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H o r n Publishing | servi ng busi ness w o rl d w i d e This edition of Destination Norway pays tribute to the inspiring achievements of Norwegian industry in all its diverse sectors, and to the policies and technological innovations that have shaped them. The publication is divided into alternating sectors. The editorial chapters outline the development of each sector in turn, while the commercial sections present many of the most important companies in the respective categories – a representative selection of trades, professions and vocations in which this country excels. We sincerely hope you will find this revised and updated editorial section interesting and useful. But even more important: we hope you will take note of the wealth of information on companies offering products and services that may be relevant to your needs. These are grouped into categories to help you find the companies you are looking for.
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c o n te nt s | • Index of companies by business category ............................. 5 Foreword by Trond Giske, Minister of Trade and Industry ........................... 6
• Norway: top of the world ........................................................ 8 • Building and Construction: international acclaim .............. 18 • Fisheries: blue revolution .................................................... 26 • Food Industry: world-class raw materials .......................... 60 • Furniture: quality and reliability .......................................... 70 • Industry: life at the top ......................................................... 80 Foreword by NCE Raufoss .......................................................................... 82
• Intellectual property rights: protecting your brainchild .... 106 Foreword by Acapo AS .............................................................................. 108 Foreword by Onsagers ............................................................................. 110
• Life Sciences: growing rapidly ........................................... 122 Foreword by Seagarden ASA .................................................................... 124
• Mining and tunnelling: going underground ....................... 148 Foreword by Mineral Cluster North ......................................................... 150 Foreword by NFF/NTN ............................................................................. 152
• Offshore and Shipping: an industrial colossus .................. 192 • Transport: on the move ...................................................... 200 • Index of companies in alphabetical order ......................... 210
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inde x o f c om pa nie s | BY BUSINESS CATEGORY Monster Worldwide Norway AS ........................... 16 Building & Construction NorDan AS ........................................................... 24 SINTEF Building and Infrastructure .................... 25 Fisheries • Aquaculture AKVA Group .......................................................... Akvaplan-niva AS ................................................. Egersund Trål AS ................................................. EWOS AS .............................................................. Mosterfarm AS ..................................................... Sterner AS ............................................................ University of Nordland – Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture ..........
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• Consultants Prebio AS .............................................................. 47 • Gear & Supplies FRIONORDICA AS ................................................. NB Marine AS ....................................................... Optimar ................................................................ Pam Refrigeration ............................................... Peter Stette AS .....................................................
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• Seafood Arctic Group Maritime a.s .................................... Mikals Laks AS ..................................................... Norges Sildesalgslag ........................................... Sjøvik AS ............................................................... Sotra Fiskeindustri AS .........................................
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Food Industry Prediktor AS ......................................................... 67 TINE SA ................................................................ 68 Furniture Alminor AS ........................................................... 76 Boen Bruk AS ....................................................... 77 Nordic Comfort Products AS ............................... 79 Industry Agenturhuset Salg AS .......................................... 90 Eltek ..................................................................... 92 GKN Aerospace Norway AS ................................. 96 Kverneland Group ................................................ 98 LINGU Europe ...................................................... 99 NCE Raufoss ...................................................... 100 Norsk Teknisk Porselen AS ............................... 104 Intellectual Property Rights Acapo AS ............................................................ 116 Onsagers ............................................................ 118 Oslo Patentkontor AS ......................................... 121
Life Sciences • Biotechnology FMC BioPolymer AS ........................................... 134 Lytix Biopharma AS ............................................ 137 Norinnova Technology Transfer ......................... 138 • Health AbbVie ................................................................ Ayanda Group ..................................................... Diagnostica AS ................................................... Orthogenics AS .................................................. Seagarden ASA ..................................................
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• Medtech Tronrud Engineering AS ..................................... 146 Mining & Tunnelling AMV AS ............................................................... Arctic Gold AB .................................................... Austin Norge AS ................................................. Geological Survey of Norway ............................. Gjerstad Products AS ......................................... Komatsu KVX LLC .............................................. Kunnskapsparken Bodø AS ............................... Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner ................................ LNS Group .......................................................... Mo Industripark AS ............................................ Molab as ............................................................. Narvik Composite AS ......................................... Narvik University College .................................. NORUT NARVIK .................................................. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute ..................... NTNU .................................................................. Nussir ASA ......................................................... Orica Norway AS ................................................ Pretec AS ............................................................ Protan AS ........................................................... Rana Gruber AS ................................................. Skaland Graphite AS .......................................... Stjørdal Fagskole ............................................... Støperi NORD AS ............................................... University of Nordland – Bodø Graduate School of Business ................ W. Giertsen Tunnel AS .......................................
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Offshore & Shipping J.Weiberg Gulliksen AS ...................................... 198 Prediktor AS ....................................................... 199 Transport Jarle Tveiten Transport AS ................................ 207 Jetpak Norge AS ................................................ 208
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foreword | Mi ni stry of trade a n d i n d u stry Dear Reader, It is a pleasure for me to introduce you to the new edition of “Destination Norway”. I hope that this publication on the Norwegian business sectors can serve as a useful introduction for future business with Norwegian companies. Good access to natural resources has been essential to the growth of wealth in our country. Norway is rich in natural resources such as oil and gas, hydropower, fisheries, forests and minerals, and Norwegian companies have world-leading expertise in managing and utilising these resources.
Norway is not, however, only an exporter of natural resources. The activity surrounding our natural resources has laid the foundation for an extensive high technology industry. The high technology industry supplies oil platforms and ships, and other specialized equipment to the petroleum industry. Other companies supply special services such as ship classification, insurance, and transport. Norwegian shipping companies have one of the largest offshore fleets in the world, and also control a large part of the world’s dry bulk ships.
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Another area in which Norway gradually is making its presence felt internationally is construction. Mountains and valleys make construction of roads, airports and power lines a demanding job. In order to solve these tasks, Norwegian construction enterprises have developed advanced solutions that are in demand outside our borders. Norway also has a strong position within sectors such as ICT, biotechnology, environmental technology and defence. The Norwegian Government aims to have one of the best regulatory frameworks for business,
and the World Bank has consistently ranked Norway among the top 10 business-friendly countries in the world. Norwegian companies are relatively small on an international scale, but our companies have world-leading technology and expertise within many different areas. I therefore encourage you to seek business cooperation with Norwegian companies to learn more about what they have to offer. I would also encourage you to visit Norway and experience our country’s spectacular tourist destinations. Welcome to Norway!
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The CIA, which makes it its business to know such things, describes Norway as “a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention”. The country is “richly endowed with natural resources – petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals....” All well and good. But what is it exactly about the Kingdom of Norway, a remote country at the top of Europe with a population of five million, that enables it to punch so far above its weight in the global business arena? Norway is consistently among the world’s largest oil exporters. Norwegian seafood is an international byword for quality, and its aquaculture industry is the trendsetter in the field. True to its maritime heritage dating back to the Stone Age, Norway remains a powerhouse in world shipping to this day. Culturally, too, Norway is something of a heavyweight. Londoners, Berliners and New Yorkers flock to hear the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on tour; and Munch’s “The Scream” vies with the Mona Lisa for the title of the world’s most recognisable work of art. Norway also excels in sport, especially winter disciplines. Norwegians have constructed the world’s longest road tunnels, the world’s largest petroleum platforms and half of the world’s underground hydropower stations. Norwegian inventions include the cheese slicer, the paper clip, probably the aerosol spray can, and even, according to some authorities at least... television.
If you ask a Norwegian how such a small tribe could have accomplished so much, he might well affect surprise, as if he hadn’t even noticed. Tough and resourceful But persist and you will elicit a theory: that while other peoples enjoyed natural advantages of climate and geography, Norwegians had to cope with a harsh, hostile environment. Tilling meagre soils, sailing turbulent seas, scaling icy mountains to rescue a stranded goat (or just to visit the nearest neighbour), Norwegians became tough, resourceful and fast on their skis – which they also invented, of course! This theory conveniently explains a lot: from the 300-year-long orgy of rape and pillage known to posterity as the Viking era, to Norway’s more recent achievements, including the creation of one of the world’s wealthiest and most stable democracies. There was, of course, one major stroke of luck along the way. When Sweden gave up its claim to Norway in 1905, it had no idea that well before the end of the century North Sea oil and gas would be worth untold billions of dollar to the Norwegian economy. Certainly, Norwegians can take credit for devising ingenious ways of pumping the stuff up; but most are sufficiently modest (and realistic) to recognise their oil wealth as an unearned natural blessing. Thanks in large part to that windfall, Norwegians are now among the most up-to-date world citizens: masters of the internet, at or near the top in mobile phone usage and ownership of computers, fax machines and
dest inat ion NORWAY | 11 other electronic gadgets. Income per capita has been in the global top ten since the 1970s, while international quality-of-life rankings often put Norway at or near the Number One position. Numerous surveys of this type have concluded that no one in the world is happier than the Norwegians. For all its modernity, however, theirs is a surprisingly uncomplicated lifestyle. Norwegians tend to define happiness in terms of a few simple pleasures: a birchwood fire, a walk in the forest, a cup of coffee or a couple of beers in the sunshine. The great outdoors – mountains and fjords, fishing and hunting, skiing and hiking – is what living is all about. Perhaps it is this rather basic approach to life that has so often motivated the international community to install Norway (home of the Nobel Peace Prize, after all) in the role of global peacemaker. Probably the most famous such episode was the so-called Oslo process that led to the ill-fated Palestinian-Israeli peace accord of 1993. During the early years of the new century, Norway spearheaded a similar effort to broker peace between the Tamil Tigers and the government of Sri Lanka. Chasing waterfalls In the course of a century, Norway has evolved from a quiet agrarian society to a dynamic, high-tech country with a prominent international position. Historically, most Norwegians made a living by combining smallscale farming with a variety of other activities, such as forestry, hunting, and fishing, and in many respects the country’s economy remains closely linked to natural resources: Norway’s status as a large-scale exporter of timber, fish, minerals and other raw materials dates
back to the Middle Ages, while work began in earnest around the turn of the last century to tame some of the country’s many waterfalls for the energy-intensive operations of the metallurgical, chemical and paper industries. In recent years, developments in the High North (the Barents Sea, Norway’s northern continental shelf, Svalbard, and the Arctic region) have become increasingly important in connection with oil exploration, maritime biology, Arctic geology, fisheries resources, climate change research and the general management of this valuable – and vulnerable – region. The sea, of course, continues to play a vital part in Norway’s economy. The transport of raw materials laid the foundation for Norway’s role as a leading shipping nation, and it was this shipping tradition in turn which provided the basis for the country’s present maritime activities in the petroleum, marine equipment and seafood industries. More recently, tourism has emerged as one of Norway’s fastest-growing industries. In 2012, Norway exported approximately 50% of the goods and services it produced, while imports made up roughly 30 per cent of its GDP, giving a 20% surplus balance in the year (NOK 385 billion), according to Statistics Norway. The country’s core markets include the Nordic region and Europe, although certain products, like oil, gas, minerals and seafood, are successfully marketed worldwide. Although it is not a member of the European Union (EU), Norway’s membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) secures it full access to the EU’s internal market. The EU presently accounts for around 80 per cent of Norway’s foreign trade.
12 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY It is increasingly noticeable that within the span of just a few decades Norway has begun to change from a natural resource-based economy to a knowledge society. The Norwegian business sector is committed to developing cost-effective, environmentally-sound and technologically-advanced solutions, increasing industrial productivity and enhancing efficiency in any number of sectors. A focus on R&D activities and joint ventures with foreign companies has boosted the development of new areas of national expertise in a range of technologies including software and communications, space-related projects, engineering and biotechnology. Mixed Economy The Norwegian economy is generally characterised as “mixed” – a capitalist market economy with a clear component of state influence. As in the rest of Western Europe, the expansion of most industry in Norway has largely been governed by private property rights and the private sector. Nevertheless, some industrial activities are owned or run by the state. State ownership and the regulation of the private sector serve to classify Norway as a mixture of market and planned economy. State administration takes the form of taxation, duties and subsidies. It is also evident in licensing schemes and the regulation of elements such as the working environment, accounting procedures, pollution and products. During the 1990s, state ownership of industry became more focused on purely financial investments.
The industrial sector is mainly under private ownership, but the state is the largest owner of some of Norway’s largest corporations, most notably Statoil, which occupies a dominant position in Norway’s subsea oil industry, as well as in the petro-chemical, oil refining and oil marketing industries. Agriculture and fisheries are in private hands, apart from the approximately ten per cent of productive forestry land owned by the state. There are state lending institutions for the most important industries (agriculture, fisheries, heavy industry), for the municipalities, for regional development, for housing and for education. The state has been a significant owner of hydropower stations and electricity plants. Although the state has a monopoly on railways and the postal service, the state-owned companies that have been established have been granted freer rein, which in turn implies that they are increasingly exposed to competitive forces. State involvement in Norwegian industry is gradually declining in keeping with the deregulation and privatisation processes taking place throughout the industrialised world. Plenty of room Apart from Iceland, Norway is Europe’s most sparsely populated country, with roughly 5 million Norwegians spread over an area the size of Germany (pop. 82 m), more than 70 per cent of which is mountain plateau: bare rock or scrubby vegetation. Another 25 per cent
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Distances here can be deceiving. At one spot north of the Arctic Circle, for example, Norway is only a few kilometres wide; but from the mysterious, foggy North Cape to the pearl-like towns of the southern coast, the distance is 1752 km as the crow flies – about the same distance as New York to Miami, or Oslo to Rome.
Most Norwegians live in single-family homes and large apartments, “equipped with every thinkable electric appliance”, while hankering after a simple, back-tonature lifestyle. Weekends and holidays are spent at the family hytte – in theory, a candle-lit log cabin, heated only by a wood-burning stove or fireplace, deep in the wilderness; in practice, often in effect a second home with all mod cons in a scenic but easily accessible area. More than 200,000 privately owned hytter dot the mountains, valleys and shorelines of Norway. Even downtown Oslo, the focus of cosmopolitan life, is only a few minutes by car, tram or bus from wilderness.
To the east is Norway’s 1619 km border with Sweden, the European Union’s longest external border; to the north, a 721 km border with Finland, and 196 km with Russia. Although the Finnmark region of northern Norway includes some of the most northerly cities on earth, the Gulf Stream ensures ice-free harbours all year round.
“Adoration of nature in Norway has many facets”, Eriksen writes. “It is official and has a political aspect; unspoiled nature is a national symbol. It is private and is associated with family rituals, such as cabin life. But it is also personal and individual, and in this area veneration of nature has a clear sprinkling of religion.
Nature worship According to Thomas Hylland Eriksen, a social anthropologist specialising in nationalism, ethnic relations and cultural change, “Norwegian adoration of nature is a vital ingredient in the country’s national identity. Over half of the population have ready access to a cabin, the schools arrange annual obligatory ski days, and most postcards produced by the tourist industry depict nature scenes rather than cultural attractions.”
“The state religion in Norway is the Lutheran faith, but reverence for nature is also very strongly ingrained. Instead of renouncing it as heathenish, Lutheranism has consciously embraced it – among other things, Christian books published in Norway often display Norwegian nature scenes on the cover. Moreover, the outdoors is often recommended by state church clergy as a great place for religious meditation and reflection.
is forest or woodland, leaving only about four per cent fit for cultivation. Norway’s Arctic territories include the Svalbard archipelago (often known abroad as Spitsbergen) and Jan Mayen Island, each with 200-mile economic zones rich in marine life.
14 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY “In this way, Christianity, which in principle places a sharp dividing line between culture and nature (nature is evil, people are by nature sinful), avoids a direct confrontation with the strong Norwegian ideology that culture and nature are two sides of the same coin.” Nature worship aside, more than a quarter of the population is concentrated in and around the capital city of Oslo, situated at the tip of the Oslofjord in the south-east. (Ever the seafarers, Norwegians have built all their major cities on the coast.) But notwithstanding the trend towards urbanisation, here as elsewhere, the more remote districts and far-flung provinces continue to loom large in cultural and political life. A land fit for giants From space, Norway is seen as a rugged, rocky outcrop jutting from the sea. Most striking is the squiggly coastline – some 20,000 km of it, counting indentations – not to mention more than 50,000 islands. Through the geological aeons, cascading rivers carved out deep
valleys and gorges, which eventually bore glaciers down from the interior mountains. This colossal swelling of ice 2.5 million years ago gouged out the U-shaped fjords; when the glaciers retreated, the fjords filled with brackish water to astonishing depths, while magnificent waterfalls festooned the sheer granite walls. Everywhere in this country, water is on the move. And it’s clean: Norway is one of the few countries in Europe where hikers can fill their canteens in many rivers and streams. It is sometimes hard, in such surroundings, to separate landscape and dreamscape, history and legend. Jotunheimen (“Home of the Giants”), for example, is a range of jagged peaks, the country’s highest, in midNorway. According to Norse mythology, the giants were the Earth’s original inhabitants, maintaining a stronghold there long into human times. Jotunheimen’s isolated settlements are also a rich source of folklore from more recent centuries. One wooded valley is said to be home to three trolls who, like the graiai of Greek mythology, share a single eyeball by passing it back and forth.
dest inat ion NORWAY | 15 At these latitudes, the seasons are distinguished as much by darkness and light as by temperature. Fully a third of Norway lies above the Arctic Circle, where during the mild summer there is constant daylight – and in the middle of winter, a period of blackout: mørketid, the dark time. In between are long weeks of twilight, when the landscape is awash in purple or bluish hues during the short “days”. Even in Oslo there are 19 hours of sun at the summer solstice, compared with only six hours during the Christmas season. Life goes on in the dark, of course. In fact, Norway’s most raucous celebration of New Year’s Eve takes place in the Arctic city of Tromsø, where the Northern Lights jazz up the winter sky and electrically lit ski trails bejewel the suburban periphery. (Afterwards, admittedly, there is a certain hunkering down across the land, a period of introspection and stolid endurance.) Easter signals the reawakening. Norwegians pack their cars and drive en masse into the mountains for a last fling on skis.
