The inauguration of NORD´s new Australian subsidiary, NORD Drivesystems will be held on 6 October 2011.
In attendance will be NORD founder G. A. Küchenmeister, NORD Drivesystems Australia managing director Mark Alexander, NORD head of International Sales Gernot Zarp.
NORD Drivesystems Australia commenced operations in 2010 with the construction of an assembly hall in the Melbourne suburb of Derrimut and started manufacturing gearboxes and electric motors.
Investments into an extension of the paint facility and a modern drying room followed at the beginning of 2011. The plant has state-of-the-art facilities for geared motor manufacturing. The production and quality assurance processes comply with the standards of the German parent company. The Melbourne site also functions as a service center.
NORD Drivesystems Australia maintains sales branches in two further port cities, Sydney and Brisbane. Regional sales managers serve all the States and Territories in Australia, and New Zealand.The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the north German NORD Drivesystems, a leading supplier of full-scale drive solutions.
NORD has 35 subsidiaries worldwide and a vast network of distributors who ensure fast availability and global service.it was founded in 1965 as a gear manufacturing company by G. A. Küchenmeister and G. Schlicht.
Today NORD is one of the few manufacturers that cover the complete spectrum of drive engineering. NORD supplies motors conforming to the relevant Australian energy efficiency specification MEPS High Efficiency and frequency inverters with C-Tick certification.
Image: The new NORD Drivesystems Australia factory in Melbourne