2015 initiation of investment programme

NORRES, the hose manufacturer from Gelsenkirchen Schalke, has started the first quarter of 2015 with a two year investment programme totalling € 2.7 million in order to double its machinery park and capacity. This will result in even shorter delivery times and lower cost manufacturing: decisive advantages which NORRES will pass on to its customers.

Targeted growth to the benefit of the customer

From the start of 2015 onwards, NORRES will be making a strong investment in its operational capacity for two years. The goal of the investment is to double the firm's production capacity. For the NORRES customers and partners this means additional advantages: manufacturing that is more efficient, and shorter delivery times. As explained by the NORRES Managing Director Burkhard Mollen: "We want to grow with our customers on a targeted basis. Our planned investments and the innovations and services from recent months will provide our customers the necessary tools for this. It is important that our customers continuously work together with us on a successful basis. We can only achieve fundamental advantages together." The investment in new production systems and technology will be worth it. The extended manufacturing will be more modern and above all faster. This will enable more processes to be optimised so that lower cost manufacturing is possible in the future. Additional production lines will also be available for customer-specific solutions. In combination with our in-house research and development departments as well as the plant and mechanical engineering, NORRES will be able to respond to customer needs even more flexibly. Many innovations have come about in this way in the past.

New customer services, warehouse extension and further internationalisation

The investment programme will ensure the continuation of the NORRES path of operational excellence. Last year, in our anniversary year, the new products and services which were introduced and the extension of the materials warehouse enhanced the efficiency and therefore reduced the costs on the customer side. NORRES is also supporting its customers with their worldwide expansion and has therefore recently been achieving international growth. The NORRES Group now has seven locations worldwide, and manufactures at three global plants. NORRES recently announced the opening of its first location in North America, NORRES North America Inc. in South Bend, Indiana. The facility in Indiana offers original equipment manufacturers country-wide storage and manufacturing systems. "The new markets in Asia and on the American continent are important to our business. They will support us and our customers with our growth plans," informs Mollen.

The investment programme will enable the medium sized company, with its superb combination of tradition and progress, to be able to offer its business partners a complete package of high quality products, technical innovations and an excellent service.