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

Contents:

• Synergies at GF: How teamwork between the Corporate Groups generates win-win situations [...] (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Factories' open day (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Changes: Board of Directors (p. 1)
• Mont Blanc hut at 12582 feet (p. 1)

Market strategies

• "We don’t have to reinvent the wheel": [Interview with Josef Hary and Mujia Zhang] (p. 2)
• New plants: Georg Fischer expands its production capacity in all areas. (p. 2)
• Cultivating brand value: Promotional gifts, brand image management, legal protection [...] (p. 3)
• Systematic improvement: More quality with improved processes: that's the goal of the Lean Six Sigma campaign [...] (p. 3)
• Planting a symbol: GF Piping Systems people the world over are planting trees in front of their company premises. [...] (p. 4)
• Getting ahead of the future: GF Automotive is already gearing up for the electric-car era. [...] (p. 4)

Customer projects

• The art of plastic: The world's largest manufacturer of bottling plants makes "designer" PET bottles with technology from GF. (p. 5)
• Royal university: Research scientists in Saudi Arabia are flocking to the desert, not the ivory tower. [...] (p. 5)
• Prize for GF Automotive: Best cast part (p. 5)
• Donations to the Red Cross: Fast packs (p. 5)
• Interactive tool: New iPad app (p. 5)
• Total commitment for the "White Lady": Every year, as many as 30000 mountaineers attempt to conquer Mont Blanc. [...] (p. 6)
• Every last detail counts! (p. 7)
• Interview: Meticulous preparations – The Managing Director of GF JRG on the showcase project and the potential of the building technology market (p. 7)

Technology products

• Stowaways: An international team from GF Piping Systems helps ensure that microorganisms in the world's oceans remain where they belong. (p. 8)
• Material with a future: GF Automotive is supplying new components for the Porsche Panamera. [...] (p. 8)
• High tech for dentures: A centre for medical milling produces individual dental prostheses on machines from GF AgieCharmilles. (p. 9)
• The way things once were: Photographs from the Georg Fischer archives [...] (p. 9)

People opinions

• Practical elegance: The new trade fair stand of GF AgieCharmilles [...] (p. 10)
• Children and art: With a new project, Georg Fischer in Altenmarkt is aiming to foster creativity among young people. (p. 10)
• A special partnership: GF Signet works together with an organization that offers occupational prospects to people with disabilities. (p. 11)
• Synergies with team spirit: A German-Chinese power duo is streamlining HR processes [...] (p. 12)
• The Facebook experiment: Can the world's largest social network help HR people find new talents? [...] (p. 12)
• Appointments (p. 12)
• Singing for a good cause: In professional life, he gives directions. [...] (p. 13)

Site portrait

• Under one roof in Brazil: New housed under the same roof in the huge metropolis of São Paulo [...] (p. 14)

Service tips

• Stifle fire before it spreads: The risk of fire is greater wherever molten metal is cast or plastic is processed.[...] (p. 15)
• Interview: Keep your own safety in mind – What employees should do in case of fire. (p. 15)
• What is that? : Torque converter gears (p. 15)
• Masthead (p. 15)

Living culture

• Spark of inspiration: Hoping to make a breakthrough in The Big Apple: Fabio Forti [...] (p. 16)
• Multi-faceted Georg Fischer: A complete success: Almost 1500 employees and their photos took part in the worldwide value campaign. (p. 16)