'It's hard to believe people are so short term in their thinking'

摘要

Watching Only Fools and Horses is unlikely to feature in Dirk Ville's official induction plan at Atlas Copco. But the man who took the helm of the compressor manufacturer's UK business this June after working for the firm across Europe would offer a wry smile at Del Boy's exploding blow-up dolls and knock off Latvian microwaves. "Here you have people who buy in second hand compressor equipment, take the screw element out, put new paint over it and sell it as a spare part," remarks Ville of the wheeler-dealer approach among some to replacing a component critical to converting ambient air to the pressurised stuff used by your shopfloor.