GKN and aerospace: Word on a wing /summary
A long-established
global innovator shows how British firms can make it in modern manufacturing
During hard
economic times there is a British company with a fresh look on how to run business
and therefore they outlived many companies with a similar manufacturing product
as they have. The company is named GKN
(Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds) they carry this name since 1986 but the company is
British-owned after 253 years!
“Only three or four
firms in the world can do what we do,” says Marcus Bryson, head of GKN’s
aerospace division and the chief executive, Nigel Stein claims “We have been
very good at recognizing that things don’t last forever”. From driveline
businesses for cars they flew into the aerospace business developing a material
that is called fiber glass that can be used in cars nowadays as well.
Reaction:
I admire these
companies who cannot sit still and learn from what is going around in the
world. There is a lot of energy in such a way of working and these companies
display a lot of reliability. It works good in a time of austerity and I
believe that the mentality of similar companies restrain us from going deep down
under in times of economic crisis going on. And the technical background I like
with the exploring character of using high tech fiberglass normally used in
aeroplanes, now to be used in the construction of automobiles.
By Renate Pollemans
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I can imagine that people forget their children because they are too busy. like I had to wait for hours at school when my father forgot me again. Unfortunetely my husband is also busy and absent-minded that he forgets to pick up his children. For myself, I would never forget my children because it is in my instinct.
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