Industrial Automation Magazine India

Increased demand for electronics33 NORD is expanding its site in Aurich

Published on : Saturday 07-05-2022

Since the beginning of the 1980s, NORDs production has taken place in the East Friesian district town of Aurich.

May 06, 2022 – The continuously increasing demand for electronic components necessitates expanding NORD Electronic DRIVESYSTEMS’ site in Aurich, Lower Saxony. By the final expansion stage, NORD will have tripled the production capacity of its subsidiary.

Since the beginning of the 1980s, NORD Electronic DRIVESYSTEMS has been producing electronic components in the East Friesian district town of Aurich, especially frequency inverters. “The demand for customised configured devices has increased massively in recent years” site manager Gerhard Harms explained. Therefore, the company has decided, to significantly expand the plant in Aurich.

Two expansion stages: The space for assembly of customer projects is to be expanded to 3,000 square metres, distributed over two floors. Production capacity is planned to increase from 140,000 to more than 400,000 units in the final expansion stage. The first capacity increase of 50 percent will be put into action by the second quarter of 2022.

Commitment to the site: The whole expansion in Aurich demands a financial effort in the region of 3.2 million Euros. “This investment is not only due to the increasing importance of electronic components for NORD“, Gerhard Harms emphasised. “It is also a clear commitment by the company to the Aurich site”.

With approx 4,700 employees today, NORD Drivesystems has developed, produced and sold drive technology since 1965, and is one of the leading global full-service providers in the industry. In addition to standard drives, NORD delivers application-specific concepts and solutions for special requirements such as energy-saving drives or explosion-protected systems. NORD has 48 subsidiaries in 36 countries and further sales partners in more than 50 countries. They provide technical support, local stocks, assembly centres and customer service. NORD develops and produces a wide range of drive solutions for more than 100 industries, gear units for torques from 10 Nm up to over 282 kNm, supplies electric motors in the power range of 0.12 kW to 1,000 kW, and supplies the required power electronics with frequency inverters of up to 160 kW. Inverter solutions are available for conventional control cabinet installations as well as for decentralised, fully integrated drive units.