NORMA Group has been awarded a large contract by a German car manufacturer, starting in the summer of 2022, to equip an average of more than 550,000 vehicles per year with transmission oil cooling lines.
NORMA Group will supply to the customer’s plants in America, Asia and Europe, with two lines each being installed in up to 4.5 million vehicles by 2030. “As a technology leader, we actively shape markets and support our customers as a development partner,” said Dr Michael Schneider, CEO of NORMA Group. “Thanks to our international presence, we can offer our solutions and development services exactly where there is demand. Uniform quality standards and systems ensure that the customer receives the same high-quality worldwide.”
The line systems transport the transmission oil from the transmission to the intercooler via a thermostat, where it is cooled. The cooled transmission oil is then transported back to the transmission via a second line. Due to the extremely narrow space around the automatic transmission, NORMA Group has optimised the thermal management piping systems to account for minimal tolerances. The company uses a particularly heat-resistant plastic for its line systems.
The lines will be manufactured at NORMA Group plants in Serbia, China and Mexico. As part of its localisation strategy, NORMA Group supplies its customers locally wherever possible. Customers then benefit from globally uniform, high quality standards, short transport routes, good availability of local engineering teams and extensive testing capacities in the company’s 13 test laboratories around the world.
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