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Driven to Succeed How Frank Hasenfratz Grew Linamar from Guelph to Global

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ISBN-10: 1459707958

ISBN-13: 9781459707955

Edition: 2012

Authors: Rod McQueen, Susan M. Papp

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Frank Hasenfratz grew up in Hungary learning to dodge bullets and avoid land mines during the Second World War. When the 1956 revolution erupted, he and his army unit joined the insurgents. After the revolution was crushed, he fled to Guelph, Ontario, where he gambled everything on a one-man operation making oil pumps for Ford. The company he founded, Linamar, today has 15,000 employees and is the second-largest maker of auto parts in Canada. To create this global empire, Hasenfratz stayed ahead of competitors through hard work, visionary leadership, a cost-conscious regimen, and a skilled workforce.In 1990, Hasenfratz designated his daughter, Linda, to succeed him as chief executive…    
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Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 10/20/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.24" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Susan M. Papp is a television producer, director and writer, who after working for the CBC for fifteen years founded her own television production company, Postmodern Productions. While at the CBC, she was awarded the prestigious Michener Award for her outstanding investigative work. She has written and published widely on Hungarian immigration to and settlement in North America.