NORRES Schlauchtechnik proves to be an environmentally friendly and future-oriented company: The manufacturer of technical hoses pursues a sustainability strategy in which many forward-looking ideas on environmental protection, energy saving and efficiency increase have been consistently implemented. Ecology and economy are anchored as common objectives in the corporate culture and strategy.

Modern building technology protects the environment

The headquarters at Gelsenkirchen's city harbor convinces with modern and environmentally friendly building services engineering. Energy saving takes place here on every level: The centrally controlled air-conditioning technology and the production facilities protect the environment through heat recovery.. NORRES thus consistently and future-oriented pursues its sustainability strategy.

For NORRES, sustainability means not only the long service life and durability of the finished end product, but in particular its resource and environmentally friendly development and production. The advantage: durable products protect our environment and have the attractive economic side effect of permanently saving costs. For NORRES, however, the circle only closes when production is also environmentally friendly.

For the company, sustainability means planning for the future and is pursued in a goal-oriented manner: In manufacturing, production lines with specially integrated heat recovery save valuable resources and protect the environment already in the production process. The energy recovered from the waste heat in production is used as needed to heat the production halls. Regular gas heating is only used in the production area at NORRES if the waste heat generated in the production process is not sufficient for the required heating output. The temperature control is completely automated and thus saves energy efficiently.)

This permanent saving of resources is just one practical example that shows the sustainable and efficient use of new production facilities and techniques at NORRES. An advantage that the hose manufacturer with its expanded production and modern, rational and above all fast production is making available to its customers on a daily basis.

High demands in plastics recycling

Processing and recycling of reusable materials play an important role, especially in the production of hoses. At NORRES, the recycling of valuable materials has been integrated into the daily work routine. An in-house recycling plant currently reuses about 30% of the scrap produced during production.

The recycling plant recycles the scrap in three steps: In the first step, materials are collected by type and divided into different categories. In the subsequent second step, the raw material is separated from the plastic by machine. NORRES has chosen mechanical separation of the material for this step, because mechanical separation protects the material, unlike the thermal process. In the third and last step, the profile strips obtained are ground, in order to be returned to the further disposal process of the material companies.

The careful use of resources, as well as the responsible handling of raw materials, is the core of the company policy and is constantly being expanded. The NORRES Group is continuously working on the economic improvement of production processes and focuses on sustainable energy use and modern technologies, which enable us to act even more environmentally friendly and flexible. For NORRES - as a manufacturing company - environmental protection and resource conservation are among the strategic and proven success factors alongside innovative product technology, quality and innovative engineering.