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200 10$aGKN$b[electronic resource] $ethe making of a business, 1759-2009 /$fAndrew Lorenz
210   $aWest Sussex [England] $cJohn Wiley & Sons$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (442 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-470-74953-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aGKN: 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
327   $achapter 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
330   $aThe 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 hillside, GKN was built by a group of men - and one woman - into a world leader. Not just once or twice, but many times, it has changed shape and direction to hold its place at the forefront of the engineering industry.  When iron gave birth to the worldwide railway boom in the early 1800s, GKN was there. It was among t
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