Somewhere between the Easter holidays, which last a week or more, and the 17th of May, Norway’s National Day, spring seems to come and go in a flash. Summers can be magically intense in the long days of dazzling sunshine: temperatures in Oslo usually match those of London or Zurich, and even in the far north the thermometer often hits 25 °C. For business purposes, the month of July hardly exists. Norwegians travel far and wide, and those who stay home catch every ray of sun. Afternoon barbeque parties turn into late-night raves. Norwegians say they need less sleep in the summer, which is just as well, as going to bed early requires self-discipline, dark window shades and possibly ear plugs to block the sound of frolicking children and their roistering elders. But no Norwegian can ever quite forget that “summer’s lease hath all too short a date”. The bleak midwinter is always right around the corner. And that means back to work – which is, of course, what this publication is all about.
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In April 2010, in a foreword to the book Made in Norway - Norwegian Architecture Today, then Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre posed the question: “how do we respond to the natural landscape?” The answer, the minister continued, pointed to one of Norwegian architecture’s distinctive characteristics. “Norway is sparsely populated outside the main cities. It is a coastal nation where the sea, fjords, mountains and forests are never far away, and the relationship to the untouched natural landscape continues to be an important feature of many of our building projects. It has been said that our buildings are close to nature, and subjected to powerful natural forces, but our best architecture provides a challenge or a contrast that allows for a deeper understanding of both nature and culture.” Norwegian architecture, he noted, has attracted international attention during the last couple of decades, culminating in several prestigious international awards, such as the Pritzker Prize to Sverre Fehn in 1997, and in 2009 the Mies van der Rohe award to Snøhetta – already celebrated after its victory in 1989 over 650 competitors in the competition to design the Alexandria Library in Egypt – for the new Opera House in Oslo, described by a smitten reviewer in the London Times as “an amazing marble and granite vision that rises out of the fjord like a giant ice floe... “More recently, Snøhetta won the ArchDaily Building of the Year 2011 for its Wild Reindeer Pavilion, and has delivered a design briefing for the museum pavilion at the September 11 Memorial in New York. The company also designed Norway’s first energypositive building. As an aside, the project of re-locating the national museum for world famous Norwegian painter Edward Munch has proved to be a thorny issue politically. Norway
issued an international architectural tender in 2009 and the winner was the well-known Herreros Arquitectos from Spain with a project called Lambda. This, however, did not find favour with the Norwegian public and became a serious political problem in Oslo, where the different political parties used the case to make points about town planning processes. The project had become an embarrassment for the political leadership in Oslo, but in March 2013, in a bid to end the stalemate, the government said it would step in and help finance it. In short: “Despite its small population, Norway has the potential to make an important contribution to design and architecture, particularly in those areas where Norway is at the forefront internationally, such social welfare, responsible management of natural resources and sustainable development.” Just plain folk Norway’s building and construction sector, which is based on centuries of craftsmanship and experience with a variety of building materials, tends to be dominated by folk traditions. According to the Norwegian architect and historian Elizabeth Seip, “proximity to nature and intimacy with the inherent qualities of the materials run like a thread through Norwegian architecture, contributing to its distinctive national characteristics”. More than most (if not all) other Europeans, Norwegians tend to live in owner-occupied detached houses, investing huge sums in their homes and in cabins used for holidays or as weekend retreats. Housing investment varies according to market fluctuations, while activity in the construction sector as a whole moves more in line with larger industrial and public projects. This sector is often the first to register the early signs of major changes in the economy, as it accounts for much of the total energy and volume of materials consumed in Norway – and generates a correspondingly large share of overall
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Private-sector contractors build the schools, hospitals, cultural centres, military installations and roads ordered by the state. Such public investment accounts for roughly a third of everything produced by the building and construction industry, which employs well over 100,000, mostly in small and often privately owned-companies. Statsbygg is the Norwegian government’s key advisor in construction and property affairs, building commissioner, property manager and property developer. Major players However, the sector is constantly changing, and some larger groups have been established: Veidekke, Skanska, NCC Construction, AF-gruppen, Block Watne, Mesta, Kruse Smith and Moelven are well known examples. Mesterhus is a further example of a successful national chain based on cooperation between local building companies. Several of the larger companies have established an international presence. Norway’s rugged, mountainous terrain and harsh climate make major infrastructure projects – the construction of roads, airports, power lines and the like – particularly demanding. Norwegian construction enterprises have developed advanced solutions, becoming well known for their ingenuity in coping with tough conditions. Road construction in a country of mountains and fjords is a particular challenge, and Norwegian geological engineers have over time developed great expertise in tunnelling and cavern excavation, bridge construction, knowledge of rock properties, geological analysis, drilling, and blasting.
Challenges posed by terrain and climate have also motivated Norwegians to build a great many facilities – hydropower plants, oil storage facilities, water treatment works, railway stations, military installations, even sports facilities – underground. Nearly half of the world’s 400 underground power plants are located in Norway. Norwegian wood As wood, especially Norwegian pine, has always been the country’s most important building material, Norwegian companies are known internationally for their expertise in developing and exporting first-class timber and specialised wood products such as parquet flooring, stairs, doors and windows, and prefabricated housing. New technology has made it possible to utilise wood in new ways, such as using glued, laminated timber (“glulam”) beams for support in bridges and large buildings. Glulam is a lightweight, extremely strong product that has added a new dimension to the design of homes, large public and commercial buildings, and even bridges. The main terminal building at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport, for example, is the largest laminated wood structure in the world. Other materials, such as plastic, glass and stone, are of course also vital ingredients in many if not most modern construction projects. Norway boasts a multitude of businesses supplying everything from plastic tubing for water and drains to insulation materials, boilers and septic tanks. Norwegians can also take pride in their paint industry, which is dominated by Jotun, a leading international producer of marine coatings as well as house paints. Concrete and stone The use of concrete, the most common supporting material in large buildings and structures, has become something of a Norwegian speciality thanks in part to the
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22 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY hydropower and petroleum projects requiring mammoth structures such as oil platforms, power pylons and dams. The aggregate known as Leca is an example of a Norwegian invention that has become a ubiquitous building material. Norwegian companies are also major global suppliers of granite, larvikite (“Blue Pearl”), marble, and several different types of slate used in construction. Norway’s building and construction industry has attracted international attention for innovative design as well as exceptional products. Norwegian architects have won acclaim for their modern approach to traditional materials (wood, stone and metal) while harnessing the sector’s cutting edge expertise in large timber structures, tunnelling and excavation, and road and bridge construction. Green approaches In recent years environmental consciousness has become a major theme in the sector. Attention has focused on materials, building methods and climate considerations that can help create “healthy buildings”, characterised by a direct relationship between natural and architectural forms. The Nordic House on the Faeroe Islands, completed in 1983 by the Norwegian architect Ola Steen, as an early example of this “green” approach. The problem of placing the large building amongst Torshavn’s small houses was solved by turning the building into a miniature mountain. Glimpses of glass and steel shine through in the level
between the grey rock foundation and the softly sloping sod roof. The building is transformed into a natural object and fits in with the surrounding hills. At home, the Boarch architects faced similar challenges in designing the Sami Cultural Centre in Kautokeino. Situated in an open landscape, the traditional Sami tent is symbolised by the sliced-off pyramid surrounding a warm and red middle section, a bonfire. Designed by architects Bjerk and Bjørge in 1990, the Land of the Sami Centre in Karasjok draws on the same concept of the necessity of protection from the harsh and challenging landscape and provision of light and warmth during the dark winter months. The centre is assembled around lighted, warm wooden walls. Designed by architects Lunde and Løvseth in 1992, Tønsberg Library’s bearing construction consists of steel trees which distend the light roof over the medieval ruins on the grounds of the library. The building thus also doubles as a protective building for a ruin, allowing library visitors to widen their perspective of history. The 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer required the construction of complex projects within a short period of time. The main challenge was to create a convincing meeting between large masses of buildings and the spectacular winter landscape. Since the Olympics, the so-called “Viking Ship” speed skating hall in Hamar has come to be regarded as the most distinctive monument to the 1994 Winter Games. Located across from a bird sanctuary in Lake Mjøsa, the enormous structure
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Oslo’s Spektrum events centre, which can seat 10,000, is part of an urban development that includes a bus station and hotels. The arena’s outer wall is a sliced-off semicircle with a sculpted brick surface which transforms the immense building into “a kind of architectural poem”, in the words of Norwegian architect and historian Elizabeth Seip, and “its decorations shimmer when the low-lying rays of the Nordic sun strike the walls”. Institutional bodies Statsbygg, the Directorate of Public Construction and Property, acts on behalf of the Norwegian government as manager and advisor. Its property portfolio includes office buildings, schools, accommodation and specialised buildings throughout the country, plus Norwegian embassies and official residences abroad. As builder, manager and developer of state owned property, Statsbygg takes seriously what it describes as “co-ownership in the country’s total environmental challenges” – including, of course, the selection, treatment and ultimate disposal of building materials. “Construction and operation of buildings entail use of materials and resources in the form of raw materials, building materials, products, technical installations, chemicals, etc.”, the Directorate continues.
“Extraction of raw materials, manufacturing and transport of finished materials entail deterioration of the landscape, pollution and energy consumption. These activities also generate waste, which must be treated properly.” Statsbygg is also responsible for managing many of the country’s most important heritage sites. Planning and construction projects involving conservation of heritage sites are often linked to choice of materials in preserving and maintaining protected buildings and other structures. The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF) has joined forces with the Norwegian Building Research Institute to form SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, a complete research institute carrying out R&D, innovation, certification and related activities in the building, construction and housing sectors. The institute covers every aspect of building and construction, from water distribution networks and concrete reinforcement to “the rock that is blasted out to make tunnels, aggregate under the asphalt, sealing strips around our windows, damp-proof membranes for bathrooms and the humidity in the walls of houses”. The Federation of Norwegian Construction Industries (BNL) is the umbrella organisation for building material manufacturers and suppliers, craftsmen’s enterprises and civil engineering firms, representing more than a dozen associations representing everything from Master Builders to joinery manufacturers, plumbers, landscape gardeners and tinsmiths.
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resembles an upturned Viking longship pulled onto the shore. The master of the “ship” is architect Niels Torp.
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NorDan AS
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high performance windows and doors NorDan AS was founded in 1926 and is one of the leading suppliers of windows and doors in Scandinavia with 1300 employees and a turnover of 1,6 billion Norwegian kroner. Our main markets are Norway, Sweden, Great Britain and Ireland. Our head office and main factory is in Moi, in the southern part of Rogaland. Our other 7 factories are situated in Otta, Egersund and Arneberg in Norway, Värnamo, Tanumshede and Kvillsfors in Sweden, and Wolsztyn in Poland.
When trading with NorDan you gain a solid business partner and a relationship based on trust. NorDan is dedicated to being ahead of the development of windows and doors, with a strong focus on the future.
Main factory, Moi
REAL SCANDINAVIAN LIFESTYLE WE ALSO HAVE OUR WINDOWS OF COURSE
One moment, it’s quiet and warm, and the next gales and pouring rain. The weather is changeable and severe in Norway! But, that’s the way we like it. And we are prepared for these vagaries of weather. Just like our windows. NorDan timber windows are the most weather resistant and energy efficient on the market today. And so it will be tomorrow. Our tradition is to push the possibilities. That’s why we have a reputation for being Scandinavia’s most vigorous window manufacturer.
NorDan AS Stasjonsveien 46, NO-4460 Moi Tel.: +47 51 40 40 00 firmapost@nordan.no www.nordan.no
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SINTEF Building and Infrastructure Solutions for the construction industry of tomorrow
The coming generations will have to live with the solutions we choose today. The key objective is to find solutions which are cost and energy efficient, and environmentally sound. Other important domestic and global challenges are linked to productivity and quality. Solving challenges SINTEF Building and Infrastructure is a leading international research institute. We solve challenges linked to the entire building process. The institute offers specialist expertise in technical fields ranging from architecture and construction physics to the management, operation and maintenance of buildings, geotechnics, water supply, and other forms of infrastructure. One of our key goals is to make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of the industry. Energy efficient buildings Through The Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB) and our centre for researchbased innovation, Concrete Innovation Centre (COIN), we are developing new solutions for the built environment of the future. By means of a broad spectrum of other projects, we have developed methods and technical solutions for energy efficient buildings, as well as buildings and infrastructure which are adapted to the challenges presented by future climate change. In Europe, the building sector represents over 40 % of all greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is also in this sector that measures to reduce the emissions will have the greatest effect. Developing zero emission buildings – buildings with extremely low energy requirements and a zero net climate footprint – is therefore an extremely important climate measure which can contribute to solve many of the challenges we are facing. Technology for a better society The SINTEF Group is Scandinavia’s largest research organisation. Our vision is «Technology for a better society». We generate wealth by means of our knowledge, research activities and innovation, and develop solutions which contribute to increased prosperity, quality of life, and sustainable development. SINTEF Building and Infrastructure P.O. Box 123 Blindern, NO-0314 Oslo Tel: +47 22 96 55 55 Fax: +47 22 69 94 38 byggforsk@sintef.no www.sintef.no/byggforsk
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The future of the construction industry will be characterised by the challenges presented by climate change due to global warming. The need for new energy solutions will demand a massive effort on our part, if we are to guarantee sustainable development.
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Fisheries and aquaculture account for about 6 per cent of Norway’s exports, bringing in foreign revenue of around NOK 52.1 billion. Aquaculture accounts for roughly 57 per cent of seafood exports. Well over 90 per cent of all Norwegian seafood products − there are several thousand − are exported, making fish Norway’s third largest export industry after petroleum and metals. Farmed salmon and trout account for well over half of the export value; other important categories include traditional processed fish products: dried, salted, frozen and/or filleted. Such is the global reach of this industry that in many countries, Norwegian exports have played a major role in preserving unique national food traditions: clipfish in Portugal and Brazil, mackerel in Japan and herring in Russia are the most obvious examples. And Norwegian smoked salmon is a sought-after luxury everywhere − even in France. Norway’s seafood industry produces far more than Norwegians, fewer than five million of them, can consume: hence the long-running export boom. Every day, all year round, almost 35 million meals of healthy Norwegian seafood are served around the world, making Norway the second largest seafood exporting nation. According to the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC), Norwegian seafood exports totalled NOK 51.6 billion in 2012, a NOK 1.8 billion decrease from 2011. However, a record was set in January 2013 when exports totalled NOK 4.8 billion in that month alone, 15 per cent up from the same month the previous year and the first quarter of 2013 remained steady at the same level as Q1 2012.
By some calculations, fish is the single largest component of the world’s total meat production traded internationally, relegating pork and beef to second and third place. Aquaculture in particular is by far the fastest growing animal food-producing sector, outpacing population growth with per capita supply increasing from 0.7 kg in 1970 to around 10 kg today. Nearly half of all seafood is produced by aquaculture compared with onethird in 2000 and it represented 61 per cent of Norway’s total fish and seafood exports in 2012. Given its average annual growth rate of seven per cent or so, aquaculture is close to overtaking the wild catch sector as a source of food fish. The modern fisheries industry has evolved as an integrated system starting with the fishermen and their vessels and taking in land-based and seaborne processing facilities, fish farms, educational and research institutions, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and technology, and all the sales, marketing and export channels through which a fish must pass on its journey from the sea to the dinner table. Delicious and healthy Fishing has certainly proved to be a bonanza for Norway − and the planet. As the fisheries ministry notes: “While the economic value of these exports is huge for our coastal communities and for Norway as a whole, it also means that we offer delicious and healthy quality food to consumers in over 150 markets around the world.” Population and industry projections suggest that the importance of the sea as a food source will continue to increase − but that careful management of this bounty is crucial. For that reason, protection of resources based on sustainable and profitable development is
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This principle of sustainability is fundamental to modern Norwegian resource management. Strict regulation, with set quotas and control mechanisms, is seen as a strict necessity to ensure that future generations can also harvest the wealth of the sea. Norway’s policy of long-term sustainable harvesting based on the best scientific advice available relies heavily on the precautionary principle, according to which measures to protect habitats or species against certain threats are justifiable even if scientific evidence confirming those threats is not yet complete. Follow the fish! Traceability − the susceptibility to identification and scrutiny at every stage of a process, in this case fish and fish products throughout the entire value chain − is seen by the Norwegian government as yet another important principle. Importers must request proof that the seafood is safe and stems from sustainable fisheries. Buyers and distributors are under pressure to accept only sustainable products; consumers, too, increasingly want to know when and where their fish are caught. Maintaining traceability throughout the value chain enables the authorities to check more closely what enters production and what comes out at the other end − which means fewer opportunities for fraud.
