NORMA Group Earns Ford Motor Co. Go Further Award for Business Excellence
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NORMA Group Earns Ford Motor Co. Go Further Award for Business Excellence
Maintal, Germany, 25 June, 2013 - NORMA Group, an international market and
technology leader for engineered joining technology, has been recognized
with the Go Further award for excellence in the face of unforeseen business
challenges.
Ford Motor Co. hosted its 15th annual World Excellence Awards (WEA)
ceremony May 23, 2013 to celebrate 47 of its top-performing global
suppliers 2012. During the event, NORMA Group was recognized with the Go
Further award for its contributions to the Evonik fire recovery and
emergency resourcing actions. According to Ford, the tireless work and
assistance of the suppliers recognized with this award helped minimize
production disruptions at Ford during a time of hardship.
'Our global team demonstrated great commitment, customer focus and
creativity during this challenging event,' said Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA
Group. 'We are very proud to receive this award on behalf of the NORMA
Group employees who helped to mitigate the crisis with great dedication.'
Following the incident that occurred in March 2012, NORMA Group instantly
formed a global team of sales, engineering, purchasing, quality, logistics
and operations experts to identify and implement solutions in cooperation
with customers and suppliers in order to avoid interruptions in vehicle
production. The team managed to quickly detect alternative materials,
obtain the required approvals and introduce these options onto market.
Consequently, NORMA Group continued to meet its customers' requirements at
all times following the event.
'We want to recognize those suppliers who have demonstrated excellence
despite the unforeseen challenges that have happened over the past year,'
said Mark Fields, Chief Operating Officer of Ford. 'Thanks to your
unwavering commitment, we are closer than ever to reaching our goal of
delivering profitable growth for all.'
The WEA honors production and nonproduction suppliers. The award-winning
suppliers represent thousands of employees across the globe who bring
diverse cultures, values and ideas to Ford.
Additional information on the company is available on www.normagroup.com.
To download press pictures, please visit www.normagroup.com/press pictures.
Contact
NORMA Group AG
Daphne Recker
Media Relations
E-mail: daphne.recker(at)normagroup.com
Phone: +49 (0)6181 - 610 2743
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 more than 30,000 high-quality products and
solutions to around 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 4,500 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.
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 MDAX
index since March 2013.
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Language: English
Company: NORMA Group AG
Edisonstr. 4
63477 Maintal
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)6181-6102-741
Fax: +49 (0)6181-6102-7641
E-mail: ir(at)normagroup.com
Internet: www.normagroup.com
ISIN: DE000A1H8BV3
WKN: A1H8BV
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
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