NORMA Group starts operating new assembly system in Gerbershausen

NORMA Group starts operating new assembly system in Gerbershausen

Gerbershausen/Maintal, Germany, 17 September 2012 - NORMA Group, a global market and technology leader for engineered joining technology, has put a new assembly system into operation in its Gerbershausen, Germany, facility. The system manufactures joining elements for exhaust pipes for an internationally operating automotive group. The new 'Euro Coupler' joint caters to the needs of the automotive industry to build more lightweight passenger cars, avoid leakage and reduce CO2-emissions. Christine Lieberknecht, prime minister of the state of Thuringia, put the assembly system into operation on 14 September, 2012. It will produce about 70,000 joining elements for exhaust pipes per week.

'The upgrade of our production facility in Gerbershausen highlights the growing demand for our innovative weight and cost saving joining solutions. We register demand for our engineered technology from industries across the globe, which also secures the future of our production in Germany,' says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. Klaus-Hartmut Scherf, the Gerbershausen plant manager, adds: 'The major order combined with the new assembly system substantially strengthens our local business. We welcome this opportunity to create additional jobs in the region.'

The Gerbershausen production facility of NORMA Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of NORMA Group AG, was founded in 1992 and stretches over 23,700 m² in total. Each day, about 150 employees at the facility manufacture approximately 1.5 million joining elements, which are shipped around the world and applied in the automotive industry, the aviation and shipbuilding sector as well as in infrastructure projects.

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About NORMA Group

NORMA Group is an international market and technology leader in engineered joining technology. The company manufactures a wide range of innovative engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories (clamp, connect and fluid) and offers about 35,000 high-quality products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 90 countries. NORMA Group joining products can be found in vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft, domestic appliances, engines and plumbing systems as well as in applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. NORMA Group generated sales of around EUR 580 million in 2011. With around 4,500 employees, NORMA Group operates a global network of 18 production facilities as well as numerous sales and distribution sites across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. NORMA Group has its headquarters in Maintal near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company was formed in 2006 as a result of the merger between the German Rasmussen Group and the Swedish ABA Group. Since April 2011, NORMA Group is listed on the German stock exchange and included in the SDAX index since June 2011.