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S9E11 - This Start-Up has been around for 222 Years and is Still Going Strong
S9E11 - This Start-Up has been around for 222 Years and is Still Going Strong
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44 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
with ?️ Andreas Müller - CEO at GF
? GF is a sustainability and innovation leader aiming to provide superior customer value across three Divisions enabling the safe transport of liquids and gases, lightweight casting components, and high-precision manufacturing technologies.
What we covered:
? How a 222-Year-Old Company Innovates the secrets of GF and its three divisions
? Why Lithium Production Needs a Leap Frog, How GF is Helping and which solution comes with the best odds
? What Sustainability Means for Lithium Production and EVs, and GF's perspective to that challenge
? How Old Unicorns Interact with Cool Kids: GF's Approach to Startup Collaboration, and what it Takes to Lead a two-century old corporation
? Why the Future of Lithium Production Hinges on Symbiotic Relationships between the various actors in the value chain
? How GF's Strategy Aims to Balance Profitability and Environmental Impact and Why People are at the Heart of GF's Success
? Why a 'Startup Spirit' is Crucial in Large Corporations and what lessons from GF you can apply in your own business
? What the Key Success Factors in Direct Lithium Extraction Projects are and how one can influence those
? How you can Tackle the Challenge of 'Cultural Clash' with Startups by copying some of GF's tactics
? Why 'Stopping' can be as Important as 'Starting' in a Business Journey - and how that's maybe the best business advice you will ever get
? How we need to reinvent Sustainability in the industrial sector and how GF and others are leading the pack and showing the way
? Why Ultra-Precision is the New Gold Standard in e-Mobility
? How GF is Closing the Loop: From Water Reclamation to Non-Revenue Water
? Why GF Believes Profitability and Sustainability are Two Sides of the Same Coin and how that translate in very concrete terms
? Why Going Global is Essential in Today's Business Environment to have a substantial impact and how GF's experience and support can be game changers
? Why GF is Targeting Non-Revenue Water: A Look at the Future of Water Management and how GF's Clean Water Foundation is Changing Lives Across the Globe
? The EV Revolution from a GF Piping Systems, Casting Solutions & Machining Solutions perspective, the Water Sector trends GF is watching out for, building a cool place to work, water scarcity as a powerful shaping for the Water Sector, what GF does to solve the pressing need for clean water in remote areas... and more!
? ... and of course, we concluded with the ????? ???? ????????? ?
? Come say hi to Andreas on LinkedIn
? Check GF's website
➡️ Check out the entire article on GF, the 222 Year Old Start Up on the Don't Waste Water Website
➡️ Reach out to me: antoine@dww.show
More episodes in this Series:
1 - Why Water Technologies Matter in Lithium Mining (And Why You Should Buy Now!)
2 - The Shocking Requirements of Spodumene Processing (and other Lithium 101 stories)
3 - Standard Lithium's 10 Simple Secrets to DLE Success (and how that rolls out in El Dorado)
4 - How 'Reverse ZLD' made the World's Largest Water Company a Lithium Refinery Expert
5 - The Game-Changing Company with 60 Patents That's Disrupting the Battery Industry
6 - Vulcan's Clever Strategy to take off its Zero Carbon Lithium: Sell it Years Ahead!
7 - How to Eradicate Dead Zones, Cut Energy Needs by 80% and Double Lithium Selectivity
8 - How Lithium Refining & Water as a Service spark Growth for a Family Business
9 - Sustainable Lithium Production Has an Overlooked 3rd Component
10 - The 5 Rules to a Successful Direct Lithium Extraction
? GF is a sustainability and innovation leader aiming to provide superior customer value across three Divisions enabling the safe transport of liquids and gases, lightweight casting components, and high-precision manufacturing technologies.
What we covered:
? How a 222-Year-Old Company Innovates the secrets of GF and its three divisions
? Why Lithium Production Needs a Leap Frog, How GF is Helping and which solution comes with the best odds
? What Sustainability Means for Lithium Production and EVs, and GF's perspective to that challenge
? How Old Unicorns Interact with Cool Kids: GF's Approach to Startup Collaboration, and what it Takes to Lead a two-century old corporation
? Why the Future of Lithium Production Hinges on Symbiotic Relationships between the various actors in the value chain
? How GF's Strategy Aims to Balance Profitability and Environmental Impact and Why People are at the Heart of GF's Success
? Why a 'Startup Spirit' is Crucial in Large Corporations and what lessons from GF you can apply in your own business
? What the Key Success Factors in Direct Lithium Extraction Projects are and how one can influence those
? How you can Tackle the Challenge of 'Cultural Clash' with Startups by copying some of GF's tactics
? Why 'Stopping' can be as Important as 'Starting' in a Business Journey - and how that's maybe the best business advice you will ever get
? How we need to reinvent Sustainability in the industrial sector and how GF and others are leading the pack and showing the way
? Why Ultra-Precision is the New Gold Standard in e-Mobility
? How GF is Closing the Loop: From Water Reclamation to Non-Revenue Water
? Why GF Believes Profitability and Sustainability are Two Sides of the Same Coin and how that translate in very concrete terms
? Why Going Global is Essential in Today's Business Environment to have a substantial impact and how GF's experience and support can be game changers
? Why GF is Targeting Non-Revenue Water: A Look at the Future of Water Management and how GF's Clean Water Foundation is Changing Lives Across the Globe
? The EV Revolution from a GF Piping Systems, Casting Solutions & Machining Solutions perspective, the Water Sector trends GF is watching out for, building a cool place to work, water scarcity as a powerful shaping for the Water Sector, what GF does to solve the pressing need for clean water in remote areas... and more!
? ... and of course, we concluded with the ????? ???? ????????? ?
? Come say hi to Andreas on LinkedIn
? Check GF's website
➡️ Check out the entire article on GF, the 222 Year Old Start Up on the Don't Waste Water Website
➡️ Reach out to me: antoine@dww.show
More episodes in this Series:
1 - Why Water Technologies Matter in Lithium Mining (And Why You Should Buy Now!)
2 - The Shocking Requirements of Spodumene Processing (and other Lithium 101 stories)
3 - Standard Lithium's 10 Simple Secrets to DLE Success (and how that rolls out in El Dorado)
4 - How 'Reverse ZLD' made the World's Largest Water Company a Lithium Refinery Expert
5 - The Game-Changing Company with 60 Patents That's Disrupting the Battery Industry
6 - Vulcan's Clever Strategy to take off its Zero Carbon Lithium: Sell it Years Ahead!
7 - How to Eradicate Dead Zones, Cut Energy Needs by 80% and Double Lithium Selectivity
8 - How Lithium Refining & Water as a Service spark Growth for a Family Business
9 - Sustainable Lithium Production Has an Overlooked 3rd Component
10 - The 5 Rules to a Successful Direct Lithium Extraction
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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