|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910876813803321 |
|
|
Autore |
Lorenz Andrew |
|
|
Titolo |
GKN : the making of a business, 1759-2009 / / Andrew Lorenz |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
West Sussex [England], : John Wiley & Sons, 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
0-470-68551-4 |
1-119-20700-2 |
1-280-59146-3 |
9786613621290 |
0-470-68588-3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (442 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
GKN: The Making of a Business 1759-2009; Contents; Foreword by the Chairman; Acknowledgments; chapter 1: Iron Men and an Iron Lady; chapter 2: World Leader; chapter 3: The Steel Age; chapter 4: Keen, Guest and Nettlefolds; chapter 5: The Empire-Builder from Merthyr; chapter 6: Depression and Rearmament; chapter 7: The Fight for Steel; chapter 8: Metal Bashing; chapter 9: Constant Velocity; chapter 10: White Heat and Cold Comfort; chapter 11: Crossroads; chapter 12: In Face of Strife; chapter 13: Farewell to a Hot Forger; chapter 14: A Pallet Pool Is Born; chapter 15: Shot Down |
chapter 16: On the Front Linechapter 17: Baptism of Fire; chapter 18: Transformation; chapter 19: The Japanese Connection; chapter 20: An Era Ends; chapter 21: A Stake in Westland; chapter 22: Reformation; chapter 23: Lift-Off; chapter 24: Courtroom Battle; chapter 25: Acquisition Drive; chapter 26: Parting of the Ways; chapter 27: Rump or Fillet; chapter 28: Moving South, Driving East; chapter 29: The Ultimate Challenge; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index; Color plates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The company that became GKN was forged in the first fires of the Industrial Revolution. And through the two-and-a-half centuries of its remarkable life, GKN has proved a master of Industrial Evolution. From a single blast furnace fuelling a tiny iron works on a remote Welsh |
|
|
|
|