In Norway, legislation on the management of wild marine resources aims to enable the authorities to impose orders on the use of traceability solutions, making it mandatory to implement traceability throughout the value chain, in order to ensure that all fish produced in Norway is legally caught and that the industry will use the system as a tool in the management of fisheries resources. It is no coincidence that TraceTracker, for example, a leading international company specialising in product traceability through a new generation of electronic systems, is Norwegian, or that two Norwegian research institutions, SINTEF and Nofima, have been active in this field since the 1990s, carrying out pioneering work on traceability in the fisheries industry. Spectacular growth If revenue growth in the traditional Norwegian fishing industry has been steady, the surge in all aspects of aquaculture has been nothing short of spectacular. Norway has laid out a comprehensive plan for sustainable aquaculture. The main objectives are to reduce environmental impact of the industry and to extend and improve production in a responsible manner. What a former fisheries minister called a revolution is truly an industry in a state of constant growth. But this, unlike most “revolutions”, is the result of close cooperation between industry, researchers, and government. Norway’s landscape is also an important player: the country’s jagged coastline and deep, protected fjords provide a superb environment for growing fish. It is worth recalling that fish farming was seen initially as a secondary source of income for farmers on the coast. It is still barely 40 years since two men from the island
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the Number One objective of Norway’s fishery policy. Norway’s position is that it should be possible to harvest all fish and species of marine animals within biologically responsible limits with a view to preventing the decimation of the world’s oceans and maintaining the sea as an infinitely renewable larder.
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30 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY of Hitra west of Trondheim first tried to grow salmon in a net cage in the sea. The story of the Grøntvedt brothers from Hitra is a good example of how entrepreneurs laid the foundation for the new aquaculture industry in Norway, which has since grown into a thriving modern industry. The moral of the story, says the fisheries ministry, is that “innovative thinking and creativity based on an exchange of expertise and on cooperation between actors in the industry, aquaculture organisations, research institutions and the public administration has been the hallmark of the aquaculture industry throughout its development. This also goes a long way towards explaining the success of the industry in our country.”
Regional employment Aquaculture has also provided a vital boost to employment. The industry is viewed as a “stabilising” influence on job levels in coastal communities, an important factor given the determination of successive governments to maintain a viable population in outlying regions. Around 5,000 people are directly employed in aquaculture, while related businesses and suppliers provide an additional 20,000 jobs. This includes services and products such as fish feed, equipment, transport and packaging. The aquaculture industry is exerting an increasing impact on coastal communities and the Norwegian economy as a whole, providing an ever-larger share of Norway’s total value creation.
This sense of pride (not unmixed with some astonishment) is vindicated by the statistics. Norway’s aquaculture industry has multiplied its output again and again in the past decade, and has become renowned the world over as a modern industry producing high-quality food in an efficient, clean and healthy manner. Norwegian aquaculture exports have now grown to the point where export sales from the aquaculture sector exceed sales from the traditional fisheries in the ratio 60:40, and this preponderance is expected to increase. In the late 1970, fish farming represented as little as 1 per cent of the total meat production in Norway: today it represents 70 per cent or more. Salmon farming is now thought to be twice as efficient as chicken farming in producing protein.
Salmon and rainbow trout, the major species currently farmed, are anadromous species, i.e. migrating up rivers from the sea in order to spawn. This means that spawning and early growth must take place in fresh water, while the more mature fish require a marine (salt water) environment. Other species with substantial growth potential are cod, halibut and shellfish. Expanding the range and output of additional farmed species is clearly an important objective. Curiously, in view of the sector’s economic importance and vast potential, the average Norwegian fish farm, boasting a mere two or three employees, is hardly a massive operation. The several hundred companies producing fry and rearing smolt needed for the production of table fish are about the same
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size. Nor do fish farms occupy very large areas, although restrictions on traffic and on fishing apply within various distances from the cages... leading traditional fishermen to complain that concentrations of fish farms in some areas hinder their activities. Healthy and wise A hugely significant growth factor in the global market for fish and fish products is the burgeoning health food industry. Every Norwegian grandmother knows that a daily dose of cod liver oil, for example is a time-tested guarantee of survival in Norway’s harsh climate. But a great many fish oils are now known to be effective as health supplements, and given the recent obsession with health in the industrialised countries, the market is virtually unlimited. Research has confirmed that the intake of marine omega-3 fatty acids from seafood is far more effective than other dietary supplements, according to the Norwegian National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES). Just one portion of oily fish covers the daily requirements for marine omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, and in addition is an excellent source of protein. Fish and seafood also provide iodine, selenium and other important minerals. The challenge is to make these into appealing products and to educate consumers about the importance of choosing these foods. This in turn requires partnerships between ingredient suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers for product development. Equally important are
a regulatory environment that permits clear messages on products, and good relationships between industry and health professionals. Norwegian market leaders include Denomega, which claims a century of omega-3 oil refining experience resulting in a number of products incorporating this most valuable of nutritional oils without affecting the taste or odour of original foodstuffs. As the market for functional foods continues to expand, Denomega products are being added to an ever-wider range of provisions − milks, yogurts, spreads, cheeses, cereal and bakery products, mayonnaise, dressings, fruitbased beverages, meat and fish products, ready meals, liquid supplements and capsules − and its clients include scores of commercial food and beverage producers around the world. An interesting feature of this product range is that many of the additives meet kosher and halal requirements. At the other corporate extreme, Marine Harvest Ingredients, a division of the global aquaculture giant Marine Harvest, uses fresh salmon as raw material for salmon oil: the crude oil is primarily sold to feed and pet food producers, while refined salmon oil is sold both for use as an Omega-3 supplement and as an ingredient in food and beverages; salmon protein is also sold as a feed ingredient. Top gear According to the Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners’ Association, which claims to represent “the economic
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32 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY interests of all ocean-going fishing vessels in Norway”, one of the biggest challenges facing its members involves the development and application of new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The association calls for a structural programme to build new fishing vessels ready to implement new, relevant environmental technology.” Norway’s ship’s gear industry has developed alongside the steady growth of the Norwegian fishing fleet. Ship’s gear manufacturers offer a vast range of state-of-the-art products, from deck winches and vessel lighting solutions to the most advanced electronic cargo handling and stability systems. Specialised equipment for coastal and deep-sea fishing vessels represents another important niche. Durable, modern fishing gear such as purse seine nets, gill nets, motors, winches, cranes and fish-handling gear, as well as advanced navigational, thruster and manoeuvring systems, make it possible for fishermen to locate, harvest and transport their catch as efficiently as possible. Given Norway’s centurieslong maritime tradition, it comes as no surprise that a
Norwegian company, the family firm Mustad, claims a 90 per cent market share for its products − longline fishing equipment − which are sold and distributed in more than 170 markets worldwide. Fish hooks and hook-related fishing have been the company’s core business from the start in 1832. “About a third of the total world catch of 100 million tonnes of fish is thrown overboard every year”, Mustad says. “Longlining makes it possible to choose the right catch methods for the target species and size, thus avoiding waste.” Safety first! Fishing has always been a dangerous occupation, accounting for an average of 10 or 11 deaths a year in Norway. A typically Norwegian solution is an oilskin suit with built-in buoyancy pads that will keep a fisherman who falls overboard afloat and upright in the water, giving him a much better chance of climbing or being pulled on board again. The suit is the result of a cooperative effort involving SINTEF, the Norwegian Fishermen’s
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Clean seas Seafood competes in a market where consumers are increasingly health-conscious and environmentally aware − and where food from clean ocean waters is clearly a competitive advantage: Norwegian seafood must not only be safe, but consumers must also perceive it to be safe. This approach to the marketing of Norwegian products and services (and, by extension, Norway itself) also implies a strong responsibility. A clean marine environment is fundamental to the fishing and aquaculture industries not only for marketing reasons, but also because a clean marine environment is crucial to maintaining biological diversity in the sea and the nutritional value of the catch.
Only a balanced marine ecosystem that enables the resources to reproduce and flourish can continue to provide us with our ocean harvest. Norway’s access to some of the world’s most productive coastal and ocean areas carries with it a special responsibility for managing and preserving them. Against this background, and given that the aim of Norwegian fisheries management is to carry out sustainable harvesting, drawing upon the best possible scientific advice and observing the precautionary principle, Norway is pinning its hopes for the future of its fisheries on what is known as “ecosystem-based” management of the industry. The challenge, for fishermen and for the industry as a whole, is to put these policies into practice even if that means sometimes allowing considerations of ethics and/or conservation to outweigh commercial logic. Ethically speaking, the industry is obliged to think beyond the bottom line while accepting the need for extensive international cooperation.
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Association, the Gjensidige insurance company and the equipment manufacturer Regatta as part of a wider effort on health, safety and the environment in the fishing fleet − yet another example of Norway’s collective ingenuity in developing new technologies for an ancient industry.
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AKVA group
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Your Aquaculture Technology and Service Partner
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AKVA Group P. O. Box 271, Nordlysveien 4, NO-4340 Bryne Tel.: +47 51 77 85 00 mail@akvagroup.com www.akvagroup.com
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Akvaplan-niva AS
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research and consultancy companies in the field of aquaculture and water environments Akvaplan-niva AS is one of the leading private research and consultancy companies in the field of aquaculture and water environments. The company cooperates closely with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and other national and international experts and institutions. Akvaplan-niva has its head office in Norway but is represented with local offices in its main markets.
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Aquaculture Services Worldwide Akvaplan-niva’s aquaculture professionals provide a comprehensive range of services to clients worldwide: • Investors and fish farmers: o Site surveys, environmental impact assessments, feasibility studies, financial advice, design and construction supervision, start-up assistance, staff training and management • Fish farmers: o Monitoring and improvement of management and environmental practices, technical inspections of sea farms • Private companies and research organizations: o Developing new aquaculture concepts and technologies for commercial production of new aquaculture species (“from laboratory to commercial scale”) • Authorities and non-governmental organizations: o Design, construction supervision and management of research facilities • Regional and national authorities: o Development of aquaculture masterplans and integrated coastal zone management strategies with focus on sustainable aquaculture
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Environmental monitoring of fish farm activities in Croatia
Extensive Expertise Akvaplan-niva’s international staff has hands-on experience with a number of cold and warm water species in aquaculture, including: salmon, trout, tilapia, sea bream, sea bass, cod, wolffish, halibut, turbot, groupers, sole, eel and shrimp. References Since 1984, Akvaplan-niva has carried out thousands of aquaculture-related assignments. Recent international projects include: • Feasibility studies for aquaculture in South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, and Spain, including searching for professional farm managers, key personnel and investors • Planning, design and construction supervision of hatcheries and on-growing farms for cod and wolffish in Norway and Iceland • Design and construction of national aquaculture research and extension stations in Singapore, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and the United States • Environmental impact assessments for aquaculture activities in the Adriatic region • Development of monitoring guidelines and modeling tools for environmental effects from European aqua-culture (research and policy support projects for the EU) • Development of guidelines for integrated coastal zone management in Croatia with special focus on aqua-culture • R&D projects on marine aquaculture species such as cod, sole, turbot, halibut and wolffish financed by EU-CRAFT, national & international research organizations, and private aquaculture companies
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Akvaplan-niva offers a wide range of environmental consultancy, monitoring and research services. Services for the petroleum industry include environmental monitoring studies, survey design, impact assessments and risk analyses, ecotoxicological testing, oil spill contingency planning and sensitivity mapping. Environmental Monitoring Since 1989, Akvaplan-niva has carried out more than 70 major offshore monitoring surveys for oil and gas companies. These assignments include environmental baseline and monitoring surveys in the vicinity of offshore installations in temperate and arctic regions. Samples are processed and analysed in-house, at the company’s NS-EN ISO/ISE 17025 accredited laboratories. Akvaplan-niva’s survey experience ranges from coastal waters to deep (>1000m) sea. Environmental Impact Assessments & Risk Analyses Akvaplan-niva performs Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Risk Analyses (ERA) related to off- and onshore oil and gas activities like drilling, shipping, construction of pipelines, decommissioning, and harbor and land terminal development. The company provides environmental appraisals, pre-entry screenings and resource surveys to support oil and gas companies’ moving into new regions. Oil Spill Contingency Planning & Environmental Sensitivity Mapping The identification of sensitive areas and vulnerable resources is a major activity in EIA, ERA and oil spill contingency planning. Akvaplan-niva provides services at all levels, including field inventories, sensitivity indexing, mapping and contingency planning. Research on Arctic Ecosystems’ Sensitivity to Oil and Gas Activities To provide scientific advice on the sensitivity of Arctic ecosystems to petroleum operators, Akvaplan-niva performs ecotoxicological testing of oil and chemicals on marine arctic organisms including fish. Experiments are carried out at laboratory facilities on Svalbard and mainland Norway, providing test conditions that resemble as close as possible the natural environment. Design of Guidelines Akvaplan-niva’s broad experience with environmental monitoring in marine and limnic environments is also used to assist oil and gas companies and authorities in developing and harmonizing environmental guidelines and regulations, such as standards for sampling and sample analyses, guidelines for offshore monitoring and handbooks for oil spill cleanup. Multidisciplinary Expertise and International Experience Akvaplan-niva’s head office and analytical laboratories are located in Tromsø, Norway. The company has a subsidiary based in Murmansk (Russia) and local offices in Iceland, France and Spain. It has a diversified international staff of some 65 biologists, ecologists, chemists and geologists. Akvaplan-niva has extensive experience with assignments in the North Atlantic region and northwest Russia, but is also active in other parts of the world.
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Environmental monitoring offshore
Akvaplan-niva AS NO-9296 Tromsø Tel.: +47 77 75 03 00 Fax: +47 77 75 03 01 info@akvaplan.niva.no www.akvaplan.niva.no
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Egersund Trål AS
Total supplier of trawling equipment to fishing fleets world wide
Tradition – Quality – Co-operation We have enjoyed an excellent reputation as a co-operating partner for fishermen for more than 50 years. Our products are first class and our experienced and professional staff gives you assurance of top service and high level of co-operation. Our close contact with professional fishermen forms the basis for continuous product development. We have built our success on solid traditions of craftsmanship, a one hundred percent focus on quality in all stages of design and production, and in depth knowledge of our clients` needs and expectations. Our daily contact with fishermen provides us with a solid basis for product development, and new product designs are fully tested in a testing tank prior to production. Today we stand as one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of trawling equipment for the world`s fishing fleet.
Quality assurance: • Ongoing product development and testing of newly developed products • Computer simulations to identify optimum products. • Exhaustive testing of models of trawling equipment in testing tanks to evaluate and approve new designs. • Use of first-class raw materials from leading
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• Internally trained skilled craftsmen are employed through all production stages. • Internal Control System that facilitates full inspection and quality control throughout the company.
For further information have a look at our web-sites www.egersundgroup.no
Egersund Trål AS Svanavågen, NO-4370 Egersund Tel.: +47 51 46 29 00 Fax: +47 51 46 29 01 post@egersund-traal.no www.egersundgroup.no
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As developer and manufacturer of fishing equipment since 1952, we are best known for:
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EWOS AS
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a leading international player in the production of fish feed
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Operating companies Four of the five operational companies in the EWOS Group, EWOS AS (Norway), EWOS Chile S.A., EWOS Canada Ltd and EWOS Ltd (UK) mainly produce feed for Salmonides, while for EWOS Vietnam pangasius is the most important species. The various EWOS companies have an independent market responsibility in their respective geographic areas – with regard to both production and sales. However, the companies co-operate closely on functions such as purchasing, product development, R&D and information systems. The EWOS Group’s head office is located in Bergen, Norway. EWOS Group is owned by Cermaq ASA, listed on the Oslo stock exchange. Research & Development EWOS Innovation is the R&D company supporting EWOS and Cermaq activities. The company’s ambition is to be internationally recognized as the leading innovator for the salmonid aquaculture industry, and a leading company in organizing industrial innovation, attracting outstanding employees and partners. EWOS Norway In 2012 EWOS AS became market leader with 40 % market share. The main office is located in Bergen. Three production plants are handling feed production. These are located in Florø (Sogn & Fjordane), Halsa (Nordland) and Bergneset (Troms). Customer support and sales is managed from Bergen and the Trondheim sales office, as well as locally situated sales representatives along the coast from Bergen in the south to Tromsø in the north. EWOS AS has a complete feed assortment for freshwater (hatchery feeds), seawater (grower feeds), a functional feed program, medicated feeds and feed designed for broodstock. The company offers close and competent support to their customers throughout Norway, and have a unique follow-up systems for fish-farming with focus on performance, quality and economy; EWOS EGI. EWOS has a modern and effective fleet of special designed feed-boats, supplying fish-farmers all along the Norwegian coast line. Sustainability and food safety Sustainability and food safety is highly focused throughout all activities in EWOS. EWOS AS is certified according to ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and Global GAP. With a market share of 35 % in the global salmon market, EWOS has a responsibility to supply the growing fish farming industry sustainable raw materials of marine and vegetabile origin.
