(DGAP-Media / 20.09.2013 / 09:07)
NORMA Group builds up production in Atibaia in BrazilMaintal, Germany/Atibaia, Brazil, 20 September, 2013 – NORMA Group, an international market and technology leader for engineered joining technology, establishes a manufacturing site in Atibaia nearby São Paulo in Brazil. The new facility provides the capacities to manufacture a broad range of NORMA Group products, including exhaust couplings, clamps, quick connectors, and fluid systems.
NORMA Group also signed an agreement to purchase manufacturing assets for quick connectors, including tooling and injection molding machines on 18 September 2013. With this, NORMA Group accelerates the build-up of its production capabilities in South America in order to better serve its customers. Start of production is expected in 2014.
‘The new facility is a significant step in our planned build-up of production in Brazil,’ says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. ‘We will strengthen our presence in this dynamically growing region to better meet the needs of South American and global customers.’
NORMA Group has been present in the Brazilian market since 2011 with a sales and engineering office in Santo André, located about 20 kilometers outside of São Paulo.
Additional information on the company is available on www.normagroup.com. To download press pictures, please visit www.normagroup.com/images.
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Phone: +49 (0)6181 – 610 2743About NORMA Group
NORMA Group is a global market and technology leader for engineered joining technology. The company manufactures a broad range of innovative engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories (clamp, connect and fluid) offering over 30,000 high quality products and solutions to about 10,000 customers in 100 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 605 million in 2012. With around 4,800 employees, NORMA Group operates a global network of 19 production facilities as well as numerous sales and distribution sites across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. The company has its headquarters in Maintal near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Since April 2011, NORMA Group SE is listed on the German stock exchange and included in the MDAX index since March 2013.
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