NORD DRIVESYSTEMS - 25 years of supplying gear components to the world

German manufacturer Fertigungstechnik NORD GmbH, a member of the NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Group, celebrates its 25th anniversary.

More than 100 industry and political representatives attended a ceremony and tour of the factory in Gadebusch in June. The speakers included Kerstin Weiss, Head of the Northwestern Mecklenburg District Authority, Dr. Christian Frenzel, State Secretary and Head of the State Chancellery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Steffen Timm, Plant Manager at Fertigungstechnik NORD, and Jutta Humbert and Ullrich Küchenmeister, Managing Directors at NORD DRIVESYSTEMS.

Plant Manager Steffen Timm (left) and NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Managing Director Jutta Humbert (4th from the left) greeted their guests of honor (from the left) Ulrich Howest, Mayor of Gadebusch, Dr. Christian Frenzel, State Secretary and Head of the State Chancellery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Dr. Nico Fickinger, NORDMETALL Federation of Metal and Electrical Industry, and Kerstin Weiss, Head of the Northwestern Mecklenburg District Authority

In Gadebusch, UNICASE housings, shafts, pinions, and worms are manufactured for all NORD gear unit series, including industrial gear units with torques up to more than 250,000 Nm. The components are assembled at the group’s global headquarters in Bargteheide or in one of the assembly factories around the world, from where they are supplied to international customers.

The Gadebusch factory has already been extended several times since its foundation. It currently comprises five halls with a combined production floor of 13,700 m². It employs state of the art manufacturing technology. The plant is connected with the production sites of the NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Group in a global IT network. NORD in Gadebusch is making smart manufacturing a reality. From 2017 on, the lathes will be loaded fully automatically. Plant Manager Steffen Timm anticipates a continuation of the company’s role as a major employer in the region, especially for ever better qualified personnel in a smart manufacturing context. The company, which has been conducting vocational training since 1995, currently employs 190 people.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Fertigungstechnik NORD, Jutta Humbert, Managing Director at NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, spoke about the importance of the Gadebusch production site as part of the international group