Globe: Newspaper for Georg Fischer Employees, No. 3, December 2013

Contents:

• It's a hit Technology Day 2013: Georg Fischer publicly issues a progress report on Strategy 2015 [...] (p. 1)
• A new brand name: GF AgieCharmilles becomes GF Machining Solutions. (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Thank you! (p. 1)
• Market strategies: Taking leave after 35 years (p. 1)

Market strategies

• "A win-win situation for us and our customers" [interview with the Market Region Director and the CEO] (p. 2)
• High-level visit in China: The GF Board of Directors visited facilities of every division in the Middle Kingdom [...] (p. 2)
• Checkpoints for more customer satisfaction: GF Machining Solutions takes on the problem of errors when starting up new machines [...] (p. 3)
• Work-life balance: Best employer (p. 3)
• Code of Conduct: Code of Conduct (p. 3)
• Underwater and eye to eye with dolphins: The aquarium in Genoa is getting four new saltwater tanks. [...] (p. 4)
• Customer focus: GF Machining Solutions' success stories at the 2013 EMO world fair for metal machining (p. 4)

Customer projects

• Laser, not leather: Ever since the IAA 2013, BMW i3 has drawn universal attention. [...] (p. 5)
• Super-relaxing wellness: At the Thermen & Spa Resort in Künzell, the complete Drinking Water Hygiene concept [...] (p. 5)
• A four-person race car: The Maserati Quattroporte serves as a milestone in automobile history [...] (p. 6)

Technology products

• Solid connections for 150 years: In 1864, Georg Fischer II was the first industrial engineer [...] (p. 7)
• Fresh water for Filipovici: GF Automotive and the Clean Water Foundation improve the supply of drinking water [...] (p. 7)

Site portrait

• High-tech components from "Venice of the East": GF Automotive’s lightweight metal foundry in Suzhou [...] (p. 8)

People opinions

• A good run: This year, 15 runners from Georg Fischer entered the DHL Relay Race held in Copenhagen [...] (p. 9)
• Light, camera, action! : Following the rebranding, Georg Fischer commissioned a new promotional video. [...] (p. 10)
• Still going strong: Josef Hary retires after 33 years at Georg Fischer. (p. 10)
• Warming up for the winter sports season: Whether he’s playing field hockey [...] or striding through a long-distance Nordic ski race [...] (p. 11)
• Can you spot the differences? (p. 11)
• Masthead (p. 11)

Living culture

• Goodbye, good old GLOBE: GLOBE is appearing for the last time in a newspaper format. Here’s a look back. (p. 12)
• Direct dialog and multimedia communications (p. 12)