{"id":29646,"date":"2017-04-28T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesjoforsab.com\/about-lesjofors\/news\/latvian-lesjofors-engineer-awarded-beijer-alma-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T08:37:30","slug":"latvian-lesjofors-engineer-awarded-beijer-alma-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesjoforsab.com\/en-us\/about-lesjofors\/news\/latvian-lesjofors-engineer-awarded-beijer-alma-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian Lesj\u00f6fors engineer awarded Beijer Alma Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Liepaja, Latvia<\/strong> &#8211; Annually, Lesj\u00f6fors\u00b4 owner Beijer Alma hands out a scholarship from its founder Anders Wall\u2019s foundation to young entrepreneurs. The prize is awarded to an employee in a Beijer Alma company that excels in extraordinary entrepreneurship, motivation and creativity. The 2017 scholarship goes to the engineer <strong>Zigurds Sudints<\/strong> employed in the Latvian company Lesj\u00f6fors LV. He was awarded the scholarship thanks to his materials knowledge, skills and for his outstanding motivation for continuous improvements in technology and processes as well as the ability to customize machines and tools.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ra<\/strong>tionalizations of the entire group<\/h4>\n\n<p>An example of improvement that is realized, thanks to Zigurds Sudints, is an automation process that has significantly increased productivity and due to its success was later introduced in our China factory. He has also developed a unique, durable stamping tool for Bombardier able to adapt to extremely hard and thick materials.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Kjell-Arne Lindb\u00e4ck<\/strong>, CEO of Lesj\u00f6fors, had the honour of handing over the scholarship at a ceremony in Liepaja in April:<\/p>\n\n<p><em>&#8220;We are very pleased that one of our highly qualified employees has received this award. Sharing our skills is a cornerstone in the Lesj\u00f6fors group and here Zigurds Sudints is a genuine role model.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beijer Alma scholarship for 2017 is awarded to Zigurds Sudints, development engineer at Lesj\u00f6fors in Latvia. 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