10/29/2012 5:23:00 PM
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NORMA Group Opens India Facility
NORMA Group opened its new production plant in Talegaon near Pune, India, on October 27, 2012.
The 6,500 square meter facility will cater to increased demand in India and Asia for connectors and joining elements.
“The opening of this facility is a logical step for us in adjusting our capacities to the growing demand for our joining technology solutions in the Indian market and the entire Asia Pacific region,” stated John Stephenson, COO and President Asia Pacific at NORMA Group.
“In the new facility in Talegaon we will expand our engineering services. This increase means that we can support the design work for NORMA Group in many regions of the world including Australia, Europe, Japan, Korea, and North America.”
Products manufactured at the facility include hose and pipe connecting components like flexible nylon tubing for various applications such as fuel lines and crankcase ventilation. Customers from the aerospace, automotive, railway, shipbuilding, chemical and infrastructure industries will be served from the Talegaon plant.
Headquartered in Maintal, Germany, NORMA Group is an international engineered joining technology company formed in 2006 in a merger between the German Rasmussen Group and the Swedish ABA Group. NORMA offers 35,000 products 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, and employs 4,500 workers at 18 production facilities as well as numerous sales and distribution sites across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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