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in Russia
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At a joinery
in Russia, Senior Expert Hans-Ulrich Hesselbarth encountered
a wide range of technical problems. The majority of the
employees were lacking the basic manufacturing skills
in such aspects as timber seasoning, surface treatment
and final varnishing. Nevertheless, the joinery with its
work force of 24, was supplying competitive products.
The "Berjoska" factory (meaning small birch tree) in Lipowo
in the region of Kaliningrad makes small items of furniture
as well as window and door frames, paying its workers
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The main technical problems
included appraising the timber structure before storage,
controlling the moisture content during seasoning, applying
the right surface treatment and obtaining the varnish
thinners. Hans-Ulrich Hesselbarth also paid a great deal
of attention to the aspect of safety at work. The employer
and the Senior Expert established a very good relationship
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Assignment
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Senior Expert Eberhard Seitz taking a soil
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New silk
along the old silk road
In its advertising, SES quite rightly emphasises that
it has Senior Experts registered for just about every
trade and profession. Senior Expert Eberhard Seitz from
Hamburg proved the truth of this statement yet again.
He flew to Kyrgyzstan and helped build a new silk production
facility right at the centre of the old silk road. A textile
specialist by trade, Eberhard Seitz provided invaluable
help in reviving a four thousand-year old tradition in
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this Central Asian republic
- a tradition that had been neglected during the last
few decades under the planned socialist economy. First
of all, he dealt with problems concerning insect attack
and irrigation. Trial plantations were then prepared with
up to 50,000 mulberry bushes. The farmers learned - as
their ancestors had done - that the softer leaves from
the bushes make better food for the silkworms than leaves
from trees.
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of silkworm and, after just one year, were already
expecting to reap two harvests of up to 100 tons
of dry cocoons. For Kyrgyzstan, having its own silk
industry means an additional 400 jobs for skilled
workers. The small farmers in the region can expect
an additional annual income of up to 1,500 US dollars.
They also have their eye on exports, which will
bring foreign currency to the country. |
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the computer code for this assignment was "OSH-SILK",
an assignment which took the Senior Expert Service
into new territory. Eberhard Seitz made "OSH-SILK"
into a major success - so much so that it might
well have an impact on the world silk market, which
has so far been dominated by China. The revival
of silk production in this country could also attract
international investors. |
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Welcome - the first dried cocoons
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Assignment in Croatia |
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Georg Fischer demonstrates the use of a
refuse compactor
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Waste management
Before being put in charge of running a centralized refuse
disposal site, it is important to learn the fundamental
principles of waste management. Senior Expert Georg Fischer
was sent to the Island of Brac (which has eight communities)
in Croatia to teach the people responsible the fundamentals
of German waste management. He shuttled between Brac and
the Ministry of the Environment in Zagreb until his recommendations
were implemented. With the express support of the Minister,
he explained to the Government officials how the German
system of a communal "administration union" actually functions.
The Senior Expert also taught the staff of the once privately
managed "refuse tip" about the basics of water management
and about planning landfill sites. This was an important
first step, because it meant that the primitive system
of disposal could be halted and the environment could
be made cleaner. The communities were now in a position
to give more thought to stepping up their advertising
for tourism.
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With Georg Fischer, an engineer
who formerly headed the municipal cleansing services in
Berlin and had already worked as a Senior Expert on environmental
problems as far away as Irkutsk, SES was again able to
delegate the right Senior Expert to solve a difficult
problem. |
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