Fairchild Water Technologies‚ Inc. I. INTRODUCTION Fairchild Water Technologies was founded in 1980 by Eugene Fairchild. The company’s first product was a desalinator used by mobile home parks in Florida to remove salt from well water supplied to residents. As the desalinator became a huge success‚ the company expanded into the coastal region’s adjacent to the company’s headquarters in Tampa‚ Florida‚ and then to desert areas in the southwestern United States. By 2002‚ they had expanded
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1. Problem/Issue Definition Fairchild Water Technology was a company established in 1980 by Eugene Fairchild that focused on water filtration and purification systems. Fairchild was very successful in the industry and wanted to expand internationally and to be known as the producer of the best water purification systems in worldwide. As the international market liaison for Fairchild‚ Rahul Chatterjee was given the challenge of moving Fairchild from just “dabbling in developing countries to thriving
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Case Study Student: 00599-3878 By the year 2000‚ Fairchild Water Technologies‚ Inc. (Fairchild) was a mature company experienced in the realm of water technologies and offering a diverse product line consisting of desalinators‚ particle filters‚ ozonators‚ ion exchange resins and water purifiers. Even though their prices were higher than those of many competitors‚ industry experts generally regarded the product line as superior in terms of performance and quality. Fairchild had experienced some
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CASE FAIRCHILD WATER TECHNOLOGIES‚ INC. 1. The difference between a developing and a developed country are typically based on economics. A developing country usually has a low level of affluent citizens‚ and higher levels of unemployment. Developing countries also have lower education rates‚ and often times undeveloped‚ rural type villages. Developed countries usually have technological advantages‚ better roads‚ stable governments‚ higher education rates‚ and good health care. 2. By performing
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Decision Problem Should Fairchild enter the Indian market and if so what form of market entry to adopt? Strategic Options 1. Licensing: The aAdvantages include an accelerated path to market entry as well as lower initial investment expenses. pros oof this option are it is quick and easy to enter the market‚ and has a lower cost of entry. The dDisadvantages are many including involve a lowestlower expected ROI‚ minimum future equity opportunities as well as limited control over marketing‚ pricing
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at the beginning of 2009 was1.342 trillion barrels of which about 10 % is deep water – a little more than 100 billion barrels. Deep water drilling is the process of oil and gas exploration and production in depths of more than 500 feet. The deep water drilling system consists of the semisubmersible drill ship‚ riser and subsea hardware including the blowout preventer (BOP) stack and underwater work systems. Deep water horizon contains perishable evidence and potentially stores pollutants‚ and as
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WATER‚ WATER EVERYWHERE Prepared for Prepared by Water makes up almost 70 (seventy) percent of the human body and without it‚ it has been said that the body cannot be sustained and would therefore perish. Every nutrition class or article that I have ever read‚ has always touted water as the “elixir of life”. In my humble opinion that makes water a basic necessity for the sustainment of life and the access to free water a basic right for all people. However‚ if the water was on pre-owned property
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Bottled Water Case: Industrial Evolution 1. Describe the bottled water industry as presented in the case a. Size in sales: In 2001‚ bottled water was among the world’s most attractive beverage categories‚ with global sales exceeding 32 billion gallons and annual growth averaging nearly 9 percent between 1996 and 2001. b. Projected growth: U.S. per capita consumption had grown to nearly 20 gallons a year by 2001 and was expected to grow to 26 gallons a year by 2005 c. Number of Competitors:
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NEI 7RU‚ Email: c.j.ivory@ncl.ac.uk The article considers knowledge management issues from the client’s perspective. In the example presented‚ a sludge treatment centre procured by Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL)‚ the task faced by the client was to manage knowledge in a context where the core technology being procured was new and resulted in the need for new knowledge to be created and shared both pre- and post-delivery. In exploring these issues‚ the article reveals the problems of (and some
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Save Water You can lower the temperature setting on your water heater and save money at the same time by insulating your water pipes. Just insulating the hot water pipes can reduce heat loss and raise your hot water temperature by 2-4 degrees F. You will save water as well‚ as it won’t take as long for the water to heat up. As you can see‚ there are many different types of “green energy” technologies. Because there are so many options‚ there is bound to be a way to put "green energy" to work for
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