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Horizons Magazine for the Employees and Friends of Rockwell Collins, Inc Rockwell Collins Dark Yellow* Rockwell Collins Light Blue Spot color: PANTONE 131 Rockwell Collins Terra Cotta Spot color: PANTONE 299 Process color: C:0 M:30 Y:100 K:10 pot color: PANTONE 173 Process color: C:80 M:15 Y:0 K:0 RGB color: R:229 G:168 B:17 (#D39100) Process color: C:0 M:80 Y:100 K:5 RGB color: R:0 G:164 B:224 (#00A0E2) AHorizons magazine for the employees and friends of Rockwell Collins, Inc. > Vol. 13 Issue 5 > 2008 RockwellCollins Deep Terra Cotta Rockwell Collins Dark Green Rockwell Collins Extra Light Blue* Spot color: PANTONE 180 Spot color: PANTONE 371 Spot color: PANTONE 2915 Process color: C:0 M:90 Y:90 K:10 Process color: C:43 M:0 Y:100 K:56 Process color: C:60 M:5 Y:0 K:0 RGB color: R:217 G:58 B:42 (#30372C) RGB color: R:79 G:111 B:23 (#4A5F1D) RGB color: R:77 G:190 B:238 (#63B5E8) Rockwell Collins Orange Rockwell Collins Green Rockwell Collins Dark Gray Spot color: PANTONE 716 Spot color: PANTONE 385 Spot color: PANTONE Warm Gray 10 Process color: C:0 M:50 Y:90 K:0 Process color: C:3 M:0 Y:100 K:58 Process color: C:0 M:14 Y:28 K:55 RGB color: R:247 G:148 B:51 (#F17C0F) RGB color: R:129 G:124 B:0 (#6F6A12) RGB color: R:138 G:121 B:102 (#7B6E66) Rockwell Collins Yellow* Rockwell Collins Light Green Rockwell Collins Gray Spot color: PANTONE 124 Spot color: PANTONE 384 Spot color: PANTONE Warm Gray 8 Process color: C:0 M:28 Y:100 K:6 Process color: C:18 M:0 Y:100 K:31 Process color: C:0 M:9 Y:16 K:43 RGB color: R:238 G:177 B:15 (#EBAB00) RGB color: R:159 G:166 B:21 (#8B9000) RGB color: R:161 G:149 B:138 (#92877F) Rockwell Collins Dark Brown Rockwell Collins Extra Light Green* Rockwell Collins Light Gray Spot color: PANTONE 462 Spot color: PANTONE 583 Spot color: PANTONE Warm Gray 4 Process color: C:50 M:58 Y:100 K:45 Process color: C:23 M:0 Y:100 K:17 Process color: C:0 M:4 Y:9 K:24 RGB color: R:90 G:71 B:26 (#563E22) RGB color: R:175 G:188 B:31 (#ABB400) RGB color: R:201 G:193 B:184 (#BDB6B0) Rockwell Collins Brown Rockwell Collins Dark Blue Rockwell Collins Extra Light Gray* Spot color: PANTONE 140 Spot color: PANTONE 2955 Spot color: PANTONE Warm Gray 2 Process color: C:0 M:27 Y:100 K:54 Process color: C:100 M:45 Y:0 K:37 Process color: C:0 M:2 Y:5 K:9 Page 2 > RGB color: R:139 G:105 B:0 (#7A560F) RGB color: R:0 G:82 B:136 (#003B6F) The life and RGB color: R:233 G:227 B:220 (#D9D5D2) the legacy The first in a series of articles celebrating our 75th Rockwell Collins Light Brown Rockwell Collins Blue anniversary takes an inside look at our founder through Black* the eyes of those who knew him best. Spot color: PANTONE 132 Spot color: PANTONE 300 Spot color: Process Black Process color: C:0 M:28 Y:100 K:30 Process color: C:100 M:40 Y:0 K:0 Process color: C:0 M:0 Y:0 K:100 RGB color: R:0 G:125 B:197 (#0068C6) o[Whie\ RGB color: R:187 G:140 B:8 (#A67A00) o[Whie\ RGB color: R:0 G:0 B:0 (#232020) _ddelWj_ed _ddelWj_ed www.rockwellcollins.com/horizons *This color may be used as a tint or percentage. Horizons Volume 13 > Issue 5 > 2008 Recognizing 75 years of Publisher: Dave Yeoman Editorial director: Dan Sandersfeld innovation at Rockwell Collins EDITORIAL TEAM: Managing editor: eventy-five years ago – on I am extremely proud of how far we’ve Robert Fleener +1.319.295.8791 Sept. 22, 1933 – a young come and, although we’re in the midst amateur radio enthusiast of navigating through a tough global Editor: Jill Wojciechowski +1.319.295.4998 named Arthur Collins decided economic environment, I do believe our to take a leap of faith. best days are still ahead. I also believe Copy editor: S that to understand where you’re going, Ruth Anne Denker +1.319.295.0643 In the midst of the Great Depression, you must understand and never forget this aspiring inventor and entrepreneur where you’ve been. Staff writers: Crystal Hardinger +1.319.295.3932 managed to turn his hobby into a Erin Harmeyer +1.319.295.4998 vocation when he founded Collins Marielle Rodeheffer +1.319.263.1160 Radio Company. Freelance writers In the decades to follow, the company Jill Brimeyer, Ankeny, Iowa we know today as Rockwell Collins Michael Watkins, Council Bluffs, Iowa became a leader in the aerospace and Contributors in this issue: defense industry. Phyllis Blech, Bellevue, Iowa Ann Carreras, Tullamarine, Australia Through hard work, dedication and Leonor Dominguez, Cypress, Calif. passion, the people of this company Barb Driscoll, Coralville, Iowa Ernesto Duarte, Mexicali, Mexico developed breakthrough solutions Sieglinde Fecht, Heidelberg, Germany such as radio communication Armin Goeckel, Heidelberg, Germany