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Holden Former Executives: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea

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Description:Chapters: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Laurence John Hartnett CBE (26 May 1898 4 April 1986) was an engineer who made several important contributions to the Australian automotive industry. Born in the United Kingdom, he was brought to Australia in 1934 by General Motors to head up its Australian subsidiary General Motors Holden (GMH), which it had acquired in 1931. At the time of his appointment as Managing Director, GMH was performing poorly, and Hartnett's brief was to either turn around the floundering business or close it down. Hartnett successfully turned around the fortunes of the local subsidiary, which operated as a bodybuilder for imported car chassis, to the extent that in 1935, the company increased production to over 23,000 bodies, and declared a profit of 650,000 pounds. In 1936, Hartnett instigated plans for production of an Australian car- these plans finally came to fruition in 1948, with the introduction of the Holden. Hartnett was instrumental in GMH becoming a founding shareholder of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in 1936, together with several other major Australian companies. During World War II, Hartnett was appointed as Director of Ordnance Production by the Australian Government, and he made an important contribution to Australia's War effort. Also, CAC made significant contributions, including design and production of the CAC Boomerang- the only fighter plane designed in Australia. After the War, Hartnett returned to GMH and continued to pursue the goal of producing an Australian car. This involved compromise with General Motors in Detroit, as Hartnett favoured development of a local design, while Detroit preferred to s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=38363We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Holden Former Executives: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea. To get started finding Holden Former Executives: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
24
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
115839831X

Holden Former Executives: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea

Books LLC
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Description: Chapters: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Laurence John Hartnett CBE (26 May 1898 4 April 1986) was an engineer who made several important contributions to the Australian automotive industry. Born in the United Kingdom, he was brought to Australia in 1934 by General Motors to head up its Australian subsidiary General Motors Holden (GMH), which it had acquired in 1931. At the time of his appointment as Managing Director, GMH was performing poorly, and Hartnett's brief was to either turn around the floundering business or close it down. Hartnett successfully turned around the fortunes of the local subsidiary, which operated as a bodybuilder for imported car chassis, to the extent that in 1935, the company increased production to over 23,000 bodies, and declared a profit of 650,000 pounds. In 1936, Hartnett instigated plans for production of an Australian car- these plans finally came to fruition in 1948, with the introduction of the Holden. Hartnett was instrumental in GMH becoming a founding shareholder of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in 1936, together with several other major Australian companies. During World War II, Hartnett was appointed as Director of Ordnance Production by the Australian Government, and he made an important contribution to Australia's War effort. Also, CAC made significant contributions, including design and production of the CAC Boomerang- the only fighter plane designed in Australia. After the War, Hartnett returned to GMH and continued to pursue the goal of producing an Australian car. This involved compromise with General Motors in Detroit, as Hartnett favoured development of a local design, while Detroit preferred to s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=38363We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Holden Former Executives: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea. To get started finding Holden Former Executives: Laurence Hartnett, Peter Hanenberger, Chris Gubbey, Denny Mooney, Alexander Rhea, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
24
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
115839831X

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