World Toilet Day 2016

Clean water and sanitary facilities for school children in India

DGAP-Media / 18.11.2016 / 09:01

World Toilet Day 2016: Clean water and sanitary facilities for school
children in India

Maintal, Germany/Pune, India, November 18, 2016 - NORMA Group, a global
market leader in engineered joining technology, is achieving major advances
with its aid project NORMA Clean Water. The company renovated sanitary
facilities at 14 schools near its Indian plant in Pune in 2016. This means
that 25 of the 50 project schools now have access to clean toilets and
washrooms that are separated by gender.

"We are proud to be able to report ongoing renovation work at the Indian
project schools on the occasion of World Toilet Day 2016 initiated by the
United Nations. Modern sanitary facilities improve the hygienic conditions
at schools and prevent the spread of diseases," said Werner Deggim, CEO of
NORMA Group. "With NORMA Clean Water, we are helping to improve the
conditions at schools in the vicinity of our plant in India and thus to
provide access to education to more than 15,000 pupils."

After analyzing the quality of the water at several project schools, NORMA
Group installed filters that clean the water of pollutants and germs. This
gives schoolchildren access to clean drinking water. One of the project
schools is mainly attended by children of Muslim religion. NORMA Group
financed the repair of a washroom here in which the students can wash their
feet before they pray.

NORMA Clean Water has also been educating the people here on the importance
of hygiene and clean water. More than 1,000 teachers were educated on these
topics in 2016. The pupils drew charts on the school walls that show how to
use water responsibly. They were also active outside of school. Members of
the student clubs visited representatives of the education authority in
Pune to draw attention to their needs and point out other renovation work
that is necessary.

NORMA Group has been conducting the NORMA Clean Water aid project together
with the children's aid organization Plan International Deutschland since
2014. World Toilet Day is a United Nations initiative. Every year on 19
November, the organization makes people aware of the fact that 2.4 billion
people worldwide have no access to intact sanitary facilities.

Additional information on the company is available on www.normagroup.com.
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Contact
NORMA Group SE
Daphne Recker
Group Communications
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About NORMA Group
NORMA Group is a global market leader in engineered joining technology. The
company manufactures a wide range of innovative connecting solutions and
water management technology offering more than 35,000 products to customers
in 100 countries with around 6,500 employees. NORMA Group helps its
customers and business partners to react to global challenges such as
climate change and increasing scarcity of resources. NORMA Group joining
products can be found in vehicles and trains, ships and aircraft, buildings
and water management as well as in applications for the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industry. The company generated sales of around EUR 890
million in 2015. NORMA Group operates a global network of 22 production
facilities as well as numerous sales and distribution sites across Europe,
the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. NORMA Group has its headquarters in
Maintal, Germany. NORMA Group SE is listed on the German stock exchange
(Prime Standard) and included in the MDAX index.


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Language: English
Company: NORMA Group SE
Edisonstr. 4
63477 Maintal
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.normagroup.com
ISIN: DE000A1H8BV3
WKN: A1H8BV
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange


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