LINGVA GRACEHOLDERS

Personal grace is one of the assets of successful businesswomen. This blog intends to provide them with some more graceful gifts of distant business English learning.

Monday, July 11, 2005

FINAL T'S CORRECTION FOR FRESH&CO by M.Selakovic




FRESH & CO – A NEW NAME FOR JUICE


One of the Youngest
Fresh & Co was founded in Subotica in 1996. At that time, there were a few natural juices on the market, so the research showed that there was customer demand for natural juice with 100% of fruit and no added sugar. This led to starting Fresh & Co with the first three flavors: orange, apricot and peach.

A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place
Fresh & Co is a private company with a very centralized production and sales control. There is a huge number of sales centres, retail outlets and representative officies and a very good information system made them efficient and organized. Everything is planned: starting from purchase of raw materials, centralized production with high quality control, up to flexible distribution and deliveries within 24 to 48 hours.

Customers Have the Last Word
The main products are natural non-alcoholic juices: next Premium-100% fruit, and next Classic-40% fruit. All flavours of these two brands are delicious.
Business according to the customers’ demands is a leading business policy.

A Model for Future Success Stories
The company future is based on a bigger market and more satisfied customers. Since the leading juice production factory Fresh & Co has already obtained many certificates from domestic and foreign companies, there is no doubt that it will be even better in the future. We can only wish to have more companies such as Fresh & Co to make our whole economy stronger.

FOREST MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT for M.Obradovic

Marija, please do some research on forestry managament and share your findings with us:

1. How is forest management defined?
2. What does it include?
3. What are some common forest management principles/practices in different countries?

Here are some links that you might find useful:

India

U.S.A

Finland

Serbia

FINAL T'S CORRECTION OF SOKO STARK by M.Stijepovic





THE SWEETEST COMPANY IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

From a Socially-owned Enterprise to a Joint-stock Company
“Soko” and “Nada Stark” integrated on the first of January 1966 forming the Biscuit, Chocolate and Candy Manufacturer “Soko – Nada Stark.” The newly-founded enterprise was built and established in Kumodraska Street in Belgrade on 18th October, 1975. In 1981 occurred the integration of “Soko – Nada Stark” with “PKB”, which changed the name of the company into “PKB – Soko Nada Stark”. This status was maintained up to 1990 when Soko Nada Stark decided to continue independently. In January 2001, the Enterprise Assembly decided to accept the Transition Program, then to organize the enterprise as a stock company.

Delightful and Healthy Products
For its production, Stark uses quality raw material which comes from ecologically safe territory. Stark`s range of products include : chocolates, chocolate desserts, chocolate boxes, dragée products, tea cookies, hard biscuit, filled wafer, cereal flips, jelly, Turkish delight… more than 200 products.

Recognized as Quality Producer
The production quality complies with the SQS ISO 9001. All the time Stark is working on introducing assortment innovation, monitoring and implementation of modern trends in technology and in communication with the markets and consumers through the technological development and marketing activities. At the 72 International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad, 14-21, 2005, "STARK" was awarded with BIG CHAMPION GOBLET for the top quality and large range of products.

Responding to Customers’ Needs
Stark will remain the home confectionery leader while it will care for product quality and good communication with buyers, and also try to respond to all the requirements and needs of its customers.

Friday, July 08, 2005

FINAL T's CORRECTION OF GALENIKA by A.Jovasevic-Gloginja


FROM SMALL LABS TO A PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT

Looking Back
Galenika was founded in 1945, by reconstructing and uniting a group of small pharmaceutical laboratories in Belgrade.The manager of the first Yugoslav drug factory was Veceslav Pavlov. The staff numbered about 46 employees, 3 of them with university degree, 40 workers and 3 clerks.The business of the factory included the manufacture of drugs, raw materials, intermediaries, disinfectants, insceticides and expendable dental material.

Highly-educated Human Resources
Today, Galenika has 2949 employees., 540 hold university degree, 31 are with master’s degree and 36 specialists.



Broad Palette of Products
The main products of the factory are: Human Drugs, Dental Products, Veterinary Products and OTC Products.This company is recognised by the world and was awarded a gold medal at the 53rd World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and Tehnology held on 16-21 November, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Ljubinka Gligic headed the innovation project of “Iron – Enriched Brewer’s Yeast Biomass˝. Over 1000 innovations from 40 countries all over the world were presented at the event.

