Sector collection / 10 published
Case files, access paths, and operational lessons for leaders responsible for this technology domain.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
A customer owing more than $800 million recruited the head of its supplier’s automation engineering department, obtained proprietary source code, and used compiled versions in turbines.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
A consulting company recruited retired DuPont engineers, assembled protected titanium-dioxide plant knowledge, and contracted to transfer it to Pangang projects in China.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
Limited access at Coca-Cola and Eastman exposed a chemist to suppliers' protected formulas; she copied files to personal storage while pursuing a government-supported coatings business in China.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
Two former employees of a Canadian automation manufacturer built a China-based equipment company and offered a prospective buyer a proposal containing their former employer's proprietary drawings.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
Foreign train makers accepted joint ventures and broad technology transfer to enter China's vast rail buildout. The contracts demonstrably expanded local production; a later U.S. commission assessed that sector-wide transfer helped cultivate CRRC as a state-owned competitor.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
Xiaoqing Zheng used steganography to conceal GE turbine files inside the binary code of an ordinary-looking sunset image, then emailed the image to himself. A jury convicted him of conspiring to commit economic espionage.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
The day before resigning from Phillips 66, Hongjin Tan copied hundreds of research files to a thumb drive. Investigators found deleted copies and a second drive containing battery-development material.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
Shan Shi's Houston company hired former and current Trelleborg personnel, collected recipes and process information, and supplied a China-based partner with the know-how needed to make a specialized buoyancy material.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
Days after accepting a severance offer, General Motors engineer Shanshan Du copied thousands of files, including hybrid-motor source code and schematics. She and her husband then pursued a business relationship with Chery Automobile.
Energy & advanced manufacturing
After tours, photographs, and a recruitment advertisement failed to secure Pittsburgh Corning's cellular-glass know-how, Ji Li Huang and Xiao Guang Qi agreed to buy the formula and process from a person they thought was a corrupt insider.