technology for pilots during World In this issue of Horizons, you’ll have an Katie Knowles, Reading, England War II, communications equipment for opportunity to learn about our heritage Pamela Sau Ling Leong, Singapore America’s space program, advanced when you read about the man who C.W. McGowen, San Jose, Calif. Elisa Munoz, Mexicali, Mexico Global Positioning System technology, founded our company. This is the first Carlos Bueno Neto, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Multi-ScanTM weather radar. in a series of articles scheduled for Narciso Salgado, Sao Paulo, Brazil publication in the months to come that Sophie Schurch, Blagnac, France celebrate our 75-year history. Anna Stepanova, Moscow, Russia Dinh Tran, Melbourne, Fla. Remy Xiong, Shanghai, China As you will learn, Art Collins realized Leisa Young, Ottawa, Canada the importance of surrounding Sharon Zeimet, Bellevue, Iowa himself with minds as brilliant as his own. Today, his legacy lives on in the How to contact us: thousands of brilliant minds we have Email: [email protected] Together, we’ve taken one man’s Mailing address: Horizons working at our company. Rockwell Collins M/S 124-302 passion and have turned it into a 400 Collins Road NE $4.77 billion enterprise with more than You are the future of Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA 52498-0001 20,000 employees in over 60 locations and by embracing the traits Art Collins Phone: +1.319.295.4998 and 27 countries around the world. bred into our culture from the very Fax: +1.319.295.9374 beginning, we will continue to enjoy Web address: www.rockwellcollins.com/horizons numerous successes in the months and How to contact the Ombudsman: years ahead. Phone: +1.866.224.8137 or +1.319.295.7714 Email: [email protected] Horizons is published bimonthly by Rockwell Collins Enterprise Communications for our employees, retirees, shareowners and customers. We seek to inform and inspire our readers by incorporating our company’s Vision, business goals and other Clay Jones enterprise-wide initiatives throughout our publication. We also strive to spotlight issues Chairman, President and CEO that affect our employees, our company and our industry. © 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Horizons Volume 13 > Issue 5 > 2008 2 > Art Collins: The life and the legacy The first in a series of articles celebrating our 75th anniversary takes an inside look at our founder through the eyes of those who knew him best. 6 > Capturing the win Rebuilding relationships and establishing trust helped the Embraer Capture Team secure a $1 billion contract and claim our 2007 Chairman’s Team Award. 8 >Drawing on experience Discover how Rockwell Collins engineers fused our Pro Line heritage with innovative technologies to create our next generation flight deck. 10 > Across our company Learn more about what’s taking place in Rockwell Collins locations around the world including Bellevue, Iowa; Heidelberg, Germany; Melbourne, Fla.; and San Jose, Calif. Back cover > Facility spotlight Find out why it’s important for our company to be nestled at the base of a mountain, among our customers and our competitors. Also in this issue 13 > Service Anniversaries Visit Horizons online for the following Web extras: • Feature stories about our Chairman’s Team Award finalists • An in-depth look at Ron Kirchenbauer, senior vice president of Human Resources • A closer look at Josh Breitbach, winner of our Open Innovator quarterly award • A question-and-answer session with Jon Kounkel, Rockwell Collins manager of Lean and Six Sigma • Additional service anniversaries – September, October, November and December • More information about what’s taking place across our company • Recent retirements • In memoriam On the cover > Art Collins was a 24-year-old amateur radio operator when he founded Collins Radio Company – the predecessor of Rockwell Collins – on Sept. 22, 1933. He spent the next four decades dedicated to the advancement of radio communications for commercial and military customers. Photo illustration by Paul Marlow, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Art Collins: The life and the legacy Inventor, entrepreneur, and family man remembered By Jill Brimeyer hen Michael Collins and one of his boyhood friends crashed their bicycles Won the way to a neighbor’s house in the mid-1950s, they quickly turned around and headed back to the southeast side Cedar Rapids home in which the Collins family resided. Returning home for help from Mom and Dad is a seemingly normal act for most children, and something they typically wouldn’t think twice about.
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