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WELL SAID

“Virtual learning is unbeatable. You can train your individual skills at your own pace in a safe and realistic environment – with almost no environmental footprint at all.”

Niko Verhaegen,

Global Business Application Manager New Technologies

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INSIGHT

The next generation

They are the future of GF. After the summer holidays, almost 100 apprentices will start the new training year at locations worldwide. They are learning the ropes of about 20 different professions related to mechanics, mechatronics, automation, construction, plastics technology, electronics, foundry technology, logistics, information technology, mediamatics or a commercial trade. We look forward to meeting our junior staff.

IN DEMAND

Pipette tips are used in thousands of different diagnostic tests – from Covid-19 to food quality assurance to genetics. More than 30 billion of them are consumed worldwide every year. Many thousands of GF molds are needed to produce these high-precision instruments.

TIP

Digital travel diaries

The coronation of the last German emperor in Frankfurt, the monumental construction site of the Thames Tunnel or the secret steam engines of Boulton & Watt in Soho: Take a trip through early industrial Europe with GF founder Johann Conrad Fischer. On the occasion of his 250th birthday, we are publishing an online edition of his 1794–1851 travel diaries – for the first time also in English.

https://www.johannconradfischer.com/

PICTURE PUZZLE

And where is that?

Tip: A fountain of a special kind embellishes this GF location in a port city by the Arabian Sea.

You can find the answer at the bottom of this page.

GREETINGS FROM THE CANTEEN

A tasty dish in Hakan and beyond

Karnıyarık is a traditional Turkish dish – and one of the most popular in the GF canteen in Hakan. Read on to learn how to prepare it.

Head cook Resul Sensözlü (center) and his team, including Aygül Yöntem (left) and Nurhayat Duyar (right), prepare traditional Turkish dishes such as stuffed eggplant (karniyarik) in the cafeteria at GF Hakan Plastik Çerkezköy.

Ingredients (serves 2): 4–6 small eggplants, 350 g minced meat, 1 chopped onion, 2 chopped green chilies, 2 garlic cloves, 2 diced tomatoes,1 tsp tomato paste, chili paste, salt and pepper each, 2–3 cherry tomatoes, 4–6 hot peppers, parsley

1. Soak eggplants peeled in strips in salted water. Then pat dry, sauté, slit lengthwise and place in a casserole dish.

2. Sauté onions and chilies, add minced meat and stew it. Season with garlic, tomato paste, chili paste, salt and pepper, then add diced tomatoes and chopped parsley.

3. Fill eggplants with the mixture, top with cherry tomatoes and hot peppers and bake for 20–25 minutes in a preheated oven at 170 degrees Celsius. Bon appétit!

Solution for the picture puzzle: The fountain with integrated GF logo is located in front of the production plant in Ratnagiri (India). GF Piping Systems has been represented there since 2008.