nora systems

nora® Rubber Floors for Public Transport

About Us

nora systems produces a variety of rubber floors for transportation and non-transportation applications, known under the trade names of norament® and noraplan®. The extensive range of transport application areas for nora floor coverings and stair treads include light and heavy rail vehicles, high speed trains, people movers, subways, buses and marine applications.

For more than 50 years, nora systems has been transforming rubber into floor coverings, ensuring floorings of superlative quality based on innovative development work, groundbreaking production processes and uncompromising quality assurance. This is all produced in true trend-setting designs and colours.

nora systems’s extensive knowledge of rubber floorings stretches from a deep technical understanding to a thorough knowledge of installation techniques, national and international standards, as well as the impact rubber floor coverings can have on the environment.

nora® rubber flooring

nora® floor coverings are well prepared to meet all specific requirements in the worldwide transportation business. Leaving our customer satisfied is of utmost priority. We take pride in our diverse worldwide projects: people movers in Las Vegas, ICE bistro wagons for DB, metro Taipei in Taiwan, Amtrak metro liner, CITADIS in Montpellier, Orleans, Lyon, Valenciennes and Dublin, tramways in Berlin and Rome, TER X73500 and TER X72500 in France and the renovation of nearly 1,200 New York subway cars using approximately 113,000m² of noraplan®.

noraplan stone installed in regional train Stadler FLIRT ET-SW.

noraplan plus mobil installed in Siemens Subway Munich.

nora inlay installed in regional train Alstom LINT LNVG 7.

noraplan lona installed in DB 'Ideenzug'.

noraplan sentica installed in Wuppertal Suspension Railway.

noraplan grip plus installed in CSR Shanghai Metro Line 13.

norament grano installed in Siemens light rail TriMet 3.

noraplan signa installed in CBRC Shanghai Metro Line 12.

norament 925 lago installed in New York Subway.

Advantages of rubber floor coverings

There are a number of reasons why nora® rubber floor coverings are our customers’ number one choice:

Free of PVC, plasticizers (phthalates) and halogens (for example chlorine)
Extraordinary wear-resistance: extremely long lifespan, thus less frequent need of renovation and disposal
Dirt-repellent and easy to clean surface: thanks to its extremely dense surface and nora cleanguard®, the factory post-curing surface finishing
No need for extra coating: significantly reduced care and maintenance costs as well as wastewater loading
Outstanding fire-protection properties: fire/smoke behaviour tested according to EN 13 501-1, DIN 5510-2, NF F 16-101, ASTM E-648 and E-662, BS 476 p.7, BS 6853 App. B.5.4, UIC-Codex 564-2/12.
Carbonisation gases are non-toxic; no corrosive vapours, no source for dioxins and furans occur. (Please contact us for further details on compliance with additional international fire-protection standards.)
Permanent resilience: lasting high walking comfort
Excellent footfall sound absorption: insulation values up to 20dB
Dimensionally stable: does not contain any plasticizers thus is shrinkage resistant
Resistant to cigarette burns: no surface damage
Antistatic properties: no electrostatic charge build-up from walking, thus no perceptible discharges
Environmentally safe: made of high-quality rubber, mineral fillers, and environmental friendly colour pigments
Free from asbestos, cadmium, CFCs and formaldehyde
Easy disposal

Visit our website for more detailed information on nora® floor coverings, accessories and our business philosophy.

nora systems develops, produces and markets high-quality, resilient floor coverings as well as shoe components under the brand name nora®. The company, headquartered in Weinheim, was founded in 2007 (formerly as Freudenberg Bausysteme) and has been shaping the development of rubber floor coverings for years as worldwide leading manufacturer. We have more than 1,100 employees within the company and enjoyed a turnover of approximately €205.8m in 2012.

Exhibitions in 2014

nora systems will be exhibiting at InnoTrans, a railway technology exhibition for both buyers and sellers in the passenger and freight transport technology industries, on 23 to 26 September, in Berlin, Germany. nora systems will be found at Hall 3.1, booth number 106.

White Papers

High-Performance Flooring for the Railway Industry

nora® offers a range of floor coverings that are designed to meet all specific requirements in the global transportation sector.

Complete Self-Adhesive Flooring System for Railway Vehicles

nora® nTx is an advanced technology designed for professional installers within the railway industry fitting nora rubber flooring systems.

Projects

New York City Subway

New York City in the US led the way with mass transit systems and started operating its first metro line as long ago as 1904. In 1953, control of the system was assumed by the New York City Transit Authority, which also took over the management of all metropolitan bus services.

Docklands Light Railway Capacity Upgrade

Since opening in 1987, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has been central to the regeneration of east London. Now its significance is far greater than originally envisaged.

Valenciennes Tram System

One of the most notable things about the tram service in Valenciennes, France, is its setting.

Light Rail System operated by Kolner-Verkehrs Betreibe (KVB)

Germany’s fourth most populous city, Köln (Cologne), 200km north of Frankfurt, is cut in two by the River Rhine.

Jerusalem Light Rail Project

The largest city in Israel and home to around a tenth of its people, Jerusalem has a population approaching three quarte

Brussels Metro and Tram Network

Public transport in the 19 communes of the Belgian capital and some adjoining areas is operated by STIB/MIVB (Societ

Orléans-Val-de-Loire Tramway, Orléans, Loiret

Second generation tramways are becoming an important and supported mode of urban transport in France, with new systems sprouting in many of the country's large cities.

Tenerife Light Rail System

Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, is well known as a popular holiday destination. Visitors in recent year

Qinghai-Tibet Heavy Rail Line

Built quite literally on the roof of the world – at an average elevation around 4,500m above sea level – the

Metro do Porto

Porto, Portugal's second-largest city with a population of 1.2 million, has suffered for many years from an inadequate p

Lyon Light Rail System

Ranging from hired bicycles to a rack-assisted metro and shortly to add a tram-train operation, the city of Lyon has a wide range of public transport modes.

Luas Light Rail Network, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Dublin is by far the largest city in Ireland, with over a million inhabitants and forecast by the Irish Central Statistics Office to reach over two million in the metropolitan area by 2021.

Montpellier Light Rail Network

One of the fastest-growing cities in France, the south-western conurbation of Montpellier has jumped from the country's

Kuala Lumpur Airport Express

A new 57km (35-mile) express rail link between the centre of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and the principal intern

Rome Light Rail Metro and Tram System - Railway Technology

In 1994, a merger took place between Atac, the authority operating surface transport, and Cotral, the operator of metro,

Bremen Light Rail System

Bremen in north-west Germany is one of the two urban subdivisions, the other being Bremerhaven, that make up the country's smallest land (state), Freie Hansestadt Bremen.

Light Rail Transit System, operated by Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation

Taipei Metro Rapid-Transit Network is the first metro system in Taiwan.

Strasbourg Light Rail Extension, France

As a major administrative centre of the European Community, Strasbourg in eastern France began moves early in 1989 to create a public transport system which would be appropriate to its position at the hub of the continent.

Vancouver SkyTrain

Vancouver is Canada's third city, the metropolitan area having a population approaching 2.3 million and projected for 3

Mandalay Bay Cable Liner

A number of the main tourist attractions around the major destination of Las Vegas, Nevada, are now linked by a unique form of a rapid transit system, which its developers hope will become an attraction in itself. It opened in April 1999 after a construction period of only eight months.