Gregory Aziz Case Study

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Gregory James Aziz, who currently is working with the National Steel Car as a Chief Executive Officer as well as the chairman of the company’s board of directors was born on April 30, 1949 in London, Ontario. Aziz went to Ridley College then proceeded to the University of Western Ontario from where he did in economics.

After he graduated, Gregory J Aziz worked in a family’s food processing firm before he relocated later to the city of New York. In New York City, he worked with different banking and investment firms. During his time in New York, James Aziz started to chase for acquisition of the National Steel Car from Dofasco.

In the year 1994, Greg Aziz bought the National Steel Car, which is located in Hamilton, Ontario. After buying it, he then begun to transform this great Canadian company into one of the world’s leading railroad freight car manufacturing company. In a few years from when National Steel Car was purchased from Dofasco, (the former owner of National Steel Car) the company managed to grow enormously expanding its
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The excellent cooperation that exists between his employees and the management has played a big role in the company growing it labor forces from about 600 to nearly 3,000 in less than a decade from the date Greg Aziz acquired it from Dofasco in 1994.

Under the leadership of Gregory James Aziz, the National Steel Car has been able outdo all its competitors for several years. In North America, the company leads in producing the most quality cars and innovation of new cars. It is due to Greg’s dedication that National Steel Car has managed to win the TTX SECO and ISO 90001:2008 awards for the last eighteen years. Greg Aziz knowledge and experience in the manufacturing industry have been facilitated by the successful operation of this

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