PROFILE |
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After shedding its shoes and other holdings, highly diversified conglomerate Oerlikon-Buhrle is wearing a new name: Unaxis. The group has been divesting slower-growth holdings (including shoemaker Bally, defense company Contraves Defence, and the Zurich Hotel) to concentrate on high-tech businesses. A thin-film manufacturer since 1946, Oerlikon-Buhrle held such diverse interests as military equipment, aircraft, and clothing. Unaxis focuses on faster-growth markets: information technology (data storage, semiconductors, optics), components (vacuum pumps, instrumentation), and surface technology (component and tool coating). Unaxis has spun off three instrumentation units to form Inficom.
COMPETITION |
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JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU)
Quantum Corporation (DSS)
Storage Technology Corporation (STK)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 2,038.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 12.2%
Employees: 9,154
Revenue per employee: $222,667.69
KEY PEOPLE |
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Willy Kissling
CEO
Paul E. Otth
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Hofwiesenstrasse 135
CH-8021 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone: 41-1-360-9696
Fax: 41-1-363-7260
Online: Web Site
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