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. 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 18.11.2016 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 522369 18.11.2016