EWOS AS C. Sundtsgate 17/19, P.O. Box 4 Sentrum, NO-5803 Bergen Tel.: +47 55 69 70 00 Fax: +47 55 69 70 01 forum@ewos.com www.ewos.com
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EWOS Group is a leading international player in production of fish feed. In 2012 EWOS Group in total produced 1, 2 million tonnes of feed, and had 900 employees. The groups’ research and development activities are carried out through the R&D company EWOS Innovation.
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Mosterfarm AS
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Values created under good working conditions Mosterfarm AS is located in Mosterhamn on Bømlo. Bømlo, an island community built upon long maritime traditions. Maritime industries, such as deep sea fishing, shipping, marine engineering, and ofcourse fish farming. Fish farming being the mainstay in today’s modern fishing industry. Mosterfarm AS is an important part of this environment. The production facility is located in the heart of the largest fish farming region in Norway. Mosterfarm AS have produced floating fish farms at it’s facility in Mosterhamn since 1985. A total of more than 700 heavy duty cages have been produced, among these 70 with integral loading quays and other bespoke equipment/modifications.
Products During the development of our fish farms, we have always maintained very close relations with the highly skilled fish farming community. Compact steel cage structures provide a strong, stable working platform. This – with a good freeboard – give maximum safety for fish farm workers.Good working conditions are essential for a viable fish farm.The mainstructure (floating collar) is made of high strength steel piping, protected by an advanced painting system. The secondary structure (walkways and ancillary equipment) are hot galavanized. Our local service crew is availible on short notice if assistance with assembly, modifications on location or any other service work is required.From being an industry without governmental regulation, their are now in place requirements to certify fish farm products. Development and production are now carried out in close cooperation with the classification authorities. Based upon customer requirements new products are continuously being developed. Cages are connected by using hinges and/or flexible couplings depending on location requirements.
Mosterfarm AS Serklauvvegen 91, NO-5440 Mosterhamn Tel.: +47 53 42 21 70 Fax: +47 53 42 21 71 post@mosterfarm.no www.mosterfarm.no
Sterner AS
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Water treatment for safe and profitable aquaculture
Fi sh eRi es – aquacul t ure
For 20 years Sterner has delivered water treatment equipment for intensive aquaculture. Today we offer a complete range of technology and solutions for modern aquaculture. Our mission is to apply the best water process technology to the benefit of the aquaculture business. We currently focus on full disease protection, optimizing water use and the reduction of costs for pumping, heating and oxygenation. Sterner is today a leading supplier to the aquaculture world of all types of water treatment applications. We also hold several unique designs and solutions for water treatment. Our fields of work are:
Water disinfection A field of great importance is the disinfection of water, both to prevent diseases and creating a clean and healthy water environment for the fish stock. Ozone and UV are the most used techniques. The technique is chosen for purposes to prevent parasites, epidemics and fungus. Aeration, oxygenation, and reuse systems We deliver reliable and cost-saving oxygen generators for the production of oxygen on site, as well a highly effective injectors and diffusors for gas mixing. Our aerator is capable of greatly reducing water consumption by aerating of carbon dioxide (CO2)from the water. Vacum degassers for TGP and nitrogen reduction.
Filtering, effluent treatment and low-energy pumps Sterner has the knowledge and technology to make the best solutions of inlet and outlet water. Inlet filtration for fish health, and waste water for environment including complete sludge treatment systems. Special pumping systems for low energy consumption and long term low maintenance has also been sucessfully introduced to the aquacuture world. Control and monitoring We offer systems that provides total control & overwiew of the farm operation. An effective tool for management decisions, optimisation and long term quality management.
Sterner AS Anolitveien 16, P.O. Box 3534, NO-1402 Ski Tel: +47 64 85 94 20 Fax: +47 64 85 94 21 post@sterneras.no www.sterneras.no
Sterner Aquatech UK Ltd. 1 Longman Drive,IV1 1SU, Inverness, Scotland Tel: +44 1463250275 info@sterner.co.uk www.sterner.co.uk
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Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture Fi sh er i es – aquacul t ure
University of Nordland Located in Bodø, on the coast and above the Arctic Circle, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture (FBA), University of Nordland, offers the ideal environment for studies and research in marine biosciences. The main priority of FBA is education and research within aquaculture, marine ecology and marine genomics. The Faculty is a partner in the Norwegian Centre of Expertise for Aquaculture and cooperates with several well known institutions worldwide. Education FBA offers undergraduate programmes in the areas of Biology, Animal Science, Aquaculture Management as well as Export Marketing. FBA also offers semester packages for international students. At the graduate level the Faculty offers master’s programmes in Aquaculture and in Marine Ecology. The Faculty has modern laboratories on campus and a state-of-the-art biological research station located within 15 minutes walking distance from campus. Full degree programmes (in English): • BSc in Biology (3 years) • MSc in Aquaculture (2 years) • MSc in Marine Ecology (2 years) • Ph.D. in Aquatic Biosciences (3 years) One-semester exchange programmes (in English): • Aquaculture and Ecology (bachelor level) • Ecology and Northern Wildlife (bachelor level) • Marine Ecology and Genomics (master level) • Aquaculture (master level) Research Goals FBA’s vision is to offer relevant and excellent biological research and education with a national and global perspective. FBA aims to be an internationally recognized research and education institution within the field of marine biosciences. The research programme focuses on basic natural sciences relevant for the aquaculture seafood production, and international cooperation is an important part of the Faculty’s activity. Through this cooperation the Faculty will be able to give training and education on the most important aquaculture species worldwide. Furthermore, its research is directed towards sustainable use of coastal marine resources by emphasising ecological and ethical principles of production. FBA Research Groups FBA is organized into three strategic research groups: • Aquaculture • Marine Ecology • Marine Genomics
University of Nordland – Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture NO-8049 Bodø Tel.: +47 75 51 73 50 postmottak@uin.no www.uin.no/fba_english
Prebio AS
We offer a wide range of analytical services and consulting. Guidance, quick results on analyses, and online reporting help maintain control during normal operations, and under demanding condition. PreBIO is a member of LabForum, a nationwide chain of independent laboratories.
The laboratories are accredited by Norwegian Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. Accreditation requirements cover personnel qualifications, equipment and working procedures, documentation, etc., for each analysis accredited, while also taking into account the laboratories’ locations, quality systems, independence and integrity. PreBIO plays an important role in quality assurance and control of foodstuffs and environment in the public and private sectors. The main focus is currently on food safety, environmental monitoring, environment-friendly development and local/ regional economic development. The laboratories has been operating since the mid-1980’s and the company has built up considerable expertise in microbiological and chemical analysis and consulting. PreBIO is an important partner for local businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and others involved in R&D. Much of the company’s development work is focused on new food products with an emphasis on local production and processing, and products with environmentfriendly qualities, as well as new methods for analysis and supervision. One of our goals is to establish, develop and operate regional centres of excellence in food and environment in collaboration with the regional business community and local/regional authorities.
Prebio AS Axel Sellægsvei 3, NO-7800 Namsos P.O. Box 433 Sentrum, NO-7801 Namsos Tel: +47 74 21 24 40 Fax: +47 74 21 24 69 prebio@prebio.no www.prebio.no
Fi sh er i es – cons ul t ant s - r &d
PreBIO AS is a main supplier of analytical services to the fisheries industry. The company has five laboratories in Mid-Norway. The company carries out most types of analysis with emphasis on water, food, fodder, radioactivity, waste water and environmental monitoring. We focus on advisory activities and development, and have modern equipment for sampling and analysis.
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FRIONORDICA AS
F i sh er i es – gear & s uppl i es
Cost effective cooling solutions for the fishing, fish processing and aquaculture industry. FrioNordica is an industrial refrigeration company that has extensive experience in developing cost effective cooling solutions for the fishing, fish processing and aquaculture industry. FrioNordica was established as a result of a merger between Aquaterm, and Finsam Refrigeration in Norway. Aquaterm being a specialist in the cooling and heating of seawater and manufactures RSW systems for fishing vessels as well as heat pumps for fish farming. Finsam is recognized worldwide within the fishing industry as a leading specialist in ice systems with products such as ice machines, ice plants and ice slurry systems. FrioNordica Refrigeración Ltda in Chile was established as a daughter company in 2001 and have service stations in Concepción and Puerto Montt. Ice Machines & Ice Plants Frionordica offers a full range of ice machines and ice plants to cover all of the requirements for onboard as well as land-based installations. Finsam containerized ice plants with plate ice machines and ice rake systems have proven to be the most reliable solution for fishing ports and processing plants worldwide. Such plants can be made fully automatic including “Auto-Ice” for self-service delivery to vessels and trucks. Frionordica offers two different concepts for ice slurry. One solution is based on use from an existing ice plant, the other by using the Finsam Flow-Ice units, which makes ice directly from seawater. RSW Plants & Heat Pumps Aquaterm heat exchangers represent new technology in refrigeration, using enhanced tubular geometry and effective thin film principles in evaporation and condensation. These are the most compact designs on the market. Other features include low refrigerant charge, leak-proof welded tube-to-tube sheet joints and non-corrosive plastic end caps. Tubes and tube sheets are made of titanium for seawater applications. For freshwater applications, stainless 316 is used.
Frionordica offers assembled RSW and heat pump units with a capacity range of 100 to 2,100 kW. RSW systems can also be delivered as a package of components for tailor made installation on board. The new RSW and heat pump models are equipped with FrioLogica Control, which is an electronic monitoring and control device for compressor and connected processes, with easy- to-operate touch display and on-line information on relevant conditions, for example pressures, temperatures, flow, running hours, percentage capacity, safety controls and alarm history. The system can communicate via internet and to central control systems. Heat Exchangers for Seawater Applications FrioNordica can offer a full programme of titanium heat exchangers for refrigeration plants. This programme includes shell and tube condensers, oil coolers, and spray chillers. This product range also includes FlowIce generators to be used by other ice machine manufacturers. All titanium heat exchangers are offered with a 10 year warranty against corrosion.
FRIONORDICA AS Holamyra 24, NO-6445 Malmefjorden Tel.: +47 71 20 68 00 Fax: +47 71 20 68 01 frionordica@frionordica.com www.frionordica.com
NB Marine AS
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Norwegian boats for Nordic conditions
Fi sh er i es – gear & s uppl i es NB Marine AS is a 100% Norwegian boat builder specialising in enclosed all-year-round boats of between 27 and 38 feet in length. The company was established in 1986 and has over the years become a well-regarded business with an excellent reputation, a skilled workforce, and an efficient production line. It has been our aim to keep the entire value chain in Norway. Therefore, all stages of production are carried out locally by us. That is why NB boats are truly Norwegian boats for Nordic waters. NB Marine AS primarily builds pleasure craft, but has also produced a range of boats for professional use during the last few years. These are boats that are supplied as fireboats, rescue boats, fishing boats, working boats, etc. As a new offering to this sector, we are now launching our newest model, the NB 29 Pro. This boat is based on our best selling model, the NB 870, and is one of the most flexible working and commercial boats available on the market. The boat is supplied with a wash board that ends approx. 40 cm above deck, i.e. the deck goes right to the side of the boat. This ensures a decent and safe working environment on board. The boat is approved for use in the following categories: - pleasure craft - customised requirements for limited passenger transportation - customised requirements for use as a professional boat in accordance with the Nordic Boat Standard (NBS) - customised requirements for use in fjord fishing in sea zone 3 Furthermore, the wheelhouse is available in 3 different sizes, with flexibility about where it is placed on board. Just so you can customise the boat to the application that you want. The boat will be premièred at Aqua-Nor 2013 in Trondheim - please join us on board for a friendly chat about the boat. Contact the boatyard for further information or offers.
NB Marine AS Mjølkevikvarden, NO-5315 Herdla Tel.: +47 56 15 27 70 Fax: +47 56 15 27 71 post@nbmarine.no www.nbmarine.no
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Optimar A gentle giant
OptiFreeze Blast As Optimar’s largest freezing system in size and capacity, OptiFreeze Blast is capable of freezing up to 1000 tons per day of any product – from meat and fish to poultry and pizza to vegetables and bakery goods.
Special care for special product
Optimar Giske AS N-6050 Valderøy, Norway / 24-hour service: (+47) 951-08000 / optimar.no
Optimar NO-6050 Valderøy Tel.: +47 70 10 80 00 24 hour service: +47 951 08000 info@optimar.no www.optimar.no
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PAM Refrigeration marine & industrial refrigeration
Experience For the last 15 years PAM Refrigeration has been working on the front line of refrigeration. The company has experience with varying conditions and a wide spectre of applications for fisheries, aquaculture, food and agriculture, shipping and sports arenas. Independent PAM Refrigeration offers solutions with the necessary output and at an optimum cost in regards to investment, operation, service and maintenance. The company acts as an independent entrepreneur that takes full responsibility for its customers, chooses the right equipment and turns it into a total quality operation. Control systems are made for easy understanding, logical operation and are equipped with energy-saving functions. Reliable PAM Refrigeration has regional offices that undertake regular service and the planned replacement of components, and they also provide assistance when required. Through its experience in the field the company is able to recommend the most cost-effective and durable equipment, and offer a long-term collaboration in order to look after its customers’ best interests.
Industrial and Marine Refrigeration Solutions PAM Refrigeration’s tailor-made industrial and marine solutions include: • Industrial heat pumps • Air conditioning and comfort chilling • Fresh water chilling systems • RSW (Refrigerated Sea Water) systems • Chill rooms and storages • PAM “Flow-Ice” slurry ice production • Flake Ice and Plate Ice systems • IQF freezers (single frozen product) • Blast freezers • Horizontal and vertical plate freezers • Freezer stores • Cargo freezing holds • Refrigeration machinery such as screw compressors, piston compressors, condensers, liquid receivers, liquid separators, etc. • Electrical panels • Internet and WAP monitoring control systems
PAM MARINE & INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION (PTY) LTD. 8 Williams Way, Racing Park, Milnerton, 7554 PO Box 1428, Milnerton, 7435 Cape Town • South Africa Tel: +27 21 557 6824 • Fax: +27 21 557 6489 E-mail: evert@pamref.co.za • Web: www.pamref.co.za PAM REFRIGERATION (PTY) LTD. PO Box 1056 • 9190 Walvis Bay, Namibia Tel: +264 64 20 29 81 • Fax: +264 64 20 27 66 E-mail: pamref@iway.na
PAM Refrigeration P. O. Box 327, NO-1753 Halden Tel.: +47 69 19 05 55 Fax: +47 69 19 05 50 pam@pam-refrigeration.no www.pam-refrigeration.no
Fi sh eRi es – gear & s uppl i es
PAM Refrigeration is a worldwide supplier of refrigeration equipment and technology. PAM delivers systems as turnkey solutions, including engineering, contracting, training and long-term service and maintenance, including spare parts. Since it was established in Norway in 1991, the company has set up branches in Walvis Bay, Namibia and Cape Town, South Africa. PAM Refrigeration’s key personnel have more than 30 years of experience within the refrigeration industry.
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Peter Stette AS
F i sh er i es – gear & s uppl i es
Innovations in Fish Prosessing Peter Stette AS is a manufacturing company with a history back to 1929. We are situated about 30 km from Ålesund, the fishing capital of Norway. Since the 1970’s we have been a supplier for the food processing industry in Norway, and the latest years on a worldwide market. Our experience with the fishing industry has made Stette a preferred supplier in the world of fish. Stette philosophy is to know our customer needs, and to mate the needs with technical possibilities available at any time. In that way we can develop optimal solutions, and give our customers a benefit in the global competition. Offshore processing:
Stette supply fish factories to the offshore fishing fleet around the world. We have factory designs that cover different species in the Barents Sea, Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean for trawlers, long liners or other types of vessels. Stette have a focus on a robust, effective and hygienic design manufactured at a high quality, and all layouts we develop in close cooperation with the customer. Our factories are preinstalled in our shop, and the customer can enter his factory before it is installed in the ship. In this way we cover the customer needs and have an effective and complete delivery with short installation time.
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Seafood defrosting system from Stette will give high yield and quality of the thawed product. Effective and automated systems for 1 to 200 tons production are delivered in three different types of systems based on thawing in water. Stette have delivered industrial thawing systems since 1996, and our systems are based on a wide study and a Phd in thawing of fish. Pelagic fish processing plants are delivered in all markets where mackerel, herring and sardines are a commercial recourse for human consumption. Our lines are based on high grade of automation and will have high capacities for grading, packing and freezing. Salmon processing lines and equipment for processing and packing of salmon and trout are developed in a rapidly growing market. In close relationship with the customers Stette is involved in projects from start to end. Bacalhau processing lines and equipment are delivered to producers in all markets. We deliver both special machines and turn key projects with an agreed capacity. Our main products are thawing systems, splitting lines, salt fish lines, drying system and packing lines.
Fish Farming:
Equipment for industrial farming of salmon and trout. High capacity system for mort handling and ensilage. Stunning lines for vaccination of smolt and frye. Anti fouling and drying system for farming nets.
