初级剑桥商务英语 unit5

Listen to the interview and make notes about the company.

ANNOUNCER:And now,continuing our series of interviews with people in local industry,

we have an interview with Geoff Story,the Managing Director of Donaldson Packaging.

PRESENTER:Mr Story,you're the Managing Director of Donaldson Packaging.

STORY:That's right.

PRESENTER:Could you tell us something about your company?

STORY:Well,Donaldson Packaging is part of the PSSI Packaging Group.

PSSI,as you probably know,is a Swedish company.

Donaldson Packaging itself is really two companies.

Donaldson Packaging Ltd manufactures¹ board for packaging.

Most of it is for the food industry,

although we also produce packaging material for other goods,too.

We have two factories,one here in Stalybridge and a second one just outside Bristol.

And Donaldson Wellpack Ltd,that's the other company,

markets our packaging systems and machines.

Most of them are for the British market,although we do export as well.

PRESENTER:And where are the UK headquarters²?

STORY:Here in Stalybridge.

PRESENTER:I see.And how many employees does Donaldson Packaging have?

STORY:Almost 600.598 to be exact.

PRESENTER:Thank you very much for talking to us,Mr Story.

And now back to the studio.

1 manufactures   

n.制造业( manufacture的名词复数 )；制造品；（文学作品等的）粗制滥造v.（大规模）制造( manufacture的第三人称单数 )；捏造；加工；粗制滥造（文学作品）

参考例句：

• These new orders for our manufactures will mean working overtime. 这些订购我们产品的新订单意味着要加班。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The center of these glands manufactures adrenaline. 这些腺的中心分泌肾上腺素。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 headquarters   

n.司令部，指挥部；总部，总店

参考例句：

• Several great guns from the headquarters are coming to see us today.总部的几个大人物今天要来看我们。
• The bank has its headquarters in Pairs.这家银行的总行在巴黎。