NORMA Group sustainably reduces water and energy consumption

(DGAP-Media / 19.11.2014 / 09:15)

NORMA Group sustainably reduces water and energy consumption

Maintal, Germany, 19 November 2014 - NORMA Group, an international market
leader in engineered joining technology, has lowered its water consumption
by 10.5 percent, its total waste by 6.4 percent, its energy consumption by
3.3 percent and its greenhouse gas emissions by 2.7 percent, each in
relation to its production costs. The company is thus contributing to
environmental protection at its global sites and is documenting this in a
transparent manner in its first independent Sustainability report. The 2013
Sustainability report "Responsibility Connects" can be found here:
www.normagroup.com/Sustainability-Report. This report meets the information
and reporting requirements specified by the "G4 Core" of the Global
Reporting Initiative ("GRI"). GRI also conducted a materiality check.

"It is our responsibility to meet current needs without placing a burden on
future generations," says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. The company
accepts this responsibility by using resources sparingly in manufacturing,
but also with its products that reduce weight and, as a result, emissions.
"Together we can use valuable resources in a cleaner, safer, and more
efficient manner," Werner Deggim says. "We also contribute to global
climate protection and help battle the scarcity of energy and water with
our products," he adds.

At the NORMA Group plant in Subotica, Serbia, cooled steam from
thermosetting equipment that is used to design plastic products is fed back
to the boiler again as recovered heat. This steam can then be brought back
to a higher working temperature with considerably less electric power. This
is only one method that NORMA Group employs to reduce its water demand, its
energy consumption and its emissions. Other measures include machines,
compressors and lighting that conserve power, but also initiatives on using
energy and water with greater care.

The products that NORMA Group offers also help reduce emissions and energy
consumption. For example, a passenger airplane requires more than 30,000
clamps for the connections in its fuselage and engines. NORMA Group's
products allow for the weight of an aircraft to be reduced by about 100
kilograms. Assuming an average flight performance of 2.4 million kilometers
per year, the same aircraft uses approximately 50,000 liters less kerosene.
This equates to 158,000 kilograms of CO2, the same amount that 80 trees are
capable of neutralizing in a year.