Peter Stette AS Stette IndustriomrĂĽde, NO-6260 Skodje Tel.: +47 70 24 47 10 Fax: +47 70 24 47 11 office@stette.no www.stette.no
Fi sh er i es – gear & s uppl i es
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Arctic Group Maritime a.s
Fi sh eRi es – s eaf ood
a Norwegian seafood exporting and trading company We are ready to supply you with high quality seafood from The Arctic Waters. From the cool, clean arctic ocean the fresh fish frequently brings to shore by local fishing boats. Ocean going long line fishing vessels, trawlers and factory vessels operates offshore processing sea frozen fish of high quality. Fish farmers along the Norwegian coastline are harvesting all year round first class Salmon, Trout, Cod and other spices as well. Arctic Group Maritime AS is a Norwegian seafood exporting and trading company bringing unprocessed and semi-processed fish and shellfish to the markets and processing industry world-wide. By efficient and safe storage and logistics solutions throughout the entire cooling chain, all the way from catching ground to end user, we ensure that the quality of the products is at the highest standard level of the industry. Arctic Group Maritime AS has also its own branch in Sweden, situated in the Port of Gothenburg. From there we also conduct the purchase and sales within the European Community as well as exports world-wide. Our organization is prepared to give you our best service.
Contact our Commercial Operator Mr. Per-Gunnar S. Ballo
Member of and approved Seafood Exporter of the Norwegian Seafood Council and The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries.
Arctic Group Maritime a.s
Arctic Group Maritime a.s P.O. Box 642 Sentrum, NO-0106 Oslo Tel.: +47 22 33 00 40 Fax: +47 22 33 00 41 agm@arcticgroup.no www.arcticgroup.no
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Mikals Laks AS
produces smoked and marinated salmon
Fi sh er i es – s eaf ood The finest fresh salmon taken directly from the Norwegian fjords and prepared according to old traditions smoked, ready to eat, boneless, all natural, gourment
Mikals Laks AS is a family owned smokery that produces smoked and marinated salmon of high quality. Our traditions and methods date back to 1870s. We use only premium fillet together with natural ingredients such as juniper, beech chips, sea salt and sugar. We focus on food safety and traceability. All our products can be traced from the egg through to the finished product. We offer a wide range of packing options depending on what the customers need. Our main market is Norway and ca. 15% of our sales are to the export market.
Our salmon is very popular as a company gift especially around christmas
Mikals Laks AS NO-4146 Skiftun Tel.: +47 51 75 01 90 Fax: +47 51 75 01 89 mikal@kingmikal.no www.kingmikal.no
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Norges Sildesalgslag
www.karlsens.no
Fi sh er i es – s eaf ood
The world´s leading marketplace for pelagic fish
We have a lot to brag about. that’s why we never need to shout.
every year norges sildesalgslag sells nearly 2 million tonnes of pelagic fish, valued at noK 6–7 billion. our electronic auction is simply the world’s largest market of its kind. norges sildesalgslag offers a highly efficient sales process and helps ensure that reliable catch figures are reported to the norwegian authorities. that’s our contribution to environmentally sound fisheries – so the seas may be harvested by generations to come.
At your service sildelAget.no
Norges Sildesalgslag P. O. Box 7065, NO-5020 Bergen Tel.: +47 55 54 95 00 Fax: +47 55 54 95 55 sildelaget@sildelaget.no www.sildelaget.no
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Sjøvik Seafood Sjøvik AS AS
Fishing Management Fishing- -Processing Processing -- M anagement - -SaSales les
Seabay is the brand recognized for delicious and convenient fish products. In addition to the Seabay brand, Sjøvik`s production plants specialize in tailor made products with private labels.
Professional vessel management Sjøvik has developed a professional vessel management team to ensure efficient and effective vessel operations. This team includes onshore and onboard professionals experienced in engineering, quality control, personnel and vessel logistics.
Excellent raw materials fish caught in the pure Arctic waters are in demand for its high quality and positive health attributes. World wide fishing activity secures stable supply of excellent raw materials.
Sales and Marketing over decades of activity, the Sjøvik Group has acquired an extensive international sales and marketing experience to the benefit of its customers and is geared up to adjust to changing specifications of the market.
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The Sjøvik Group operates an international fishing enterprise from its base in Midsund, on the North West coast close to Aalesund. Geographically, this puts the company in Norway’s largest and most vital fishing region, as well as at one of the world’s leading fish technology centres. The Sjøvik Group has established a world wide sales organization through its network of companies and international partners.
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Sotra Fiskeindustri AS
Fresh, Frozen Salmon and Trout. Fresh Fillets, Smoked and Marinated Products
Fi sh er i es – s eaf ood Sotra Fiskeindustri AS`s smoked salmon products - marketed globally under the Sotra Seafood brand name - are recognized throuhout the world for their quality and taste. The company has exported its smoked salmon products to all major world markets since the early 1980s.
Traditional Taste, Modern Production
Over the years, traditional methods of smoking and packaging have change to meet the needs and demands of the modern world. The challenge has been to combine the old with the new in a way that satisfies the desire for the “classic taste” while meeting the requirements and specifications related to health issues, governmental regulations and shelf life. Sotra Fiskeindustri AS has achieved this balance through its vast industry experience, extensive research and sophisticated technology
Hot smoked salmon & Salmon Trout
In 2005 Sotra introduced a new line of quality products. The golden salmon products are fully cooked, smoked and ready to eat. These all natural gourmet meals are available in two different flavours. o Herb/Garlic o Lemon/Pepper
Customer Service & Support
Sotra understands the importance of customer service, follow-up, consistency and on-time delivery. The company`s sales office provides comprehensive and attentive assistance for Sotra`s prospective customers and long-standing clients alike.
Sotra Fiskeindustri AS Porsvika, NO-5381 Glesvær Tel.: +47 56 32 79 00 Fax: +47 56 33 84 97 info@h66.no www.sotraseafood.no
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Food Industry:
world-class raw materials
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While fish and fish products are probably their bestknown food export, Norwegians are proud of their food industry in general, maintaining that it is one of the best in the world in terms of world-class raw materials. “Few countries can point to animal and plant life as healthy as Norway’s”, says the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Food quality is seen as a virtue that Norway can turn to competitive advantage in exports and tourism. Norwegian companies are wooing the international market, with major players like TINE and Gilde recruiting export managers, targeting retail outlets in Europe, and launching new products for promotion abroad. It is not unusual for major international trade fairs to attract a score or more of Norwegian food exhibitors. Norwegian salmon, as we have seen, is already a prestige item in many countries, while sales of goods ranging from jellies and honey to farmhouse cheeses, elk and reindeer also benefit from the sector’s reputation for products that are wholesome as well as rather exotic. Curious consumers, ambitious wholesalers and tour operators, and the abilities of Norwegian producers and food entrepreneurs “to capture the latest trends and to be in the right place to talk business”, add up to a winning formula in the government’s view. “The nature and culture of the Arctic provide the framework for many exciting Norwegian products and the culture and climate of Norway have shaped a very special history and flavour”, says the agriculture and food ministry. “The harvesting of game, fish and berries from ocean, lakes, forests and mountains was seasonal, so that the produce needed special treatment to enable it to keep. Preserving food by salting, drying, smoking, fermenting, burying and curing is therefore
characteristic of the Norwegian food tradition, giving us identity and making us unique and marketable.” Animal magic Another selling point for Norwegian foodstuff is that Norway aims to be among the world leaders in animal welfare. Small farms, usually family run, with contact between animals and people, encourage farmers to take good care of their livestock. The widespread practice of rough grazing and the abundance of mountain pastures are beneficial not only in terms of animal welfare, but also quality and flavour. Natural conditions for sound animal husbandry in Norway include a low animal density, small units, a well-organised industry and skilful farmers. Farming organisations and specialist agencies have spent decades collecting and handling data on breeding, production and health, building up a body of reliable documentation. For example sales of antibiotics for use in animal husbandry (their use in animal feed has been forbidden since 1995) have plummeted thanks in large part to systematic preventive measures for the most important diseases involved in animal rearing. Norwegian veterinary authorities are satisfied that there are very few cases of disease transmission from animals to humans, and practically no cases of serious diseases in farm animals. An equally persuasive selling point is Norway’s healthy plant life, thanks in part to climatic and geographical factors. Healthy crops mean a lower use of pesticides, leading in turn to safer food and less environmental pollution. Healthy growing conditions yield better quality potatoes, grains, berries and other fruits and vegetables.
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Norway actually exports more food than it imports − particularly, as we have seen, fish, which is processed somewhat less than many other foodstuffs, mainly because restaurants and retail chains throughout the world demand the fresh product, but also because tariff barriers often make it more profitable to process the fish abroad. However, up to two-thirds of the fish exported is processed in Norway, and fish processing is an important business sector in coastal communities: in the northernmost county, Finnmark, it is the largest industry outside the public sector.
According to the Ministry of Education and Research, “new, cross-cutting knowledge is needed to realise the full potential of foodstuff production”. Research has been a central factor behind the development of the present-day aquaculture industry, for example, while in agriculture Norway has advantages that can be better utilised in fields such as animal breeding research and national animal health registers.
Norway’s other important food exports include cheeses, oils and fats, fish feed, chocolate and sugar-based products. Food that cannot be grown or produced in Norway has to be imported, in particular fruit and vegetables, grains and grain products, sugar, and wine. Some fresh fish is imported for further processing. Outward bound Several of Norway’s largest food corporations have already established significant operations abroad, through investments in and acquisitions of companies in other Nordic countries, central Europe and the Baltic states. However, most of the domestic food industry
About half of those employed in the sector work in the food processing industry; the rest are farmers, fishermen or employed in fish farming. As food is produced more efficiently, the numbers of farmers and fishermen are falling, although rapid growth in such relatively new sectors as fish farming and fish feed production has taken up much of the slack.
“There is great untapped potential for synergies between marine and land-based food production”, the ministry continues. “An integrated approach to food research will make it possible to realise synergy effects between aquaculture, agriculture and the foodstuffs industry. In addition to foodstuff production, other promising research areas include “the improvement, sale and export of foodstuffs, food safety, ICT and nanotechnology, trade policies, and international framework conditions for food production”. Blue and green Establish on January 1 2008, Nofima is an industryoriented research group, uniting the research institutes formerly known as Akvaforsk, Fiskerforskning, Matforsk and Norconserv, thus combing the R&D resources of the
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Food processing By some accounts, the food industry − broadly defined − is the country’s largest industrial sector in terms of the number of employees, and boasts some of the largest Norwegian companies such as Nortura, Orkla, and TINE. Food processing accounts for much of the sector: for example, manufacturers of pizza − the country’s favourite every-day food according to numerous surveys − process vast quantities of grain, cheese and meat. Norwegians also consume enormous quantities of cheese and sausages.
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the domestic market, export, and it also specialises in supplying foods to the maritime/offshore industries. TINE describes itself as “the country’s leading supplier of food products and Norway’s leading value generator”. The company is responsible for product development, quality assurance, production and distribution planning, marketing and export. Innovation is one of TINE’s key values. Each year, the company develops and distributes 50-80 new products. The flagship on the export side is Jarlsberg cheese –with its characteristic sweet, nutty taste and large, round holes – which accounts for around 80 per cent of all the company’s exports. The cooperative is owned by over 15,000 dairy farmers. Each farmer owns a share in the collective’s five dairy companies to which they deliver around 1.4 billion litres of cow’s milk and about 19 million litres of goat’s milk every year, although production was down slightly in 2011. The milk is processed into more than 200 product varieties sold under the TINE trademark. The Dairy Cooperative, says TINE, is “Norway’s largest food industry”. The company had 5,505 employees in 2011. TINE reported a turnover of NOK 19.6 billion for full-year 2011. Turnover was slightly higher than the previous year despite a reduction in milk deliveries from farms and a downturn in export sales.
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The big four Norway also has a distinct concentration when it comes to retailers of food. Four companies, Reitangruppen, Coop, NorgesGruppen and ICA, control more than 90% of the total market. These four companies are fierce competitors, but also cooperates in certain respects, especially in logistics. NorgesGruppen describes itself as “Norway’s largest trading enterprise” and is the country’s largest retailer. Through its chains, the group holds a share of 36.9 per cent of the Norwegian grocery market. NorgesGruppen was founded in December 1994 “to create a common front for positioning in a market affected by a steady trend towards fewer and larger players, with growing integration between retailing and wholesaling”; the group’s turnover in 2012 was NOK 62.1 billion. Some 1,700 grocery stores and 900 convenience stores are affiliated to NorgesGruppen, which employs about 26,000 workers nationwide. In January 2013, NorgesGruppen announced that had made a strategic alliance with ICA, proposing to take over their acquisition division. This was met with fierce protests from ReitanGruppen and Coop, claiming
this would mean a virtual monopoly in the Norwegian food market. The Norwegian authorities for overseeing fair competition in the businesses (Konkurransetilsynet) dismissed the proposition, leading to new speculation that Swedish-owned ICA could be about to abandon Norway, leaving just three players at the table. ReitanGruppen is a privately owned company funded by Odd Reitan in the 70s and is now run by his sons Ole Robert and Magnus. It employs 34,000 people in Scandinavia and the Baltic region, as of 2012. The company’s food retail division, Rema 1000, has more than 500 shops in Norway and around 300 in Denmark and Sweden, and had a turnover of more than NOK 30 billion in 2011. ReitanGruppen also owns chains of convenience stores such as 7-11, Narvesen, Pressbyrån and R-kiosk in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland, bringing the total turnover up to approximately NOK 71 billion in 2012. Coop is a customer-owned food co-operative, which for instance has Tine as one of its brands. It has more than 1000 shops throughout the country and an annual turnover of more than NOK 30 billion. For the accounting year 2011, the group Coop Norge had after-tax profit of NOK 179 million, according to its Annual Report, the latest available.
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Nortura and Orkla are other giants in the Norwegian markets, and many of the food brands near and dear to Norwegians, such as Stabburet, Gilde and Prior, are manufactured by these two companies.
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The Technology Part Of Success
Spektron is particularly developed for simultaneously measurement of moisture, protein, fat, sugars or other compounds. Prediktor’s philosophy for on-line NIR (Near Infrared Spectroscopy) is to put NIR measurements into a context. We work hard to make it possible for you to combine NIR quality measurements, recipe targets and process information to give you immediate information about your production. On-Line Spectrometers The Spektron On-line instrument makes NIR spectroscopic measurements possible in real-time. The instrument is designed for rough industrial environments.
Spectrometer A robust and compact InGaAs diode array spectrometer is used to achieve ultra fast analysis. The spectrometer offers excellent wavelength stability and superb wavelength accuracy, and it is thermally stable. Spectral range of 960-1690nm is standard. On demand, other spectral ranges and other spectrometer specifications are available. The housing The housing is available in stainless steel and aluminum. It is designed for rough environments and can be used for high ambient temperature. It has an IP grading of 65. Thus the unit may be placed in production areas without the need for any extra protective covering. The unit has hygienic design, meeting the needs for the food and feed industry. Communication As standard, the instrument may communicate with control systems or other computers using the OPC communication standard. Other communication options are available on demand.
A large diffuse circular disc of near infrared light is projected onto solid or granular materials. Atomic bindings in organic fluids and solid materials absorb energy by vibrating. Typical atomic bindings with this behavior are C-H, O-H and N-H. Molecules with these atomic bindings are the main components of human and animal food. Concentrations of protein, water and fat content are typical measured properties. The Spektron On-line instrument The new instrument from Prediktor contains a spectrometer, optics, internal reference system and an embedded computer. Thus the instrument is a fully operational unit. The instrument uses OPC for easy access to measurements, raw spectra, and statistics.
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Prediktor AS Habornveien 48 B, NO-1630 Gamle Fredrikstad Tel.: +47 9540 8000 Fax: +47 6938 4280 sales@prediktor.no www.prediktor.no
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Prediktor Instruments Spektron is Prediktor’s instrument for on-line NIR (Near Infra Red) applications. Instruments and accessories are designed for on-line use, with robust hardware and real time software to give your real time knowledge about your products.
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A Secret Norwegian Recipe. Jarlsberg® is based on a secret Norwegian recipe dating back to 1956. The combination of traditional cheese-making and modern technology gives the cheese an edge, appreciated by both world class and amateur chefs world-wide. Made from premium milk, Jarlsberg® cheese has a sweet, mild and nutty taste. Known for its characteristic round holes and versatility – it works equally well in cooking as it does for snacking. Jarlsberg® turns your everyday dishes into culinary experiences. Jarlsberg® is owned and produced by TINE SA – the main distributor and producer of dairy products in Norway. The company has 5.500 employees and an annual turnover of NOK 19.769 billion (2012). For more information, please see www.tine.no or www.jarlsberg.com.
TINE SA P. O. Box 25, NO-0051 Oslo Tel.: 03080 (from abroad +47 75 66 30 80) firmapost@tine.no
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Norway remains a leading buyer of furniture, ranking twelfth in Europe and sixteenth in the world. The country is targeted by furniture manufacturers from around the globe who want a piece of the NOK 16.7 billion in annual sales. Extensive building and refurbishment projects in past years have made Norway an attractive market for sellers of upmarket office furniture. The exports/ production ratio in the Norwegian domestic furniture segment has hovered around 40 per cent for nearly the past decade. The main domestic chains, Skeidar Møbler og Interiør, Fagmøbler and Møbelringen have increased both sales and their number of outlets in the past few years. International chains also report the same rises. Specialist furniture retailers, independent furniture chains in particular, and buying groups dominate the segment. Among the furniture chains, Sweden’s IKEA is the predictable market leader, while Bohus is a leading operator, with 63 furniture shops and a market share of over 20 per cent. However, non-specialist retailers, department stores and DIY operators are also players, tending to focus on flat-pack furniture. Domestic production once covered around half of the Norwegian market, but international players have cut into their shares. Norway’s furniture industry has developed from a scattering of small handicraft businesses into a modern industry. In contrast to many of their competitors abroad, Norwegian companies focus on product development of upmarket goods, as opposed to mass production of standardised units.
