Norres sees 'very bright future' for growth in North America - Plastics News
Scottsdale, Ariz. — Norres North America Inc. continued to make strides in 2020 in spite of the pandemic, notching overall sales growth for the fifth year in a row. The flexible industrial hose maker based in South Bend, Ind., has plans to continue that upward trend as demand skyrockets in many of the industries Norres serves, including food and pharmaceutical, automotive, agricultural, exhaust gas, conveyance and wood processing, among many others. "The future is very bright for us as a company," said Mark Bobonick, director of sales and operations for North America, at this summer's NAHAD Conference in Scottsdale. "We stood the test of the pandemic and we still saw growth. "We are back to and even exceeding 2017-2018 sales levels right now." A subsidiary of Gelsenkirchen, Germany-based Norres Schlauchtechnik, Norres N.A. was established in 2014 after the firm purchased a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and warehouse that sits on nearly 4 acres in