In the air between Vienna and Copenhagen

I am now sitting on the plane from Vienna to Copenhagen. I have spent the last three days at our Production and Distribution unit in Malacky, Slovakia. The week started in an intense way. I arrived to Zurich airport on Monday morning after a 13 hour flight from Hong Kong. I called my wife to tell that I have landed safely and then she told me that she has lost her bank card. After a number of phone calls to great colleagues and the bank, the account was secured and a temporary solution was in place for my wife and family to manage the coming week before I get back to China. After finally arriving in Malacky on Monday at lunch time I have had three very good days. I’ve got inspiration from our Production and Distribution unit in Malacky of improvements, which I will bring back and implement in our Production and Distribution unit in China. On Tuesday we had our P&D tactical meeting where we have set out and decided on priorities for the coming 6-12 months. Today Wednesday we had our engineering group board meeting setting out and deciding on their priorities for the coming 6-12 months. To summarize we are in a very interesting and exiting phase, where we are growing fast and many new and interesting improvements are in the pipeline.

 In the air between Vienna and Copenhagen

Andreas Johannesson
Managing Director
IKEA Components (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.