As structural changes in the sector have resulted in fewer and larger furniture producers, the west coast counties of Møre og Romsdal and Sogn og Fjordane have become an important manufacturing centre, home to several of the largest furniture companies. Traditionally, the furniture industry has seldom looked outward from its domestic market; but exports have risen sharply in recent years, led by flagship brands such as HÅG (now owned by Scandinavian Business Seating). It is a leading supplier of office chairs in the Nordic countries, one of the largest in Europe... and winner of the international prestigious iF Product Design Award 2011 in the office furniture category. The international Ekornes group is also well known for its Stressless range. Sweden and Germany are the largest export markets for the sector. Added value These developments in the furniture sector are part of a trend that has seen Norway offering a growing range of finished products and consumer goods on the international market. Long-standing handicraft traditions, the utilisation of natural materials such as wood, stone and wool, and modern production methods and marketing strategies have contributed to the reputation of Norwegian goods for quality and reliability. A profusion of small and medium-sized companies produce a broad assortment of products, of which furniture − with added value in the form of style and design − is an outstanding example. A natural choice as a raw material, Norwegian wood in particular forms the
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The renewed demand for Norwegian furniture is reminiscent of the early post-war decades when “Scandinavian Design” enjoyed such great popularity and critical acclaim. Now as then, a new generation of talented designers and a national emphasis on innovation have brought new dazzle to the sector, refining and enhancing its appeal. The demand for Norwegian design has sky-rocketed on the world market and among Norwegian companies, and international media have been following developments closely. According to Norwegian journalist and design specialist Lars Elton, “For many years, ‘Norwegian design’ was a virtually non-existent concept everywhere but in Norway. While the Danes, Finns and Swedes managed to maintain a reputation as design nations as the status of Scandinavian Design ebbed, Norwegian design has led a quiet, more withdrawn life.” Norway’s emphasis on exports of raw materials, reinforced by the growth of the petroleum industry, meant that for some years design tended to be rather neglected in many sectors. Today, however, Norwegian companies increasingly turn to professional designers at a much earlier stage of product development. Design in focus It was in fact the petroleum industry which laid the foundation for change, as innovative scientists and technicians came to recognise the value of working with designers. This commercial approach, in turn, began
to generate an increased demand for graphic design products. In 1993, Norsk Form, the Centre for Norwegian Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, was established as a publicly-financed foundation to promote awareness and understanding of design-related issues. The 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer gave Norwegian design high visibility and helped to spark widespread public interest. Since then, design has become the focus of growing attention in the media, and has been transformed from a virtually unknown concept to a household word for much of the population. This has in turn had an impact on Norwegian companies, as evidenced by the rising number of applicants for the Norwegian Design Council’s Awards for Design Excellence. The council recognises aspiring designers through the “Young Talent Award”, while a “Design Effect” award recognises projects which demonstrate design’s tangible impact on a client’s business, subject to “proof beyond doubt that the client’s business problem was solved by the design solution”. Prime mover in this context, however, is the Norwegian Organisation of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL). In addition to looking out for its members’ interests, NIL aims to promote “a solid level of quality” in its sphere, seeing itself as a first port of call for furniture design in the private and corporate sectors, for contract work in the furniture industry and for special furniture design services. Thanks to this new wave of interest, Norway’s furniture industry (which in any case has a long tradition of
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basis for lightweight, durable units of high ergonomic standards. Major exports include recliners, sofas, auditorium seating and furnishings for the health care sector.
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74 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY developing novelty products) has built up a solid position in the export market. The Balans series and the Tripp Trapp children’s chair are examples of signature items that have become national as well as international bestsellers. Norwegian furniture designers were also responsible for what Lars Elton describes as the then “most obvious manifestation of the current standing achieved by Norwegian design”, when in 2000 a Norwegian design group was invited to Milan to take part in the annual Salone Satellite, one of Europe’s foremost international contemporary design exhibitions. This was Norway’s first such invitation in thirty years − but far from the last, as 21st century Norwegian design continues to take the international community by storm. In 2012 Norwegian designers participated in the main exhibition, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, for the first time, and in 2013 attended again with the project InsideNorway, sponsored by The Federation of Norwegian Industries (Norsk Industri), the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Innovation Norway.
Building a reputation In a discussion of “the Best of Norwegian Furniture Design”, Dave Vikøren, design professor at the Bergen National Academy of Arts (KHiB), writes: “There is a direct link between the international reputation of Norwegian furniture design and the opportunities that the students graduating from the school are given to put their knowledge into practice. If the young designers are to be guaranteed a job where they will be able to use their abilities to the best for Norwegian and international manufacturers, we must look at the overall situation: what is best for business, manufacturers and their ability to survive and succeed is also the best for newly educated designers.” It is crucial, he argues, that customers acknowledge the high quality of Norwegian products − and this means a commitment to building a reputation for Norwegian furniture design internationally by ensuring a presence at the international professional arenas.
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A panel of designers, academics and company executives work with insidenorway.no to select the best Norwegian designs. These in turn go to make up a “pool” from which representative models are chosen for the travelling exhibitions. The committee’s criteria for selection, based on the principle that “Norwegian furniture design is characterised by good form and innovative solutions based on the best Scandinavian traditions”, include
Venues for the exhibitions abroad, chosen with a view to sales and marketing, range from the great international furniture fairs to embassies and foreign service missions, museums and local exhibition halls. In Norway, the aim is to cooperate with museums of decorative arts and design, art associations and the like in order to reach a wide audience and encourage relevant educational activities.
In addition to presenting and promoting good Norwegian furniture design, Dave Vikøren notes, this system encourages “the launch of new product ideas from young designers − newly established designers and students. We can also use the opportunity to present excellent products which have been out of production for different reasons, but which may be given a new future by making them visible in the insidenorway programme”.
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One result of this approach is “insidenorway.no”, which promotes Norwegian furniture on the domestic and the international markets via touring exhibitions across the world. “Purity, functionality and ergonomics” are the strengths of Norwegian furniture design, according to insidenorway.no. Although high salaries and a difficult infrastructure have made it hard for many furniture manufacturers to survive in Norway, these principles have enabled the industry to differentiate and to offer a range of unique products. Design and export are increasingly important as the relatively small domestic market becomes saturated, putting pressure on manufacturers to focus on new markets.
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Alminor AS
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manufacturer of durable, high quality products for hygienic storage The important details The profiles and materials combined in our products have been carefully developed and manufactured to give the end user the high Alminor quality. Hygiene, strength, stability and safety in use are absolute conditions. The shelves have been developed to carry a high load with a minimum flex.
In the heart of southern Norway lies Telemark, known as the cradle of modern skiing, but also for its long tradition of craftsmanship and industry. In this beautiful, mountainous region you will find Alminor, manufacturer of durable, high quality products for hygienic storage. The Alminor System 150/250 has become Norway’s and Sweden’s leading brand of hygienic storage, setting a high standard for these markets as well as other European countries. All based on tradition in craft and design combined with skills in precision
Where even the wide standard range does not meet the demands of the customer, Alminor offers modified or custom made products.
On the solid shelves, we use a higher gauge than is usual in comparable products on the market. This allows us to produce a solid shelf with single sides, avoiding the dirt-attracting double sides. The gable ends have solid, adjustable feet allowing adjustments up to 50 mm. The trolleys are fitted with stable, non-corrosive 125 mm castors to facilitate the passage over thresholds and uneven surfaces.
10 cm modular system The 10 cm modular system makes it easy to calculate and fit the system into almost every space available with a high degree of accuracy. Note that all shelves are measured between hook centres, to give you a full lengths worth of shelving. Alminor AS NO-3650 Tinn Austbygd Tel.: +47 35 08 11 11 Fax: +47 35 08 11 00 mail@alminor.com www.alminor.com
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BOEN hardwood flooring The Natural World of BOEN
The story of The BOEN Group is a story of nature. With deep roots stretching back to as early as 1641, our proud hardwood heritage is founded on two sawmills by a crystal clear waterfall near Kristiansand, in the southern tip of Norway. Since then, the people of BOEN have constantly brought forward a history of innovation, Scandinavian design traditions and authentic craftsmanship, and the company is today a worldwide brand with cutting edge production sites in Lithuania and Germany.
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The BOEN Group exports exclusive hardwood floors to homes, corporate buildings and sport venues in the two-layer, three-layer and solid wood segments in more than 40 countries on four continents. One basic principle has over time remained at the very heart of BOEN’s culture and history: respect for nature and environmental sustainability. This standard is well reflected in our processing and management of raw materials, and we have implemented a chain of custody systems in accordance with The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC™) and other certification schemes.
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The company’s values: RELIABILITY, RESPECT and PROFESSIONALISM are deeply incorporated in our every day tasks, and are probably part of the reason why we continue to strengthen our position in Scandinavia, Germany, the Baltics and other central European markets. We welcome you to explore the trusted brand of BOEN’s far in excess of 300 exclusive hardwood floors at www.boen.com. Let us help you to create a lifelong sense of natural luxury and elegance at your feet.
Oak white, solid plank Boen Bruk AS NO-4658 Tveit Tel.: +47 38 06 66 00 Fax: +47 38 06 66 01 boenbruk@boen.no www.boen.com
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“A strong presence of beauty that is natural, warm and inviting.”
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Nordic Comfort Products AS Over 30 years of Norwegian design
History NCP was established as early as 1932, under the name of Romo Fabrikker. Up to the 1970s the company manufactured, among other things, filing cabinets and airplane and bus seats. In 1973 Nordic Products was established in Oslo, and up to the 90s the manufacture of chairs with appurtenant tables was based on the “Nordic plastic shell, designed by Bent Winge, which is still in production and sold in a number of 4 millions! The chairs and tables were produced in a variety of types, with steel and wooden legs. The most well-known today is the R-48 chair, which continues in production.
In 1989 the company changed owners and moved to Hemnesberget in the county of Nordland, where it is located today.
Ekstrem Maestro Designed by Terje Ekstrøm
Coda designed by Tor Gunnar Lundenes
Market – distribution NCP manufactures quality furniture at competitive prices. It is important that the furniture is readily available in the market. This means that ability to deliver is essential. Short delivery time and efficient distribution are our cutting edges.
The environment Needless to say, NPC has also taken into consideration current environemntal requirements. Our laminated wood products are made from the rubber tree, which grows in the Far East, where the wood itself was a waste product. We process the wood – which was previously burned following the recovery of the raw rubber – and turn it into furniture. In addition, we use plastic and steel materials, which can be recycled.
Nordic Comfort Products AS Juvikveien 1, P.O. Box 3, NO-8641 Hemnesberget Tel.: +47 75 19 77 00 Fax: +47 75 19 77 10 post@ncp.no www.ncp.no ˚
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Our markets today are mainly schools, training and conference facilities, hotels, cafés and the office furniture market. Through our well-established dealer network , our products are available in densely populated areas and cities all over Norway. NCP do also have an encreasing export to the nordic countries.
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Strong clusters are vital to innovation and value creation Companies that are part of a strong cluster are more powerful in terms of higher value creation and greater innovative capacity than enterprises that stand alone. Practical experience, both in Norway and internationally, bears this out. A cluster consists of a critical mass of companies within the same industry or a common knowledge base. Research carried out at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and BI shows that we have three such national industrial clusters in Norway: the oil and gas, maritime and the seafood industries. It is notable that the value added in these clusters is twice that of the business community at large, even when we exclude the value of the raw materials oil and gas. There is also no doubt that these clusters are world class when it comes to innovation.
In addition to our national clusters, we find a number of strong regional clusters spread across Norway: drilling technology at Agder, the maritime cluster at Møre, technology in Kongsberg and lightweight materials at Raufoss. Let’s look at some ways in which these clusters deliver: Ten years ago, the lightweight materials cluster at Raufoss had 2500 employees and a turnover of 3.5 billion kroner. Today it provides 5000 jobs and a turnover locally of 8 billion. The cluster is part of a global industrial structure with a turnover of 130 billion and a proud tradition of R&D and innovative solutions. Companies in the drilling technology cluster at Agder employed 1500 at the turn of the millennium with a turnover of 3-4 billion. Today the numerous companies have over 6000 employees and turnover has soared to 40 billion. The cluster now accounts for a third of Norwegian exports of oil and gas equipment.
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The maritime cluster at Møre is among the few complete maritime clusters in the world. Close cooperation is an important reason that sales have doubled, to over 50 billion since 2005. The cluster currently comprises over 20,000 employees. The technology cluster at Kongsberg had at the turn of the century about 6000 employees and a turnover of 10 billion. Today this has increased to more than 20,000 employees world wide and a total turnover of 35 billion. Approximately 85 per cent of these sales are to overseas customers. A tradition of close cooperation is undoubtedly an important reason that firms in these clusters flourish. More companies in the same industry or field of expertise in a limited geographical area, creating a labour market for skills in the region, makes it possible to win the war for talent. Joint R&D based on the extensive experience and expertise drawn together in the cluster generates more innovation. Clusters also promote closer cooperation between industry, academia and government, even as the enterprises concerned secure their international position.
Forward-looking politicians have contributed much to the growth of clusters. The formal collaborative programme, Norwegian Centres of Expertise (NCE), jointly owned and implemented by the three main Norwegian innovation agencies, has undoubtedly enhanced innovation activity and value creation in the most progressive and internationally oriented clusters in Norway. In terms of invested capital, the results have been massive. And it’s hardly an exaggeration to assert that we find the birthplace of tomorrow’s business in today’s clusters. In the same way as the Norwegian oil adventure in its day sprang from Norwegian maritime expertise and experience in processing and mining, new industries – renewable energy, health, aerospace, for example – will continue to emerge from these centres of expertise. Let us therefore cultivate and cherish our clusters. They are essential for innovation and value creation in the future.
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According to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), the leading employers’ organisation and business lobby, Norway is “a prosperous country and one of the world’s most open economies with regard to trade volumes as well as to incoming and outgoing investment flows. Norway has one the world’s highest GDP per capita. Income distribution among the population is among the most equal in the world.” Norwegians are justly proud of their celebrated cradleto-grave welfare state, a robust variation on the socalled “Nordic model” of social democracy. Its generous provisions make Norway the envy of the world − and a country that regularly comes at or near the top of the league tables when statisticians rank the happiest, most comfortable or healthiest places to live. Often overlooked is the fact that this social democratic cornucopia is based on a profitable commercial and industrial sector generating affluence at home while expanding energetically abroad. The basis of Norway’s extraordinary wealth is its natural resources and geography: oil, of course; but also river systems conducive to hydropower development, fish, vast expanses of forest, and a variety of commercially valuable metals and minerals. In particular: - Oil and gas deposits in the North Sea have made Norway into one of the world’s leading oil and gas exporters, with correspondingly high revenues
The petroleum industry has also given rise to a great deal of activity in the processing, supplier and service industries. - Hydropower laid the foundations of Norway’s energy intensive industries, and in particular − given the nation’s large mineral deposits and long tradition of extracting various ores from metalliferous rock − its processing industries, to the degree that almost a third of all hydropower generated in the country is now used to produce metals, chemicals and wood products. - Forests were the basis of the wood products industry and later the pulp and paper industry. Forestry products were Norway’s largest export industry until the mid-20th century, and the wood-product and pulp and paper industries remain important sectors in the national economy. - Fish-processing is a major industry along the entire Norwegian coast, and fish farming has made Norway one of the world’s leading salmon exporters. Norway’s is a highly internationalised economy. Shipping, of course, has always been a vital link to the outside world and remains one the major industries, while oil and gas exports have vastly extended the global reach of Norway’s business community. Global reach Even the Vikings made their mark as traders, eventually wheeling and dealing their way through Europe, as far east as Constantinople and Baghdad, and quite possibly even the “New World” to the west. (According to this
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Modern Norwegians maintain a fond, if somewhat idealised notion of the New World (as do NorwegianAmericans of the “Motherland”) and tend to keep in touch through student exchanges and family visits. Near the end of a goodwill visit to the United States, King Harald was asked in jest if he ever encouraged NorwegianAmericans to move home. His reply: “Even if I had, we couldn’t take them all in. There are more NorwegianAmericans than there are Norwegians in Norway!” Closer to home, top ministers from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland cooperate closely through the Nordic Council and an assortment of related institutions, while the Nordics in turn work with Russia and other northern countries through bodies such as the Barents Region. National interest At least half of all Norwegian business interests are in the public sector, a state of affairs which enables the government to overrule strategic business decisions deemed not in the national interest. Most of the revenue generated by the enormous offshore industry, for example, flows directly to the Norwegian state through its direct financial interest and various taxes. While most governments in the West struggle with budget deficits, Norway pumps surplus revenue into a “sovereign wealth” investment fund for future generations. The country’s high standard of living and generous welfare provisions are tied directly − perhaps a little too directly for comfort − to oil price and production levels.