The Magic Combination
The company is very successful because of the good strategy, selection of a high-quality range of products and careful analysis.

At the Forefront of the Industry
In this year, in February, a specialist from Germany Company GLATT, handed over to Galenika the design of a new Solid Dosage Forms Plant.The Project went trough the state revision in the Serbian Ministry of Capital Investments. The production will start in the first half of 2006, and the international experts of pharmaceutical industry have called the SDFP project one of the most modern projects of this kind in Europe.

S'S CORRECTION OF GALENIKA by A.Jovasevic-Gloginja

Galenika was founded in 1945, by reconstructing and uniting a group of small pharmaceutical laboratories in Belgrade.The manager of the first Yugoslav drug factory was Veceslav Pavlov. The staff numbered about 46 employees, 3 of them with university degree, 40 workers and 3 clerks.The business of the factory included the manufacture of drugs, raw materials, intermediaries, disinfectants, insceticides and the expendable dental material.Today, Galenika has 2949 employees, 540 hold university degree, 31 with master degree and 36 specialists.The main products of the factory are: Human Drugs, Dental Products, Veterinary Products and OTC Products.This company is recognised by the world and was awarded a gold medal at the 53rd World Exhibition of innovation, Research and Tehnology held 16-21 November, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Ljubinka Gligic headed the innovation project of “Iron – Enriched Brewer’s Yeast Biomass˝. Over 1000 innovations from 40 countries all over the world were presented at the manifestation.The company is very successful, because of the good strategy, selection of qualitative range of product and careful analysis.In this year, in February, the specialist from Germany Company GLATT, handed over to Galenika design of a new Solid Dosage Forms Plant.The Project went trough the state revision in the Serbian Ministry of Capital Investments. The production will start in the first half of 2006, and the international experts of pharmaceutical industry have called the SDFP project one of the most modern projects of this kind in Europe.

FINAL T'S CORRECTION OF HEMOFARM by J.Bebic




HEMOFARM – A SHORTCUT TO GLOBAL SUCCESS

Hemofarm is an international pharmaceutical group operating in 30 countries worldwide.

Miraculous Development
Hemofarm developed from a small local factory with 30 employees , established in Vrsac in 1960. The first product in its range was aminopyrine, in the form of 0.1 and 0.3 gram tablets. 26 more products of the simplest pharmacopoeic type were registered by the end of that year.
In 1973, Hemoplast, a factory for the production of paper and plastic packaging material, was constructed. In 1977, production of freezer dried forms began. The next major development was construction of a microbiological laboratory with a farm, as well as a garage and workshop.
One of the major projects abroad in 2004 involved the construction of a factory for production of solid drug forms in Obninsk , Russia.

Diversity As One of Main Principles
The most important products of Hemofarm include medicinal products, multivitamins, animal health items, OTC, medical devices, and crop protection chemicals.

Key to Success
Hemofarm has always had a high quality range of products. Its integral selection of medicines and its reputation among customers and suppliers , both domestically and abroad, has always been a permanent aim as well as a precondition for further expansion.

S'S CORRECTION OF HEMOFARM by J.Bebic

Hemofarm group is an international pharmaceutical group operating in 30 countries worldwide.

History
Hemofarm developed from a small local factory with 30 employees , established in Vrsac in 1960. The first product in its range was aminopyrine, in the form of 0.1 and 0.3 gram tablets. 26 more products of the simplest pharmacopoeic type were registered by the end of that year.
1973 The construction of Hemoplast, a factory for the production of paper and plastic packagin material, was underway .
!977 production of freezer dried forms begin.
A microbiological laboratory with a farm was constructed, and a garage and workshop were built.
2004 The construction of a factory for the production of solid drug forms was initiated in Obninsk , Russia.

MAIN PRODUCTS
Medicinal Product, Multivitamins, Animal Health , OTC, Medical Devices, Crop Protection.

What makes it successful.
Hemofarm is high quality range of products. Its integral selection of medicines and its reputation among Customers and suppliers , both domestically and abroad, has always been a permanent aim as well as a precondition for further expansion.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

1ST CHECK of Galenika by A.Jovasevic-Gloginja







Aleksandra, pay attention to the sections in bold - they could be improved.THe mistakes are connected with verb structures, spelling, articles or vocabulary.

