2 Zeitungen (2 Exemplare)

Globe: Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 2, July 2010

Contents:

• A time for action: GF initiates concrete measures to implement Strategy 2015. (p. 1)
• Into the future, more efficiently: By 2015 GF wants to operate even more sustainably [...] (p. 1)
• Market strategies: GF share stays on course (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Environmental test passed (p. 1)
• Sunward I've climbed (p. 1)

Market strategies

• "It's important to keep a professional distance": [...] Jasmin Staiblin was elected to the Georg Fischer Board of Directors by an overwhelming majority. (p. 2)
• Campaign extended: Employees who upload a photo of themselves to the Values portal automatically participate in the big Apple draw. (p. 2)
• Gateway to East Coast: Faster, closer, better: With a new logistics centre in Atlanta, GF Piping Systems further consolidates its position in the USA. (p. 3)
• Three questions for Jorge Morgan: For this young employee, Head of the new distribution centre, GF is the "land of unlimited opportunities“. (p. 3)
• Achieving more together: Information, research, quality standards: Georg Fischer's Corporate Groups strengthen their position by membership associations. [...] (p. 3)
• Changeable exchange rates: GF's business is also being affected by the weak euro and dollar. [...] (p. 4)
• Creating more value: The expansions of added value is a key plank in the Strategy 2015 of GF Automotive. (p. 4)

Customer projects

• Pimp my Harley: Harley-Davidson motorcycles are cult objects and part of the American dream. [...] (p. 5)
• Keeping tuna fresh: The best catch is worthless if it can't be cooled. Thanks to GF, it all stays fresh. (p. 5)
• Swiss army knife of aviation: Pilatus makes highly versatile aircraft. Australia's Flying Doctors swear by Pilatus [...] (p. 6)
• Customers as innovation partners: Research and development at GF Automotive is being [...] involved in the process leading up to the development of new components. (p. 6)
• Ocean up close: Piping systems from GF Piping Systems supply fresh water to 5000 fish [...] (p. 7)
• From all over Europe: Tech show (p. 7)
• Outstanding innovation: Prize-winner (p. 7)
• GF Direct: Photos wanted (p. 7)
• News from Paradise: Tech museums (p. 7)
• Five values, one team! (p. 8)

Technology products

• Right on target: The GF Automotive experimental foundry is casting historical cannonballs [...] (p. 10)
• Power from the roof: As a major component supplier, GF is benefiting from the solar energy boom. [...] (p. 10)
• View inside the converter: Iron foundries threat the molten metal with pure magnesium in huge converter chambers. [...] (p. 11)
• History of piping: Pipes have not always been made of metal or plastic. [...] (p. 11)

People opinions

• Tell me about your life: This was the motto for an initiative launched by GF Altenmarkt in which two generations came together to share their stories. (p. 12)
• Culture shock abroad: Europe and China: A Chinese woman reports on her experience in Europe, an Austrian man on his life in China. (p. 12)
• Appointments (p. 12)
• Guardians on Lake Biel: On the weekends, Roland Rathske and his Water Patrol colleagues volunteer to watch out for the safety of swimmers and hobby captains. (p. 13)

Site portrait

• Heavyweight business: Leipzig is in many respects a showcase plant. But it had a rocky beginning. (p. 14)

Service tips

• Some like it hot: You really work up a sweat doing a shift at the blast furnace, especially in the summer months. [...] (p. 15)
• Interview: "Water is the first choice" – Company doctor Olav Kromrey cautions against the danger posed by temperatures [...] (p. 15)
• Right? : Do Germans lack a sense of humor? (p. 15)
• Masthead (p. 15)

Living culture

• Gifts around the world: The Corporate Archive in Schaffhausen houses very special treasures [...] (p. 16)
• Values unite us: Three participants in the employee campaign give their views about the Values launch (p. 16)

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Englische Schlagwörter: Group strategy :: Photo campaign :: Logistic centre :: Exchange rates :: Added Value :: Research and development