At The GKN GROUP, I was, for five years, Executive responsible for domestic and international marketing,
of a large part of the Group, for publications, books, Exhibitions, Seminars, product launches, visiting television programmes,
meeting with overseas Heads of State
in Denmark, Finland, Portugal and other countries, and when Lord Brookes, the Chairman
of this international Steel and engineering Group
GKN
was to visit the Heads of State of the USSR,
he asked me to produce a book for him to present
to the Heads of State of the Russian Government to show exactly what the GKN Group
was capable of doing to design, manufacture and produce for the motor industry
The Group designed factories, paint shops, production lines,
the GKN Unimate robot systems, and a vaste range of componentry
from screws to overdrive systems, wheels, engines, conrods, bolts, etc., etc.,
for systems for, at that time, approximately 80% of the European motor industry
It was a fascinating
concept to encompass the work of this worldwide Group
in one book
which I simply entitled
GKN
Raymond Brookes went, with my book, to Moscow, with 6 or so Chairmen
of each of the major British Car producers
as the major supplier to them all,
as well as their European and Scandinavian competitors
Just a few copies remain which I, very rarely, show in
my Exhibitions and Talks
of a large part of the Group, for publications, books, Exhibitions, Seminars, product launches, visiting television programmes,
meeting with overseas Heads of State
in Denmark, Finland, Portugal and other countries, and when Lord Brookes, the Chairman
of this international Steel and engineering Group
GKN
was to visit the Heads of State of the USSR,
he asked me to produce a book for him to present
to the Heads of State of the Russian Government to show exactly what the GKN Group
was capable of doing to design, manufacture and produce for the motor industry
The Group designed factories, paint shops, production lines,
the GKN Unimate robot systems, and a vaste range of componentry
from screws to overdrive systems, wheels, engines, conrods, bolts, etc., etc.,
for systems for, at that time, approximately 80% of the European motor industry
It was a fascinatingconcept to encompass the work of this worldwide Group
in one book
which I simply entitled
GKN
Raymond Brookes went, with my book, to Moscow, with 6 or so Chairmen
of each of the major British Car producers
as the major supplier to them all,
as well as their European and Scandinavian competitors
Just a few copies remain which I, very rarely, show in
my Exhibitions and Talks
1 comment:
Hello Victoria, Unimate - thank you for mentioning the name, which I had almost forgotten - "U" was one of GKN's unsuccessful attempts to change their image of mere "metal bashers". Unimate could open a bottle and serve a decent pint. Weren't R&D in Wolverhampton involved? I'd love to see your book or scans of a few pages with photographs, if possible.
Being "jubilado" I feel that the time has come to put down an account of the more amusing and generally interesting events during my ten years with the Group.
I'm fascinated by your restless undertakings. This is not unfamiliar to me. Cheers, Peter
PS ..in Russian". An Indian Group company had 1000s of leaflets printed for Europe featuring a long range of a variety of "nueces" insead of "tuercas" (Edible nuts instead of mechanical nuts). Just nuts!
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