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[GaiasSohn]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.895.097 von Wildschwein am 01.04.09 11:06:31

bin nicht unbedingt der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler aber dezentralisiert man nicht einzelne Geschäftsbereiche in Wachstumszeiten. Ich glaube selbst wenn es noch mal holprig werden sollte könnte das Risiko bei plötzlicher guter Nachrichtenlage Kursen nachlaufen zu müssen hoch sein.Vielleicht bereitet John Sheridan mit seinen Andeutungen zukünftige Ankündigungen vor.

[Geebeeh]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.895.930 von Schmitt_V am 01.04.09 12:15:51

Die Entwicklung von Ballard verläuft in den letzten Jahren kontinuierlich in Richtung Profitabilität.
Nachdem die Zeiten der New Economy, in denen Ballard an die Börse gegangen ist und die Aktie enorme Höchststände erzielte, vorbei sind und das Management auch definitiv eingestanden hat das die damals gesetzten Ziele bzw. der Zeitplan völlig unrealistisch waren ist Ballard imo auf einem guten Weg.
Was gibt es den besseres, als ein Management das aus seinen Fehlern lernt. Ich habe inzwischen sogar den Eindruck das Management ist nicht nur lernfähig, sondern auch sehr kreativ und sie haben eine Vision, die Ballard von dem Umdenken bezüglich Klimawandel und Energiegewinnung profitieren lässt.

Die letzten Meldungen machen mich zuversichtlich das Ballard der Finanzkrise trotzen kann und sich zu einem gefragten Unternehmen entwickelt.

Wer heute einsteigt macht imo mittelfristig ( 2-4 Jahre ) nicht viel verkehrt.

Keine Propaganda, Kauf- oder Verkaufsempfehlung etc. Blabla... !

[Schmitt_V]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.895.249 von Geebeeh am 01.04.09 11:21:49

ich frag mich gerade was mit dem kurs passiert, wenn die im nächsten geschäftsbericht mitteilen, dass sie gewinn erwirtschaftet haben ! und so wie aussieht sind die aussichten auch ziemlich positiv.

[Geebeeh]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.895.097 von Wildschwein am 01.04.09 11:06:31

Danke für diesen informativen Beitrag!!!
Da ist ja schwer was los bei Ballard; ich habe den Eindruck die wollen richtig Fahrt aufnehmen.

[Wildschwein]

talked a number of times about the pressing need to drive our company to
profitability. With the progress that we have made together over the past 3 years, we
should all feel encouraged that the goal of profitability is now a realistic one for the short
term.
However, we have also discussed that the global recession, and its impacts on our sales
and revenue opportunities, is heightening the difficulty of the challenges. Tough times are
usually the time for tough decisions, and that’s what this note is about.
To ensure that we continue to move forward with our drive to near term profitability and
as well deliver on our priority goals this year, we have made strategic decisions to simplify
our organizational structure to improve execution and reduce costs.
Simplifying our Organizational Structure
We are making a number of organizational changes, effective immediately, which will
increase leadership scope and simplify the way we do things.
First, consistent with our market focus, we will move to a two-segment approach in fuel
cell products: stationary power and motive power, under the leadership of two directors.
Cogeneration will be moved into the stationary power segment. The motive power
segment will include material handling and bus. Tony Cochrane will lead the stationary
power segment, and Paul Cass will lead the motive power segment.
Second, we will make a number of organization alignment changes within R&O, which
Chris Guzy will outline in detail in a follow-on announcement. One key change, given the
growth pressures of the FCgen-1300 work for India, is the establishment of a new VPOperations
leadership position, to consolidate Supply Chain, Manufacturing Quality,
Manufacturing Engineering & Development, Production, Environmental Health and Safety,
LEDS, Facilities and Physical Security. I am very pleased to announce that Paul Cass has
been promoted to the role of Vice President, Operations, to lead these functions, effective
immediately. For the next several months, until a decision is made on the new Director,
Motive Power, Paul will fill both of these leadership roles.
At the same time that we are establishing a new leadership role in Operations, we will be
simplifying R&O and consolidating management roles in some areas. The details are
outlined in the R&O announcement.
Third, we will also be making some structural changes in our administrative support
groups to provide support more efficiently and therefore, some positions will be eliminated
memorandum
To: All Employees
From: John Sheridan Date: March 31, 2009
Copy:
Subject: Organization Changes
t) 604 454 0900
f) 604 412 4700
www.ballard.com
Ballard Power Systems
9000 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, BC
Canada V5J 5J8
in Finance, HR and IT. We will also be integrating the Legal and IP groups into one team
and Kerry Hillier will become Manager, Legal.
Functional VP’s and directors will be communicating directly with their respective groups to
explain the specific organizational changes in detail.
The Impact on Jobs
The net impact of the various changes will be the elimination of 39 positions (including 1
director and 4 manager positions) in Burnaby out of a total of 450 employees. Of these
positions, 7 are currently unfilled and will be cancelled.
Unfortunately, this means that the employment of 32 Ballard employees will be
terminated. All employees in the Burnaby office who are directly impacted have already
been notified. We will ensure that the employees leaving Ballard are treated with the
utmost fairness and respect. In addition to our severance obligations, we will also provide
counseling and job placement services. To be fair to the departing employees and to
support the organization moving forward as soon as possible, the various changes and
departures will all be implemented by the end of this week, April 3rd.
All of the people leaving have made significant contributions to Ballard over the years, and
we thank them for their contributions.
Moving Forward
It was very difficult to make these decisions, but given the current economic environment,
it is the right step and will strengthen our positioning to deliver on our 2009 growth plan
and to drive our company to profitability in the near term.
We will have Townhall Meetings at Glenlyon and Plant One on Monday to explain the
changes and the new structure in more detail.
In the interim though, don’t hesitate to ask your manager, director, VP, or me, if you have
any questions or concerns.
John

[Schmitt_V]

Habt ihr den offenen Brief vom CEO von Ballard gelesen ? Er betont nochmal dass Ballard in kurzer Zeit schon profitabel sein wird.

[DerNasenbaer]

Auf die kommende Woche bin ich sehr gespannt

[Wildschwein]

Bin mal gespannt wann die ersten Ballard Meldungen bezüglich erster neuer Aufträge aus der KFZ Sparte vermeldet

[Wildschwein]

Ich hab den Eindruck, dass die Masse von der Erholung von Ballard noch nichts mitbekommen hat

[Wildschwein]

Mal sehen wie es weitergeht diese Woche