Galenika founded in 1945, by reconstructing and uniting a group of small pharmaceutical laboratories in Belgrade.
The manager of the first Yugoslav drug factory was Veceslav Pavlov. The staff numbered about 46 employees, 3 of them with university degree, 40 workers and 3 clerks.
The business of the factory included the manufacture of drugs, row materials, intermediaries, disinfectants, insceticides and the expendable dental material.
Today, Galenika has 2949 employees, 540 hold university degree, 31 master degree and 36 specialists.
The main products of the factory are: Human Drugs, Dental Products, Veterinary Products and OTC Products.
This company is recognise by the world and was awarded a gold medal at the 53rd World Exhibition of innovation, Research and Tehnology held 16-21 November, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Ljubinka Gligic headed the innovation project of “Iron – Enriched Brewer’s Yeast Biomass˝. Over 1000 innovations from 40 countries all over the world were presented at the manifestation.
The company is very successful, because of the good strategy, selection of qualitative range of product and careful analysis.
In this year, in February, the specialist from Germany Company GLATT, handed over to Galenika design of a new Solid Dosage Forms Plant.
The Project went trough the state revision in the Serbian Ministry of Capital Investmants. The production will start in the first half of 2006, and the international experts of pharmaceutical industry have called the SDFP project one of the most modern projects of this kind in Europe.

GALENIKA by A.Jovasevic-Gloginja

Galenika founded in 1945, by reconsructing and uniting a group of small pharmaceutical laboratories in Belgrade.
The manager of the first Yugoslav drug factory was Veceslav Pavlov. The staff numbered about 46 employees, 3 of them with university degree, 40 workers and 3 clerks.
The business of the factory included the manufacture of drugs, row materials, intermediaries, disinfectants, insceticides and the expendable dental material.
Today, Galenika has 2949 employees, 540 hold university degree, 31 master degree and 36 specialists.
The main products of the factory are: Human Drugs, Dental Products, Veterinary Products and OTC Products.
This company is recognise by the world and was awarded a gold medal at the 53rd World Exhibition of innovation, Research and Tehnology held 16-21 November, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Ljubinka Gligic headed the innovation project of “ Iron – Enriched Brewer’s Yeast Biomass. Over 1000 innovations from 40 countries all over the world were presented at the manifestation.
The company is very successful, because of the good strategy, selection of qualitative range of product and careful analysis.
In this year, in February, the specialist from Germany Company GLATT, handed over to Galenika design of a new Solid Dosage Forms Plant.
The Project went trough the state revision in the Serbian Ministry of Capital Investmants. The production will start in the first half of 2006, and the international experts of pharmaceutical industry have called the SDFP project one of the most modern projects of this kind in Europe.

Monday, July 04, 2005

Final T's Correction of Bambi by M.Obradovic

Bambi – Charm of the Fawn, Tenacity of the Buck



Not an Overnight Miracle

Bambi started operating in 1967. After two years Plazma biscuits became the quality champion in Yugoslavia and new products were introduced into the production programme. In 1981 the products Plazma biscuits, Belvit biscuits and wafers were classified according to the international code “FOOD 5’’ and the new production plant Bambi II was built. For the 20th anniversary Bambi III plant in Branicevo was put into operation. In 1992 a biscuits factory in Urosevac and fruit processing and juice production factory, cold-storage plant and wine cellar in Đakovica were joined to Bambi. In 1993 Bambi technology was transferred to Russia and a chain of specialised stores around the country, call Sweet Houses was opened. In 1996 Bambi became a holding company. In the same year they got the greatest world award Monde Selection, which followed as a crown of 30 years of successful work and development. In 1997 they won the international I S O 9001 certificate in the confectionery industry of Yugoslavia.

Who Makes It Successful?

Miroslav Miletic is the managing director. They have executive directors for production, commercial, development, quality, finance and investments.

A Wide Palette of Products

The main products are Plazma biscuits, tea cookies, wafer products, rollers, belvit, hard biscuits (petit beure, zlatni pek, milky biscuits), crackers, salty cookies, frozen fruit and mushrooms, first class fish and healthy water is an integral part of healthy food concern.

