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2 Zeitungen (2 Exemplare)

Globe: Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 3, November 2010

Contents:

• Totally global: The economy's engine is turning over again. [...] (p. 1)
• Representative in Asia: Mujia Zhang represents the Corporation's interests in China. (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Share price: upside potential (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Clean water for flood victims (p. 1)
• Market strategies: First-rate online presence (p. 1)
• 7000 miles across the seas (p. 1)

Market strategies

• Precision drives innovation [interview with Marco Boccadoro,GF AgieCharmilles] (p. 2)
• Symbiosis of cultures: GF Automotive is testing a Japanese production system [...] (p. 2)
• VIP visitor to Beijing: Piping systems made in China: GF Piping Systems has opened its tenth factory in the People's Republic. [...] (p. 3)
• Growth in the east: Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic are gradually emerging from the crisis. (p. 3)
• Fascinated guests: At the Technology Day, GF presented its newest developments and projects to business journalists and financial analysts. (p. 4)
• Interview: Documenting innovativeness at GF – Business editor Manfred Rösch was impressed [...] (p. 4)
• The prize is right: Awards for new products reflect industry's high regard. [...] (p. 4)

Customer projects

• Above and beyond: It sounds like a tale from the Arabian Nights: the Bugatti Veyron produces 1001 BHP. [...] (p. 5)
• Under water in the airport: A water pipe in the basement of the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport threatened to bust. [...] (p. 6)
• Success story from India: Positive results (p. 6)
• Update of corporate film: GF on DVD (p. 6)
• Lounge against Legionellae: A former transformer station in Berlin now serves as an exhibition centre [...] (p. 6)
• Snow from a lake: The snow-making cannons in the Swedish ski area Idre can produce 60000 cubic metres of artificial snow a day. [...] (p. 7)
• Making automotive parts lighter: With new CO2 limits in the EU as of 2012, the solution is lightweight construction. (p. 7)
• Georg Fischer – a global player (p. 8 – 9)

Technology products (p. 10)

• Success built on sand: Sand casting has proved its worth over decades. [...] (p. 10)
• More light for home cinemas: A new series of precision milling from GF AgieCharmilles sets a new benchmark [...] (p. 10)

People opinions

• Have wheels will travel: The longest road show ever. Sales managers from GF Piping Systems are trucking across 40 states of the Union [...] (p. 11)
• Valuable temps: Temporary and permanent staff work hand in hand. The GF corporate culture prohibits a two-class-system. (p. 11)
• Appointments (p. 11)
• Tour with the instructor: Otto Kurth, born in 1918, has instructed generations of foundry workers. [...] (p. 12)
• Close to rank and file: Worried about the future of his foundry, Managing Director Markus Rosenthal seeks frank dialogue. (p. 12)
• So what does …: … Döner Burhan actually do? (p. 12)
• In Captain Cook's wake: Logbook of an adventurer: 7000 nautical miles in 133 days. [...] (p. 13)

Site portrait

• EDM mecca in holiday paradise: High-end electronic between gold course and lake. [...] (p. 14)
• 3 questions for Ivan Filisetti: Losone: a location that innovates [...] (p. 14)

Service tips

• Enemies in the workplace: There is an increased risk of conflict in an economic downturn. [...] (p. 15)
• Reacting right: Conflict resolution expert Loraleigh Keashly on the worldwide phenomenon of workplace bullying (p. 15)
• Right? : Do Finns love saunas? (p. 15)
• Masthead (p. 15)

Living culture

• Musical magnesium: Twelve staff members from Altenmarkt create music from cast components at a major music festival. (p. 16)
• Harvest festival with the whole family: On 25 November, people all over the US will be carving the traditional Thanksgiving turkey. [...] (p. 16)
• Customer projects: Gearbox for the world's fastest car (p. 17)
• Market strategies: Marco Boccadoro: Precision drives innovation (p. 17)

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Englische Schlagwörter: Growth :: Flexibility :: Sand casting :: Temporary staff :: EDM-Machines :: Sustainability