George Dorkhom

President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Member of the Industrial Council

Council Member Biography

George Dorkhom is the President and Managing Partner of AD&A Worldwide, a corporate restructuring group. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingersoll International, a global company that manufactures large machine and cutting tools and specialized equipment for aerospace and general industrial and its various sub segments. Prior to Ingersoll, he held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Messer cutting and welding, a global cutting and welding machines and robotics company. Mr. Dorkhom was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Contraves, a defense and aerospace manufacturing organization and a President and COO of Oerlikon Missile systems. He has industry knowledge in the general industrial, oil and gas equipments, mass transit, ship building, medical equipments, flow and motion control, aerospace/defense, consumer and defense electronics, factory automation and material handling, electro-optics and lasers and sensors, and capital goods. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2007 - present: President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide
2002 - 2007: President and Chief Executive Officer, INGERSOLL MACHINE TOOLS, INC.
1998 - 2000: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Messer Cutting and Welding AG
1991 - 1997: President and Chief Executive Officer, Contraves Inc.
1990 - 1991: Chief Operating Officer, Oerlikon Burhle
1986 - 1990: VP Corporate Development, National Steel Corporation
1980 - 1986: Executive VP Finance, IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
1975 - 1980: Director, Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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Gas Cylinders Are Here to Stay

September 20, 2009

Analysis by:George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Analysis of: Is It The End For High-Pressure Gas Cylinders? | www.prlog.org

Higher pressure or not , the gas cylinders market is an important segment in the industrial gas business for smaller users and mobile applications in medical and industry and are here to stay but controls technology must continue to improve on safety and reliability.

China takes off, it is rapidly taking over as we squander our brand names for ?

September 11, 2009

Analysis by:George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Analysis of: China’s Geely, Beijing Automotive Target Volvo, Saab | www.bloomberg.com

It is a known fact that the Chinese government has put its weight and tremendous wealth behind targeted industries, Electronics , automotive and aerospace and it is well on its way to target the general industrial market. It is succeeding and have taken over Japan in Electronics manufacturing output...why...

Temporary lay-offs in Italy maybe OK,but plant closure ..guess what

September 10, 2009

Analysis by:George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Analysis of: Italian Government Reaches Union Agreement on Fiat’s CNH Plant | www.bloomberg.com

Italian Labor law is so inflexible about layoffs and forget the future of the plant in Imola if it invovles permanent closure. Italy, behind Spain , is one of the most socialistic countries when it come to labor law giving no flexibility whatsoever to industry in manoeuvering during difficult times,...

Outsourcing is the trend ..do not cry wolf

September 8, 2009

Analysis by:George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Analysis of: Defense industry pleads for investment | www.ft.com

To my best of my knowledge the UK defense spending in 2010 is projected to be up by a few percentage points and so as the EU and Nato..so what is the fuss all about..outsourcing? then they have to cry endlessly as this has been the trend for a long time in the world of the defense industry,but perhaps...

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