TPT November 2012

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Norma starts new assembly system in Gerbershausen

industries across the globe, which also secures the future of our production in Germany.” Klaus-Hartmut Scherf, the Gerbershausen plant manager, added, “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 was founded in 1992 and stretches over 23,700m 2 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. Norma Group manufactures a wide range of innovative engineered joining technology

solutions in three product categories (clamp, connect and fluid), and offers around 35,000 products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 90 countries.

ENGINEERED joining technology firm Norma Group 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 CO 2 emissions. The assembly system, which will produce about 70,000 joining elements for exhaust pipes per week, was put into operation by Christine Lieberknecht, prime minister of the state of Thuringia, on 14 September. “The upgrade of our production facility in Gerbershausen highlights the growing demand for our innovative weight and cost saving joining solutions,” commented Werner Deggim, CEO of Norma Group. “We register demand for our engineered technology from

Norma Group AG – Germany Fax: +49 6181 6102 7647 Website: www.normagroup.com

(from right) Christine Lieberknecht, Klaus-Hartmut Scherf and Jens Wahl

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