NORMA Group receives major order for tank ventilation line systems
Maintal, Germany, February 5, 2025
- Contract worth around EUR 140 million
- Line systems prevent evaporative emissions from gasoline entering the environment
NORMA Group has won a major order for tank ventilation systems. From mid-2026 to 2035, the company will supply a well-known European car manufacturer with tank ventilation systems for gasoline-powered passenger cars and plug-in hybrids. The contract has a total volume of around EUR 140 million. The tank ventilation systems ensure that fuel vapor does not escape into the environment; but is used in the combustion process instead.
CEO Guido Grandi: “The transformation of the automotive industry towards climate-friendly mobility is in full swing, fuelled by increasingly stringent emission standards for vehicles. As a development partner, we support our customers in complying with these standards. Low-emission mobility through efficient combustion vehicles that are as clean as possible is an important intermediate step as electromobility picks up speed.”
The major order includes the development and production of tank ventilation systems for various models of the OEM. The systems consist of several plastic tubes and quick connectors. NORMA Group manufactures them in Subotica in Serbia and in Qingdao in China. The customer installs the systems in the vehicles at its plants in Europe, Asia and America.
Gasoline contains harmful volatile organic compounds that can be released into the air through evaporation. The tank vent line from NORMA Group is connected to the tank and prevents fuel vapors from escaping into the environment from there. Instead, the ventilation system directs the gasoline vapors from the tank into an activated carbon container. The vapors are stored there and later fed into the regular combustion process. Among others, the Euro 6 and China 6 emission standards contain strict limits for evaporative emissions from gasoline vehicles.
