Roger Fang, Official MFN Trainer and General Manager of Wyne-Tech International in Taiwan

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by Roger Fang, Official MFN Trainer and General Manager of Wyne-Tech International in Taiwan

Globalisation is an issue people have different opinions about. Some just feel uncomfortable about it, others are even willing to demonstrate against it, while a lot of people are convinced one can only benefit from such a development. It is quite clear that not everybody will be on the winning side looking at the fast changes it brings along. In any case, one thing is for sure – globalisation can not be stopped. Means of communication have so greatly improved and became so affordable within the last decade that in many fields location is not an issue anymore. Using the internet, nowadays it is even possible to make overseas phone calls completely free of charge and if required several hundred megabits of date can be transmitted around the globe with a single mouse chick. Many suppliers compete on a global base. All a consumer needs to do is to “google” the requested product on the web to get a list of suppliers from all over the world.
So the world has become really small. Taking the MFN magazine as an example: The layout is done in Switzerland, the Chief Editor is working in Germany, proof reading is done in Taiwan and the final printing is carried out in Singapore…
MFN feels the impact of globalisation even more in terms of its FAA approved shot peening training. While we started to give classes just in English, we soon learned that this is by far not enough. During our last workshop in Dusseldorf we had simultaneous translation from English to German, but realised, that there were participants which had difficulties to follow either of the languages.

Shot Peening Training in Chinese

Besides English, training material and complete courses are available in German, French and most recently in Chinese. Especially the Chinese speaking region will be of great importance in terms of MFN’s training. China’s economy is developing at such a fast pace combining such a huge territory that there is no question that this development is connected with an increasing demand for qualified training of any kind.
Just to give an impression of the economic growth in China: In 2004, China was already the most important export market for the German tool machinery manufacturers. Equipment for 770 million Euros was exported to China while “only” 714 million Euros worth of machinery went to their second most import market, which is the USA. These figures speak for themselves.
MFN contributes to the development in this region by offering shot peening training in Chinese. Since translation from a western language into Chinese is very complicated, only the fundamental knowledge in shot peening has been translated at the moment. The training in Chinese will be carried out either by Nai Puay Guan from Singapore or by myself.
MFN wants to be well prepared to carry out training in almost any place in this world. Certainly there is still a lot to do. However, with 19 trainers coming from 12 different countries (Canada, England, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan, The USA), the organisation is certainly heading in the right direction.
Our next international MFN shot peening workshop & trade show will be in Singapore taking place from the 24th-26th of October. It would be nice to welcome some of our readers there.

Best Regards

Roger Fang
roger@mfn.li

Author: Roger Fang

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