Dedication and Excellence

Products for baby feeding and products of extraordinary nutritive characteristics intended for the specific diet of athletes are rich in vitamins, minerals, proteins and other substances physiologically indispensable to the organism. They bear with pride the decorations of “Monde Selection” - the gold medal for quality and Eureka Brussels, which classify them into a small number of world recognised confectioneries. The basic support of their success is the young and qualified team whose knowledge and abilities are systematically developed and improved through constant training.

Will They Remain on the Scene?

They will be successful in the future because there are no limits in satisfying the requirements, needs and expectations of customers and consumers, which they achieve by the continual quality improvement. Owing to provision of a good living standard and working conditions, Bambi is the most desirable working place in the surroundings.

1ST T'S CHECK OF HEMOFARM by J.Bebic

Jasmina, try to improve highlighted text sections. Think about possible mistakes in spelling, vocabulary, completeness of sentences, articles, and clarity.

Hemofarm group is an international pharmacential group operating in 30 countries worldwide.

History
Hemofardeveloped from a small local factory with 30 employees , established in Vrsac in 1960. The first product in its range was aminopyrine, in the form of 0.1 and 0.3 gram tablets. 26 more products of the simplest pharmacopoeic type were registered by the end of that year.
1973 The construction of Hemoplast, a factory for the production of paper and plastic packanging material, was underway .
1977 production of freezer dried forms begin.
A microbiological laboratory with a farms was constructed, and a garage and workshop were built.
2004 The construction of a factory for the production of solid drug forms was initiated in Obninsk , Russia.

MAIN PRODUCTS
Medicinal Product, Multivitamins, Animal Health , OTC, Medical Devices, Crop Protection.

What makes it successful.
Hemofarm has high quality range of prodact. Its integral selection of medicines and its reputation among Customers and suppliers , both domestically and abroad, has always been a permanent aim as well as a precondition for futher expansion.

1ST T'S CHECK of BAMBI by M.Obradovic

Marija, look at text sections in bold and try to improve your writing. Think about possible subheadings, completeness of sentences, tenses, articles, appropriate vocabulary, etc.

Bambi starts operating in 1967. After two years Plazma biscuits becomes the quality champion in Yugoslavia and new products are introduced in the production programme. In 1981 Products Plazma biscuits, Belvit biscuits and wafers are classified according to international code “FOOD 5’’ and New production plant Bambi II is being built. For the 20th anniversary Bambi III plant in Branicevo is put into operation. In 1992 a biscuits factory in Urosevac and fruit processing and juice production factory, cold-storage plant and wine cellar in Đakovica are joined to Bambi. In 1993 Bambi technology transferring to Russia and opening the chain of specialised stores around the country, call Sweet Houses. In 1996 Bambi becomes a holding company. Same year -The elite and the greatest world award - Monde Selection followed as a crown of 30 years successful work and development. In 1997-First International ISO 9001 certificate in the confectionery industry of Yugoslavia.
Miroslav Miletic is the managing director. They have executive directors for production, commercial, development, quality, finance and investments.
Main products are Plazma biscuits, tea cookies, wafer products, rollers, belvit, hard biscuits (petit beure, zlatni pek, milky biscuits), crackers, salty cookies, frozen fruit and mushrooms, first class fish and healthy water is integral part of healthy food concern.
Products for baby feeding and products of extraordinary nutritive characteristics intended for the specific diet of athletes are rich in vitamins, minerals, albumens and other physiologically indispensable to the organism. They bear with pride the decorations of “Monde Selection” - the gold medal for quality and Eureka Brussels, which classify them into a small number of world recognised confectioneries. The basic support of our success is the young and qualified team of staff whose knowledge and abilities we systematically develop and improve through constant training.
They will be successful in the future because there are no limits in satisfying the requirements, needs and expectations of customers and consumers, which they achieve by the continual quality improvement. Due to providing the good living standard and working conditions, Bambi is the most desirable working place in the vicinity. Spreading ideas of quality management and handing over its own knowledge and experience.

