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Driven to succeed : How Frank Hasenfratz grew Linamar from Guelph to global / Rod McQueen and Susan M. Papp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McQueen, Rod, 1944-
- Series:
- Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hasenfratz, Frank.
- Linamar Corporation--Biography.
- Linamar Corporation.
- Businessmen--Canada--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Industrialists--Canada--Biography.
- Industrialists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, c2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2012).
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Hungarian-born Frank Hasenfratz fled his native land in 1956 after the revolution to free his nation from Soviet domination failed. He eventually settled in Guelph, Ontario, where he founded Linamar, now the second-largest maker of auto parts in Canada with 15,000 employees worldwide. This is Frank's story as well as that of the company he created.
- Contents:
- Learning to Survive
- Narrow Escapes
- The Prankster
- In the Army
- The Freedom Fighter
- Life as a Refugee
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Brave Beginnings
- The Man at the Machine
- Hits and Misses
- Going Public
- Firing on All Cylinders
- The Linamar Culture
- Starting at the Bottom
- The Family Way
- The Ups and Downs of Skyjack
- Her Own Stamp
- Recovering from the Crisis
- Roots and Wings
- Steering the Canoe
- Doing Well and Doing Good
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-62268-8
- 1-4597-0796-6
- OCLC:
- 823248089
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