2 Zeitungen (2 Exemplare)

Globe: Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 2, July 2009

Contents:

• GF beats the recession: A far-reaching structural plan fights the crisis and prepares GF for the future. (p. 1)
• Clean cooling keeps it fresh: American supermarkets are increasingly relying on indirect cooling systems. (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Trending upwards again (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Gold for iFIT (p. 1)
• Market strategies: From Canada to China (p. 1)
• Fittings on the high sea (p. 1)

Market strategies

• Strong brands will survive: Nicolas G. Hayek, CEO of the Swatch Group for many years, gives us his view of the crisis and tells us his recipe for success. (p. 2)
• Playing for high stakes: Raw material prices are falling fast. But that doesn't make the situation any easier. (p. 2)
• Dormant potential: How do financial managers and controllers go about releasing tied-up capital? (p. 3)
• Education for all: Learning made easy. GF is exploring new paths in training. (p. 3)

Customer projects

• Closely meshed: The auto industry is a complex world – without cooperation, manufacturers find it tough to survive. ZF and GF are a team that has worked closely together for a long time. (p. 4)
• Sustainability: Clean record (p. 4)
• Close cooperation: High precision (p. 4)
• Fittings in inches: Dubai production (p. 4)
• New logistics centre: Milan warehouse (p. 4)
• Fitters on the high seas: The world's most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel is being fitted with a piping system from GF Piping Systems. The fitters are working on the high seas. (p. 5)
• The third dimension: GF Piping Systems is using 3-D printers to shorten development lead times for new prototypes. (p. 5)

Technology products

• China is stepping on the gas: GF meets the competition head on in the fiercely competitive Chinese market. (p. 6)
• Competence from a single source: GF Automotive is renowned for a quality of its cast parts. But the foundries also provide the "finishing touch" for their customers – this is a business that is now being expanded. (p. 6)
• Eco-power helps keep people warm: The town of Mühlacker generates about one-third of its heating gas requirements from a biogas plant that uses renewable resources. GF Piping Systems supplies the piping. (p. 7)
• Interview: Hugh growth potential: Decentralised energy and heat supply is the future. (p. 7)
• Tetris for logistics specialists: The right packaging to products makes for satisfied customers. (p. 7)

People opinions

• Both in the same boat: Klaus und Bodo Müller view short-time work from very different perspectives. (p. 8)
• Fit for the new job: At the Losone plant, GF AgieCharmilles provides support to employees who have been let go. (p. 8)
• Highway Indians: Thomas L. Billie is anything but a cliché: this modern-day Native American preserves the traditions of his tribe and is also a biker. (p. 9)

Service tips

• High profile with Web 2.0: Business networks make it easier for people to establish contacts and swap information. However, some caution is required. (p. 10)
• So what does …: … Davit Beller do? (p. 10)
• Appointments (p. 10)

Site portrait

• In the valley of fittings: Tradition with a future: The Traisen site provides Europe with robust pipe connectors that have been tried and proven. (p. 11)
• Right? : Are titles all that important in Austria? (p. 11)
• Masthead (p. 11)

Living culture

• Badgemakers: The tradition of badge casting lives on at Georg Fischer – both in the memories of pensioners and in the factories themselves. (p. 12)
• A cell phone of one's own: The choice of a cell phone says a lot about the user. Three GF employees explain what their multimedia companion means to them. (p. 12)

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Englische Schlagwörter: Economic crisis :: Energy efficiency :: Commodity prices :: further training :: 3-D-Printer :: Business networks