bye to "creative chaos". An orderly desk improves your personal well-being. [...] (p. 15)
• Iron Library enters the digital age: The Iron Library now makes journals and some of its books available in digital format. (p. 15)
• Right? : Do Japanese people avoid eye contact? (p. 15)
• Masthead (p. 15)

Living culture

• Filigree iron art: As a material, we at GF are very familiar with iron. But the metal does not have to end up only in cars, fittings or machines. (S. 16)
• What gift should I give? : Christmas is just around the corner. This year, as in years past, people are on the search for original git ideas. [...] (p. 16)
• My city: Warsaw – Taking in a piano concert in the city park (p. 16)

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Englische Schlagwörter: Acquisition :: Contestability :: Building services :: Traffic engineering :: Burj Tower :: Component testing :: Company fire brigade :: Digitalisation