NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, presented its “Supplier Recognition Award” for the Asia-Pacific region to Hangzhou Haiming Iron & Steel Co, Ltd. (Hangzhou Haiming) on August 12, 2020.

In doing so, NORMA Group has honored the company for its outstanding performance in 2019 in the areas of quality, delivery and costs.

“When choosing our suppliers, we rely on companies with high standards for products, services and processes,” said Dr. Michael Schneider, CEO of NORMA Group.

“In Hangzhou Haiming, we have a long-standing business partner by our side in the Asia-Pacific region who meets our high standards and strives for excellence together with us.”

Hangzhou Haiming has been a NORMA Group business partner for seven years. The company supplies the NORMA Group plant in Changzhou in China with various types of stainless steel slit strips. NORMA Group then uses these strips to manufacture profile clamps, exhaust gas couplings and hose clamps, for example.

NORMA Group has been honoring outstanding suppliers in Europe and the Americas with the “Supplier Recognition Award” for several years now.

The award is being presented in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time this year. In fiscal year 2019, Hangzhou Haiming stood out with its consistently high quality and excellent delivery times and services. Outstanding materials expertise and a lean cost structure rounded off its overall performance.