Economic and policy issues aside, as a giant among oil producing nations, Norwegians are sometimes asked to defend their environmental credentials. They do so by pointing out that if natural gas − preferably Norwegian, of course − were to replace coal in furnaces and power plants across the continent, hundreds of millions of people would breathe cleaner air. In fact, Norway is something of an evangelist for the environment, enthusiastically embracing carbon taxes, recycling, antipollution technology and the like. It is no coincidence that it was a Norwegian, former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who earned the nickname “World Environment Minister” while chairing the UN Commission on Environmental Development − or that a Norwegian, Olav Gjærevoll, is thought to have been the world’s first environment minister. This eco-friendly approach to life has yielded a rich harvest in scientific and technical achievements. Consultancy services in such environmentally significant fields as water resources, energy and infrastructure development are very much a growth area. Related technological development has also opened up important markets in hydropower development and river basin management, new and/or renewable energy, power transmission and sanitation. Clean energy Norway itself is one of the least polluted lands on earth: its major worry is air pollution wafting in from other European countries and from Russia’s Kola peninsula in the far north. Norwegians are as reliant on the internal combustion engine as other Europeans; but 99 per cent of their electricity needs are met by pollution-free hydropower. (Norway, paradoxically, is its own worst customer for North Sea oil and gas, consuming very little oil and almost no gas domestically.) More than 200 underground hydropower plants, half the world’s total, are operating in Norway − in addition to 700 surface facilities constructed since World War II.
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school of thought, Christopher Columbus was merely following in the wake of a typically modest and publicity shy Norwegian pioneer.) Norway’s closest ties, naturally, are with its Nordic neighbours and the EU; but Norway also enjoys a special relationship with the United States, which received more than 800,000 Norwegian immigrants in the late nineteenth century.
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86 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY Northern Europe’s largest hydropower complex, UllaFørre, is nestled 500 metres inside a granite massif north of Stavanger. It is fed by 40 rivers and streams diverted through 100 km of man-made tunnels and produces 4.546 TWh a year on average, according to operator Statkraft. This is more than 7% of the annual energy production in Norway. With such monuments under their belt, Norwegian engineering and consultancy companies have set to work on hydropower projects in 40 countries. Their speciality is blasting and boring through solid rock, a talent they also put to use on transportation tunnels, storage caverns and underground assembly halls. In addition to petroleum, offshore equipment and services, Norway’s primary exports are ships and shipping services, metal alloys, advanced composite materials, fish and fish products, wood pulp and paper. Norwegian firms also produce armaments, aeronautics and space systems, among many other high-tech products. Oil and gas The petroleum sector is by far the country’s largest and most profitable industry. Norway is the largest oil producer and exporter in western Europe; she is the world’s 6th largest energy exporter and fourteenth largest oil producer; the fifth largest natural gas producer and second largest (after Russia) exporter of gas. Crude oil, natural gas and pipeline transport services account for something like half of the value of Norway’s exports, a quarter of GDP, a third of state revenues and (directly or indirectly) a quarter of a million jobs.
Petroleum activities have contributed enormously to economic growth in Norway and to the financing of the Norwegian welfare state. Through some four decades of operations, the industry has created values in excess of NOK 8,000 billion in current terms. The industry accounts for more than 20 per cent of the country’s value creation, 47 per cent of exports and directly provides 80,000 jobs. The value created by the petroleum industry is almost three times higher than that of inland-based industries and around 22 times the total value creation of the primary industries. Naturally, the economic significance of oil is related to the production volume, but high oil prices in recent years have been a major factor. Though the oil industry is a blessing to Norwegians, there are growing concerns about a growing divide between the oil industry and “the rest”. Critical voices, among them PM Jens Stoltenberg and prominent business leaders, point out that oil is a finite resource and that sooner or later Norway will have to rely on other sources of income. Their concern is that the oil industry creates a business climate in which high salaries and great benefits erode the competiveness of the Norwegian industries in general, and the exporting industries in particular. Processing for profit Nearly a third of Norway’s power is used in the production of metals, chemicals, petrochemicals, mineral products, paper and pulp. Norway’s process industry is the country’s largest land-based export sector, in part because the nearly exclusive use of hydropower allows Norway to operate its facilities more economically
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and cleanly than most other countries. Norway is a major global supplier of metals such as aluminium, magnesium and ferroalloys, and is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of primary aluminium. Aluminium semis are used by end-user industries in construction, transport and packaging. Ferroalloys such as ferrosilicon, ferromanganese and ferrochrome are mainly used in steel production. Norway also produces silicon metal, zinc, nickel and copper. This pre-eminence in processing is nothing new. As early as 1907, for example, the first large-scale hydropower complex in Norway − and the largest power plant in Europe at that time − was built by Norsk Hydro to provide electricity for the production of agricultural fertilizers. Similarly, a potent combination of extensive forest resources and affordable hydropower has given Norway a major role in the world pulp and paper markets. Some 90 per cent of the country’s pulp and paper production is exported. Norwegian producers supply various kinds of pulp, including the short and long-fibred sulphate market pulp which constitutes an important component of newsprint and magazine paper. As Europe’s major oil and gas nation, Norway is also a source of the raw materials used in the production of plastic compounds such as vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Technical products such as paints, adhesives, detergents, alginates and fine chemicals comprise yet another sector of the Norwegian chemical industry. Jotun, for example, the largest and best-known company, is an international enterprise with
production facilities all over the world. In addition to house paint, Jotun is a world-leading producer of marine and other protective coatings. The ICT explosion In 2000, Norway implemented an “eNorway” project to stimulate the ICT (information and communication technology) industry and the population’s use of its products and services. Now around 95 per cent of all Norwegians use the Internet, just one indication of the success of the plan. The ICT industry covers the manufacturing of computers and computer equipment, electronics, telecommunications and consultancy services. In other words, this sector cuts across many of the traditional divisions of industries and includes the production of both goods and services, employing roughly 70,000 people. If we include what’s known as the content sector, which comprises publishing, information services, radio and TV and film and video, ICT accounts for more than 100,000 jobs. Corresponding to the increased economic significance of ICT, its importance for the user, both at work and at home, has become far more visible in recent years, which have seen an explosive consumer demand for PCs, mobile phones, flat-screen televisions and broadband services. In the commercial sector, virtually all enterprises now have access to the internet, compared with four out of ten in 1998, and most have their own website. The modern boom in communications technology is perhaps most striking when we look at households. In 2005, 74 per cent had access to PCs and 64 per cent had access
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88 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY to the internet at home. Most recently, media reports and anecdotal evidence suggest that such access is fast becoming virtually universal. Norway, together with the other Nordic countries, is at the forefront of these trends. One example of Norwegians’ eagerness to embrace new technology is the roll-out of the mobile 4G standard, which promises up to 10 times faster mobile internet. Once again Norway is in the driver’s seat of ICT-innovation and development, being one of the first countries to implement this technology on a large scale. Both Telenor and NetCom, Norway’s two leading telecom companies, are offering this to their customers in all major Norwegian cities as of Q1 2013. Centres of excellence Increasing competition and efficiency requirements in the international economy and industrial structure mean that products are being manufactured to an ever greater extent in integrated value chains whose different parts are located in various countries. This not only makes countries more dependent on each other but also makes them more vulnerable. Deregulation and increasing regional integration of the markets in Europe and elsewhere has encouraged a greater concentration of industries in business parks and industrial and/or
research clusters. The phenomenon is far from new, however, especially in small countries like Norway with thinly scattered populations. One example is Raufoss Industrial Park, 120 km north of Oslo. With a history stretching back more than a century, the centre is one of the biggest in the country and home to nearly 40 companies providing some 3,000 jobs. Raufoss traces its history back to 1873, starting with the production of matches and growing into the next century with production of ammunition. Although deliveries to the military sectors have been important in the development of the industrial site, the development and production of civilian products − particularly aluminium components for the global automotive industry − has expanded rapidly to become a major source of income. Such clusters also tend to become major centres of innovation as they attract specialised R&D companies to tackle a variety of R&D projects. The main areas of expertise at Raufoss are materials technology, construction mechanics, processes, metallurgy, prototyping, logistics, safety, reliability, production and business management. By acting as coordinated networks, Norway’s everexpanding centres of excellence serve new and existing
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At your service Employment in the service industries has more than doubled from 750,000 at the beginning of the 1960s, and now represents perhaps three-quarters of all Norwegian jobs. The dominance of this sector has inspired a raft of catchphrases: “the post-industrial society”, “the information society”, “the service society”, and so on. The services industry comprises a range of diverse activities from commodities trading to catering (hotels and restaurants), transport, financial services and tourism. However, the largest sector by far is the public sector: including social services, health, education and all the other responsibilities of local, regional or central government administration. Two-thirds of those employed in the public sector work in local government administration. However, the number of employees in central government has risen significantly since 2002 when the state took over the administration of most hospitals. The strongest growth in recent years has primarily been in health and social care and education. The northernmost counties of Troms and Finnmark account for the highest proportions of public
sector employees due to the presence of the Norwegian armed forces and because local authorities with scattered populations require a relatively high number of employees to maintain the range of government services. In praise of diversity A priority of successive governments has been to boost Norway’s profile abroad with a view to increasing its presence in international markets. Having learned the hard way through the years that an oil economy can be unstable, the government and business organisations in recent years have focussed on the need for economic diversification. The result has been significant growth in computer technology, manufacturing and the traditionally strong metal and chemical sectors. Government strategy also involves targeting specific categories of foreign visitor, in particular the wealthier tourist keen to experience the splendours of the natural environment while enjoying the cultural and recreational potential of a Norwegian holiday. The primacy of petroleum, however, is scarcely under threat; and Norway continues to take pride in its high ranking among the world’s oil and gas exporters.
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customers worldwide by ensuring improvements in quality and the development of new products.
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Agenturhuset
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Waste treatment equipment
Agenturhuset is a leading company in the field of waste treatment equipment. We are total suppliers of waste solutions, and exclusive representatives for Europe’s most advanced producers. Our clients include leading chains in a number of sectors, such as shopping centres, stores, hotels, restaurants, manufacturing, the fishing industry, shipping, property companies, oil companies, and municipal and government authorities and institutions. Our solutions mean, above all, that our clients no longer pay for the transport of air. In addition, the client’s working environment is improved while sorting at source helps to increase the volume of recycled waste. We have been in this business a long time, and it is with some pride that we can report that compactors supplied in the eighties are still making our customers happy! Please see our website for more information: www.agenturhuset.no
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FROM WASTE TO ENERGY Pack-Station PS 800 Waste compactor with rotating drum in a cubic PE-bag Roto-Compactors, invented by BERGMANN, are an unique alternative for an efficient and CONTINUOUS waste collection directly at the place where waste is generated. For over 20 years, they have contributed with the highest compaction rates to minimize the costs of waste handling. Special characteristics of the Roto-Compactors are quiet, lowmaintenance hydraulic drive, compaction in PE bags on standard pallets, minimised space requirements and a high quality standard of a product with a well-developed technology and design.
Foodgrinder with pump, tankhandling of foodwaste in large quantyties, i.e.reduced transport, to biogasplant.
Working process 1 Simple and continuous filling via the large-dimensioned filling chute. 2 Collection, crushing and compaction of the waste by a rotating special roller. 3 The highly compacted waste is in a PE bag, fitted before, with a standard pallet underneath, and can be removed easily with a hand-operated lift truck. 4 The waste bundle, ready to be used, can be comfortably driven to the collection site.
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Eltek
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Leading global power electronics group
Eltek is a front runner in the global power industry. Today, we are 2500 employees in 40 different offices around the world doing business in nearly 100 countries. Superior power conversion technology is our hallmark, and our ambition is to always set the standard in the industry. As a truly multi-national company, we are sensitive and respectful of the differences in culture in the markets we operate, and throughout the global Eltek organization. We are confident we have the power to convert the expertise and commitment of our people into great value for our customers, the company and our employees. What about you? Do you have the power?
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Our Business TELECOM
RAILWAY & METRO
SOLAR
For more than four decades Eltek has
Power systems from Eltek offer more
The THEIA series defines a new level of
provided power solutions for telecom-
than compliance with minimum re-
efficiency and user friendliness for iso-
munication networks globally. Our sys-
quirements: extreme flexibility, scal-
lated string inverters. Suitable for
tems cover the entire range of power
ability and efficiency. This saves ener-
crystalline as well as thin film modules,
requirements, from small to very large,
gy and cost, and reduces the
the THEIA™ HE-t is the perfect choice
meeting all the power needs of the
environmental impact.
for commercial and residential solar in-
telecom industry, in both fixed and mo-
stallations.
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bile networks.
We combine power utility industry in-
MARINE & OFFSHORE
E-MOBILITY
sight with leading-edge power conver-
Eltek helps the automotive industry go
Eltek is part of the proud Norwegian
sion expertise. We offer smart and effi-
green. The Eltek Powercharger is a
maritime and offshore heritage. We of-
cient auxiliary power solutions for all
family of battery chargers for electri-
fer marine and offshore power solu-
applications in the network, from pow-
cal vehicles that minimizes charge
tions that are reliable, modular and
er plant to end user.
time and maximizes mileage per spent kilowatt-hour. Based on Eltek’s unique
compact. They provide the power you need to keep your revenue on-stream.
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HE technology, they are compact and
The use of DC as backup for mission
light-weight and offer unmatched effi-
critical applications has many advan-
ciency, while maintaining galvanic iso-
tages over traditional AC UPS. Eltek
lation for battery protection.
has a wide range of DC products from larger DC UPS all the way down to Front End Power for the servers
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Leading the green revolution in power electronics POWER AVAILABILITY
With high MTBF and very short MTTR it “never” fails.
SCALABILITY
Easy to upgrade with growing needs
RELIABILITY
Optimal performance with DC technology
COMPACTNESS Saves space
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in investment and operation
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to meet different requirements
HIGH EFFICIENCY Reduces energy use and cost Preserving the environment and combating
achieve both objectives, by reducing energy
climate change are defining challenges of our
spend and environmental impact.
age. Businesses have a key role to play in re-
The HE technology allows telecom operators
ducing adverse environmental effect, while
to reduce losses in the DC Power Systems by
they at the same need to stay ahead of the
more than 50%. This in turn represents a re-
competition. Eltek’s high efficiency solutions
duction of the electricity bill by 4 to 8%.
and new, innovative designs help the industry
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MAXIMIZING THE POWER OF RENEWABLES THEIA™ HE-t series combines galvanic isola-
tion with unprecedented efficiency, ease of use and top class design.
From Eltek, the global leader in power conversion
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GKN AEROSPACE NORWAY AS
GKN Aerospace Norway AS (GAN), previously known as Volvo Aero Norge AS, was established in 1987 to acquire the assets of the former jet engine division at Kongsberg V책penfabrikk, which produced components to a range of engine programs for commercial and military aircraft. GAN is 100 % owned by GKN plc., which acquired Volvo Aero in 2012. The company represents a technological competence centre within advanced mechanical production, and offers reliable deliveries of complex parts trough flexible solutions.
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Commercial Engine Products GAN’s commercial engine products include the following: • PW4000-94/-100/-112; Turbine Exhaust Case, Hub, Disk, Seals • JT8D-200 /FT8 shaft • CFM56 LPT case and vanes • GE90-10/115B; compressor shaft, Impellers and air seals • GENX Turbine Rear Frame • PW1000 Shaft and Turbine Exhaust Case
Military Engine Products GAN’s military engine products include the following: • F100 LPT shafts and cases • F119 LPT shaft • F135 LPT shafts and cases • F414 HPC cases and mid-frames • F110 LPT vanes • F136 HPC cases
Corporate Strategy GAN’s corporate strategy is to achieve a balanced accumulation of commercial and military aircraft engine programs, that will ensure long-term market access. The aim is for these agreements to remain valid for the whole lifetime of the programs; i.e. 30 to 50 years. This target has been pursued through participation as a co-owner in commercial aircraft engine projects, for both standard and wide-bodied aircraft. Deliveries of components and modules to the commercial engine programs, amount to approximately 75 % of GAN’s turnover. GKN Aerospace Norway AS P. O.Box 1004, NO-3601 Kongsberg Tel: +47-32 72 84 00 Fax: +47-32 28 95 20 van.office@gknaerospace.com www.gkn.com/aerospace
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Quality Assurance GAN manufactures mechanical components and modules to the highest quality requirements to the world’s leading aircraft engine manufacturers, and for both military and commercial aircraft engines. It is certified to NATO AQAP-2120, ISO 9001, AS 9100 Rev.C and ISO 14001.
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Kverneland Group
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The Future of Farming From Local Forge in Norway To An Multinational Group The climate and landscape of Norway’s south western region is harsh and unforgiving, making farming in this area both difficult and challenging. Despite this, hard working men and women have transformed this area into one of the most productive agricultural regions in Norway. Kverneland Group has made its own contribution to agricultural development in the region throughout the years. Experience gained in such a tough environment has been invaluable to Kverneland Group’s rise to becoming one of the world’s leading supplier of implements to the professional farming community. The history of Kverneland Group dates back to 1879 when the founder, Ole Gabriel Kverneland, built his small forge in the village of Kvernaland, 25 km outside of Stavanger, Norway. He named his business “O.G. Kvernelands Fabrik” and started to manufacture scythes, the start of a global sales and distribution of Kverneland ploughs today.
