Issue 14 (April 2014)

Editorial

Eberhard Weiblen

Taking off with titan

Investment casting company Tital was about to be taken over by financial investors. This maker of specialty metal products is now a leader on the world market.

Quality can be measured and felt

Why the Porsche sports car maker doesn’t measure quality in numbers alone but also analyzes customers’ emotions.

The son also rises

Business coach Anette Bartram assists top managers in fine-tuning their leadership skills. We present an example at a mid-sized company as the next generation takes the reigns.

Growth without growing

The “New Chain for Aviation” study shows that everyone involved must work together cooperatively if they want to ensure necessary improvements in efficiency.

Keeping hospital doors open to the future

How hospitals are forging a path to cost effectiveness.

Fresh Breeze

How Bonfiglioli, an Italian supplier, has mastered the complicated wind turbine business and continues to improve its operational excellence.

Wintersteiger racks up results

What most skiers don’t know: An Austrian mechanical engineering company helps them speed down the slopes.

Experts in good taste

Abundant expertise, garnished with perfect service—this is how kitchen appliance maker Rational turns top international chefs into satisfied customers.

A social welfare enterprise with innovative ideas

The German Stroke Foundation: joint interview with Liz Mohn and Dr. Brigitte Mohn.

Giant drill needed Pronto

Soilmec’s drills have no trouble boring holes of 3.5 meters in diameter. To supply these machines quickly and flexibly, the company now thinks in modules

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