1ST T'S CHECK of THE SWEETEST COMPANY IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

“Soko” and “Nada Stark” integrated on the first January 1966 forming Biscuit, chocolate and candy manufacturer “Soko – Nada Stark.”
New factory was built and established at Kumodraska Street at Belgrade on 18th October 1975.
In 1981 occurred the integration “Soko – Nada Stark” with “PKB”, what changed the name of the company into “PKB – Soko Nada Stark”. This status maintained up to 1990 when Soko Nada Stark decide to continue independent.
In January 2001 the Enterprise Assembly has decided to accept the Transition Program, then to organize the enterprise as a stock company.
For its production Stark uses quality raw material who comes from ecologically safe territory.
Stark`s range of products include : chocolates, chocolate desserts, chocolate boxes, dragée products, tea cookies, hard biscuit, filled wafer, cereal flips, jelly, Turkish delight… more than 200 products.
The production quality complies with the SQS ISO 9001.
Stark all the time working on introducing assortment innovation, monitoring and implementation of modern trends in technology and in communication with the markets and consumers throught the technological development and marketing activities.

Stark will remain the home confectionery leader while he will care for product quality and good communication with buyers and also tries to respond to the requirements and needs of customers.
Novi Sad
May 14-21, 2005

At the 72 International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad, "STARK" has been awarded with BIG CHAMPION GOBLET for the top quality and large range of products.

HEMOFARM by J.Bebic

Hemofarm group is an international pharmacential group operating in 30 countries worldwide.

History
Hemofardeveloped from a small local factory with 30 employees , established in Vrsac ,
In 1960. The first product in its range was aminopyrine , in the form of 0.1 and 0.3 gram tablets. 26 more products of the simplest pharmacopoeic type were registered by the end of that year.
1973 The construction of Hemoplast , a factory for the production of paper and plastic packanging material , was underway .
1977 production of freezer dried forms begin.
A microbiological laboratory with a farms was constructed , and a garage and workshop were built.
2004 The construction of a factory for the production of solid drug forms was initiated in Obninsk , Russia.

MAIN PRODUCTS
Medicinal Product , Multivitamins , Animal Healt , OTC , Medical Devices , Crop Protection .

What makes it successful.
Hemofarm has high quality range of prodact. Its integral selection of medicines and its reputation among
Customers and suppliers , both domestically and abroad , has always been a permanent aim as well as a precondition for futher expansion.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

T's Preliminary Check of Bambi by M.Obradovic



Marija, your article is too long – it has 518 words instead of 180-250. After you make it shorter, I will check it in more detail.

1st T's Check of Fresh and Co. article by M.Selakovic



Marija, your article is too short – it should have 180-250 words. Also, you should invent a catchy title.
You will notice that I have put some parts of your text in bold. Think about improving those sections – they might have article or vocabulary mistakes.


FRESH&CO
Fresh & Co was founded in Subotica in 1996. According to the market demands first product was non-alcoholic fruit-natural juice. This is a private company with very good organization:
-sales control
-centralized sales administration
-planning of deliveries
-stock control
Efficient distribution means that the productions are available to customers in all parts of country. Main products are natural fruit juices: next Premium-100% fruit and next Classic- 40% fruit. Business according to the customers demands is leading business politics. Company future is bigger market and satisfied customers.

Monday, June 20, 2005

ASSIGNMENT 1: TOP COMPANIES IN SERBIA



Your first assignment in this course will be to make some research about famous Serbian companies/organisations. You will choose the most interesting one and write an article (180-250 words). Your article should have a catchy title and be paragraphed according to the following guidelines:

- Company/organisation history
- Company/organisation structure
- Main products
- What makes it successful
- Company’s/organisation's future

You will use the same material to prepare a PP presentation.

The following links might be useful for your research:

Search engines

Krstarica
Business in Serbia
Yu Yellow Pages
Hemija

Links to texts about some successful companies/organisations in Serbia

Anlave
Dr Ristic Polyclinic
Hemofarm
Galenika
Metalac
Tigar
Simpo
Boreli
Fresh&Co.
Knjaz Miloš
Bambi
Štark
Dijamant
Maxi

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Greetings




Hello,

I have opened this blog for you to use in our classroom or remote practice of writing. I hope the topics and proposed internet links will be relevant to your interests and that you will respond to other people's writing with encouraging comments.

Mira