Bernd Kleinhens

NORMA Group CEO Bernd Kleinhens has agreed to step down, effective July 31.

In addition to his role as CFO, Dr. Michael Schneider will become interim CEO while the supervisory board searches for Kleinhens’ replacement. Dr. Friedrich Klein is COO.

Kleinhens worked for one of the predecessor companies of NORMA Group in 1991 as a development engineer. He has since held various positions, and became managing director in 2005. He has been CEO since the beginning of 2018.

“We thank Bernd Kleinhens for his outstanding accomplishments during almost 30 years in the NORMA Group,” stated Lars Magnus Berg, chairman of the supervisory board. “Over the course of his longstanding affiliation to NORMA Group he has decisively helped to shape the group’s track of growth and success.”

Schneider has been CFO since July 2015. Before that, he has held management positions with several companies in the automotive, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, in Germany as well as abroad.

“With Dr. Michael Schneider, we ensure the continuity of the group’s management,” Berg added.

Germany-based NORMA Group manufactures joining products in three categories (clamp, connect and fluid) and offers more than 35,000 products to 10,000 customers in 100 countries. Web: normagroup.com