DGAP-Media / 15.09.2016 / 10:45 NORMA Group honors NB Norder Bandstahl as best supplier in the EMEA region Maintal/Norden, Germany, September 15, 2016 - NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, has bestowed its Global Supplier Recognition Award on NB Norder Bandstahl GmbH ("Norder Bandstahl") for being its best supplier in 2015 in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Wolfgang Geiger, Vice President Group Purchasing at NORMA Group, presented the award in Norden, Germany, on September 15, 2016: "We are convinced of the excellent product quality, delivery reliability and dependability of Norder Bandstahl. We have been working together successfully for 15 years. The high level of technical expertise, service orientation and flexibility of Norder Bandstahl's employees are exemplary in the steel industry." Stefan Glave, Managing Director at NB Norder Bandstahl, accepted the award: "It makes us proud to convince an important customer and long-term partner like NORMA Group with our services. By investing in our production and advanced training, we will continue our development in order to meet our business partners' needs as effectively as possible." Norder Bandstahl achieved record scores in the review for calendar year 2015. The evaluation is based on an extensive catalog of criteria that includes, among other aspects, product quality, reliability, growth and sustainability. Norder Bandstahl stands out in particular with its perfect service, short delivery times, reasonable minimum order quantities and outstanding customer communication. Norder Bandstahl supplies the NORMA Group plants in Germany, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and the United States with over 200 different slit strips in ribbon and oscillate wound packaging. The slit strips are installed in virtually all products from the categories NORMACLAMP and NORMACONNECT, such as TORRO hose clamps, for example. NORMA Group has been presenting its Global Supplier Recognition Award to outstanding suppliers since 2014. The awards for the years 2013 and 2014 in the EMEA region went to EMS Chemie Holding AG and Neida Products Engineering Ltd. Additional information on the company is available on www.normagroup.com. Press photos are available from our platform on www.normagroup.com/images. Contact NORMA Group SE Daphne Recker Group Communications E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)6181 - 6102 743 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. End of Media Release --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: NORMA Group SE Key word(s): Enterprise 15.09.2016 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: NORMA Group SE Edisonstr. 4 63477 Maintal Germany Phone: +49 6181 6102 741 Fax: +49 6181 6102 7641 E-mail: [email protected] 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 End of News DGAP Media --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 502073 15.09.2016