TPT September 2013

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Norma Group earns Ford Motor Co award for business excellence

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NORMA Group, an international market and technology leader for engineered joining technology, has been recognised with the Go Further award for excellence in the face of unforeseen business challenges. Ford Motor Co hosted its 15 th annual World Excellence Awards (WEA) ceremony 23 May 2013 to celebrate 47 of its top-performing global suppliers of 2012. During the event, Norma Group was recognised 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 recognised with this award helped minimise 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 co- operation 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 recognise 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 honours production and non-production suppliers. The award- winning suppliers represent thousands of employees across the globe that

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