Staying Power

Business Finance, November, 2007 by Player, Steve

STEVE PLAYER INTERVIEWS CFO WALT GALVIN AND VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER BRUCE ECKHARDT OF EMERSON.

UNLIKE MANY U.S.-BASED MANUFACTURERS that have become displaced by offshore competitors, Emerson Electric, the $22 billion, St Louis-based electronics and components manufacturer, continues to outperform a long list of competitors. How does Emerson continue to thrive, when so many of its competitors have faltered? In this issue, Steve Player talks to Emerson's CFO Walt Galvin and Vice President and Controller Bruce Eckhardt about the financial inner workings that have helped Emerson to continue to compete and succeed as a global manufacturer. Like the products they produce, Galvin and Eckhardt help to steer Emerson to consistent profits and growing cash flows.

Steve...