Kverneland Group is a leading international company developing, producing and distributing agricultural machinery and services. Strong focus on innovation allows us to provide a unique and broad product range with high quality. Kverneland Group offers an extensive package aimed at the professional farming community, covering the areas of soil preparation, seeding, forage and bale equipment, spreading, spraying and electronic solutions for agricultural tractors and machinery. Watch us on YouTube www.youtube.com/kvernelandgrp Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/KvernelandGroup www.facebook.com/iMFarming Follow us on Twitter @KvernelandGroup @iM_Farming
The Future of Farming Kverneland Group Tel.: +47 51 42 90 00 contact@kvernelandgroup.com www.kvernelandgroup.com
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LINGU Europe UK: +44 (0) 20 3139 9095 Norway: +47 2142 3600 post@lingueurope.com www.lingueurope.com
NCE Raufoss
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More than one hundred years of experience with international industrial development forms the background for the Raufoss industrial cluster, NCE Raufoss. The cluster’s core area of activity is the manufacturing of products in lightweight materials by automated production, and the goal is to develop a national resource centre. The industrial cluster at Raufoss currently consists of over 40 companies with more than 5,000 employees. The group’s total turnover amounts to roughly NOK 7 billion, of which exports comprise some 85%. The NCE-program Norwegian Centres of Expertise (NCE) is an ambitious venture which has produced a number of good results. There are twelve such centres in Norway. They are appointed by the Government and the program is run by the Norwegian Research Council, Innovation Norway and SIVA. The criteria for being a NCE-cluster are well defined and only research and develop oriented clusters with growth potential and a large share of export are qualified. NCE Raufoss has been a part of the program since it first started up in 2006. Based on solid traditions The history of the Raufoss industry goes back to late 19th century and the production of matches. In the build up to Norway’s independency to Sweden in 1905 the tension between the two neighbours rose. The Norwegian Government decided to place the ammunition plant in Raufoss, protected from the Swedish threat behind Norway’s largest lake, Mjøsa. This was the real start of more than one hundred years of industry adventure. The military defence industry has always played an important role in the Raufoss industry, today it is represented by Nammo. However, in the second half of the 20th century the civilian industry started to grow steadily, especially the automotive industry. Raufoss soon became an important manufacturer and supplier to the European market, and later to the US and Asian automotive industry. The core competence in the Raufoss industry developed to be manufacturing of lightweight materials by automated production. In 2006 the cluster got the status as Norwegian Centre of Expertise based on the cluster’s knowledge within these fields and the cluster’s ability to innovate continuously and develop and market
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A strong cluster The core of NCE Raufoss is located in Raufoss Industrial Park. However, as a positive result of being a centre of expertise the cluster has expanded. Mustad Longline, Topro and Hapro are all companies located outside the park and although the companies have a lot in common with the traditional Raufoss industry they didn’t start cooperating until NCE Raufoss saw the light of day. In addition the TotAl-group, a network of 41 companies in the Norwegian aluminium industry, also got closer connected through its membership in NCE Raufoss. In other words, there are no doubts that NCE Raufoss has strengthened the manufacturing industry in Raufoss and in Norway. By having developed an arena where sharing of knowledge and competence between companies takes place, each single company becomes more competitive and NCE Raufoss becomes more attractive for employees. Research and Development One of the main pillars of NCE Raufoss is innovation through research and development. This has been a key building stone in the history of the Raufoss industry and has got an even greater importance in NCE Raufoss.
SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS plays an essential part in this work. Besides being the manager of NCE Raufoss the company has grown to be a substantial supplier of research to the Norwegian manufacturing industry. NCE Raufoss has built a portfolio of research projects which involve both the manufacturing industry and academia to help the industry cluster innovate continuously. The competence of tomorrow NCE Raufoss concentrates on the future challenges. This is the reason why the industry cluster has started cooperating with educational institutions to be sure they get the future competence they need. Both in Gjøvik University College and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology there have been developed bachelor and master programs in cooperation with NCE Raufoss. This is also in the interest of the academic institutions as they in a better way get to know the challenges in the manufacturing industry. In Gjøvik University College the bachelor students get the opportunity to practice their skills in an early stage of their studies by working in an industry company within NCE Raufoss. Both the companies and the students benefits from this cooperation. Web: www.nce-raufoss.no
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new products. Today NCE Raufoss is a supplier to a wide range of industries. This has created a good foundation to let the Raufoss industry adventure continue.
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SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS - combining R&D skills and Industrial Experience The joint R&D company plays an essential part in the development of NCE Raufoss. The stock holders represent all the agents of the so called triple helix model. The model explains the interdependency between academia, government and industry in creating an environment for innovation. SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS has increased the number of employees from 30 to 85 during the period of NCE Raufoss. The company is now located in Trondheim in addition to the headquarters at Raufoss, focusing mainly on materials- and production technology. A resource centre The establishing of NCE Raufoss has developed and strengthened SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS to become an important resource centre for the industry cluster, both when it comes to the daily operation and future technology development. There are built common laboratories where research and testing on material technology, process development, product verification and automation take place.
research organisation in Scandinavia and has been involved in activity in Raufoss since 2001, in line with the organisation’s policy in contributing to regional development. However, in 2008 SINTEF concluded that the interaction in the triple helix model was a very well functioning receipt for industrial development in Raufoss. In addition to the fact that the Raufoss industry cluster was appointed a Norwegian Centre of Expertise, it made SINTEF see that SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS was ready to take the position as a national centre of competence within manufacturing. Today, companies all over Norway request for support from the R&D company.
SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS takes advantage of using world class competence when they involve in the companies projects and daily operations. This brings more knowledge into the firms, which enables NCE Raufoss in taking a national position in manufacturing.
Industrial ownership The ownership of SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS is complimentary. In 2009 the industrial side got strengthened by Hydro and the Benteler Group when the two companies also were buying shares in the company. The goal is to further improve in manufacturing, innovation and product development. All the other industrial owners have been involved in the company from the start, which gives the company commitment and impulses from the global industry. All in all the industrial owners, together with SIVA and SINTEF, are a solid platform for further growth.
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Composites, Sustainability and Annual Conference The Norwegian Composite Centre The Norwegian Composite Centre was established in 2008, to help Norwegian companies develop new products based on advanced composite materials. With NCE Raufoss’ background as a leading cluster on lightweight materials, there was no doubt where the centre should be located. Today, the centre is co-located with NCE Raufoss and SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS in Raufoss Industrial Park. Advanced composite materials are increasingly introduced to new sectors than it traditionally has been used in. More than half of the construction of a modern airplane is now build in advanced composite materials. This development is spreading to other markets and products. The Norwegian Composite Centre is, with their own personnel and trough cooperation with partners, able to supply companies with excellent expertise on advanced composite materials. They also give access to advanced equipment to build, test and verify composite structures. Web: www.kompositt.com SuM – Sustainable Manufacturing Many projects are linked to or initiated by NCE Raufoss. One of them focuses on the biggest challenge the industry and the world fronts, the climate change. Sustainable Manufacturing (SuM) is a project which focuses on the development of sustainable production technologies
and products. The results intend to give Norwegian industry knowledge so that they can take a world leading position in the development of sustainable lightweight solutions for the automotive industry. This includes more knowledge about reuse and recycle of materials. It will contribute to reduction of the total global environmental burden from the industry and also improve the competitiveness of Norwegian manufacturing industry. The project is supported by the Norwegian Research Council, SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The project is managed by SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS and involves many of the companies in NCE Raufoss. Further there is an international cooperation with Japanese, Danish, Dutch, German and Canadian research institutions. Web: http://www.sintef.no/Materialer-og-kjemi/ SINTEF-Raufoss-Manufacturing/Prosjekter/ Sustainable-Manufacturing-of-Light-Weight-Solutions/ The annual Sillongen Conference The Sillongen Conference is an annual conference at Toten Hotel nearby Raufoss where all partners in the Norwegian manufacturing industry meet. The conference was first held in 2004 and has during the period of NCE Raufoss grown to be an important arena for the industry, government, academia and politicians to network and dialog about the future challenges of the industry. The conference has both national and international participants.
Norwegian Centre of Expertise Raufoss Contact person: Sverre Narvesen P.O. Box 163, NO-2831 Raufoss Tel.: +47 40 00 10 11 Mob.: +47 91 54 01 22 Fax: +47 61 15 36 25 sverre.narvesen@sintef.no www.nce-raufoss.com
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Norsk Teknisk Porselen AS
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supplier of electro ceramic components
Uniting society and environmental technology. Our products contribute globally to cleaner air and more stable electricity supply.
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Our customers have for nearly 100 years shown us a trust that gradually has contributed to the development of Norsk Teknisk Porselen AS. We are a leading national supplier with a substantial and ever increasing export share. Our strengths are competence, product range and quality, and adaptability. The combination of our leading-edge competence and motivated co-workers ensures quality in our services and products. Our insulators constitute the back-bone in all highvoltage systems. The society of today, and tomorrow,
is increasingly more dependent of a stable and secure supply of electricity. We have developed insulators for electrostatic precipitators (ESP). These environmental products are critical components in such installations. Air pollution is huge problem worldwide, and the demand for these products is rapidly increasing. It is our ambition to grow globally and become one of the leading manufacturers within this type of environmental products. Together with our existing, and new, customer we will build lasting relations.
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Quality
• Pin insulators • Line post insulators • Post insulators • Hollow porcelains • Insulators for DC-electro filters (ESP insulators) • Ceramic welding backing • Insulation beads • Epoxy resin insulators • Various press bodies • Composite insulators
Customer Service
As NTP AS sees it, quality is not only related to the products themselves but also to the whole process – from the quotation stage through order handling, design, manufacturing and to aftersales services. Since 1982 the company has had an independent QA department that secures high-quality work in every department. In 1994 NTP AS was awarded the NSEN ISO 9001 certificate. This guarantees high-quality products and states strict requirements regarding development, design, manufacturing, installation and servicing.
In order to focus on its customers’ needs, NTP AS has the following philosophy to ensure customer satisfaction: • Respond quickly to all enquiries • Offer both tailor-made and standardized solutions • Offer price-competitive products • Offer short and reliable delivery times • Deliver high-quality products • Perform excellent after-sales service
Manufacturing
NTP AS’s products require different ceramic materials. The company uses a wide range of substances, fluxes and fillers in order to fulfil its customers’ technical requirements. In order for NTP AS to offer a wide range of products, several different production methods are used. Today the company uses the wet process manufacturing method, slip casting, dry pressing, extrusion and turning as forming methods. The total output capacity is approximately 3,000 tonnes of porcelain per year.
Norsk Teknisk Porselen AS P.O. Box 188, NO-1601 Fredrikstad Tel.: +47 69 38 30 00 Fax: +47 69 38 30 30 sales@ntp-as.no www.ntp-as.no
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foreword | A capo As Intellectual Property (IP) is an important asset in Norwegian society and for Norwegian companies. We live in a knowledge-based world and Intellectual Property represents the knowledge and knowhow created by individuals or companies through research, brand building, creative design and technical innovation. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) defines the scope of the legal protection for IP. Protection can be acquired through copyrights, trademark, design or patent registrations or even by trade secrets. As such, IPR is constantly increasing and becomes a larger and more important part of companies’ assets and strategic resources. IP is for many Norwegian companies the most important asset and therefore deserves attention, focus and a good IPR strategy. This is also to
prevent others from exploiting these assets. By enforcing its Industrial Property Rights, a company may prevent others from infringing or copying their technology, trademarks and designs. This will allow them to constantly benefit from their monopoly or uniqueness and to create a strategic position in the market. A good IPR strategy will also attract investors and increase negotiating strength in relation to competitors and potential partners and licensees. Acapo AS is a Norwegian firm highly specialised within the domestic and international practice of Intellectual Property law. Our services include consultancy in relation to IPR strategy, filing and prosecution of applications for trademark, patent and design registrations, as well as litigation.
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There is great diversity amongst our Norwegian clients. We serve companies in the fish-farming industry, the offshore oil exploration sector, and various sea transportation companies, businesses within the food industry and in the textile and clothing industry. We are also assisting researchers at The Universities of Bergen and Trondheim in the protection of their Intellectual Property Rights. Furthermore, Acapo handles the legal and Intellectual Property work for many foreign clients, either directly or through international associates. In our work for clients and associates, we strive for the highest degree of quality and service. The most important assets of our firm are our highly qualified professionals and staff members. Their
extensive and varied knowledge and experience enable us to offer meaningful, in-depth advice, not just limited to the intricate, restricted confines of Intellectual Property problems, but also bringing the business perspective into the picture. Our core values reflect our company culture; these combined with our knowledge and experience helps us to achieve our mission of creating increased opportunity and market leadership for our clients.
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foreword | Onsagers Your intellectual property It is likely that you have had a great idea at some point in your life. You have most certainly felt the urge to tell the whole world about it and at the same time had the sense that it should be kept a secret, otherwise someone might steal it. What would be worst – that they took credit for it or made a small fortune from it? Both are actually frustrating but the worst part is that they actually stole intellectual property (IP) from you. There is a story that the film industry of Hollywood ended up in California partly as a result of battles over IP. Important inventions in the film industry were patented and licenses were only available in exchange for significant sums of money. The best courts for prosecuting copyists and IP infringers were located on the east coast of the US, however in California it was likely that patent infringement would pass unnoticed. So movie companies set up as far away from the courtrooms as they could, knowing that they could copy whatever technology and inventions they could get hold of without running the risk of being prosecuted and convicted. Needless to say, the movie industry boomed in Hollywood, perhaps not only due to the sunshine and warm weather but also due to an ineffective court system for enforcing IP at the time. We all witness this every day in some form or another as intellectual property is stolen from its rightful owners. It may be as simple as teenagers streaming films over the internet from an illegal source or it may be that your favorite painkiller didn’t give you the relief you expected because it was produced from bogus material and sold in your local drugstore under an illegal copy of a well-known and trusted trademark. That is when you also realize that
protection of your IP actually keeps your customers safe and protects your business from being stolen. Of course this only applies if there is a well working system in place to stop the copyists, and in many parts of the world that may still be the tricky point. If you ask yourselves why this is important then remember that next time, it could be your idea and your IP in need of protection from copying. And also when you buy a package of painkillers from your local drugstore you expect them to give you the relief promised by the famous trademark on the package. As a consumer you expect to get what you pay for and all the security that comes with it. That also applies to your costumers when they see your brand and your products for sale. As a business executive, investor, manager or entrepreneur you manage risk every day and the risk of committing an IP infringement is naturally a part of it. But what about the risk you do not immediately see? Is your supplier furnishing you with copied goods? Can you be liable for potential damage to your customers because you didn’t check out whether the parts in your machinery were originals? Will your company take a major blow because you didn’t check out whether your new magnificent idea actually was intellectual property protected by someone else? Quite simply you may be the bad guy without even knowing it. With new patent- and trademark applications filed each year around the globe running into the millions it is hard to keep on top of things. But actually there is no excuse for closing your eyes – when it boils down to reality you should have checked out potential IP conflicts before you launched your product with a trademark only a vowel
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different from that of your main competitor and thereby trying to steal their goodwill. Or when you as a business executive sign off on a project to build a whole new process plant, only to find out when it is ready to run that it is based on a patented piece of technology and the only way you can make it work is to buy a license from your worst competitor. In professional business there is no excuse for closing your eyes to risk. All in all, business benefits from having a transparent, predictable and reliable system for not only protecting but also enforcing IP and allowing businesses to gain insight into potential conflict before they arise. It does make life as a business executive slightly more complicated. However some of the most successful and by far the most professional executives I have come across simply regard IP as one of those things they have to be on top of to make sure their business is safe from theft and costumers are safe from illegal copies. If you are one of those professional executives considering Norway to be an interesting market for your business or investments, or if you seek a partner or supplier then the following may be of interest to you. When Norway joined the European patent convention (EPC) in 2008 it marked just another step in the direction of harmonizing IP in Norway to IP in Europe. In the fall of 2013 the Norwegian government went ahead to propose even more steps to bring IP in Norway closer to IP in Europe as is proposed Norway should join the London Protocol, abolishing the need for local language translation when registering European patents in Norway. The aim is clear –
to reduce cost for industry and make protection of your IP in the Norwegian market easier. Also by introducing simple access to databases for protected IP, a more transparent IP landscape is available to ensure business executives can check out potential IP conflicts before entering into business in Norway. There is still some ground to be covered as trademarks must be registered separately in Norway, however if you look at the larger picture, IP in Norway is aligning with IP in Europe driven by what the industry needs and what the society will benefit from. IP in Norway has actually over the last years changed significantly to enable protection of your IP. You can also rest assure that Norwegian courts are lining up with the rest of Europe in their fight against copying and IP infringement. However the question remains – how well protected are you when you look to Norway for potential business, and how safe can your customers feel when they buy your products? As one of the largest IP law firms in Norway and a representative for companies and individuals seeking IP protection in both Norway and elsewhere in Europe, we at Onsagers continuously keep updated on the possibilities for protecting and enforcing your IP. After all – you wouldn’t like it if someone stole your great ideas and business.
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Norwegians like to think of themselves as a nation of inventors. Folk wisdom has it that the long winter months of darkness are an inspiration, provoking deep thoughts and a need to have something to do apart from counting the days until spring. In such an environment, do-it-yourselfers, tinkerers and the like therefore have something of an evolutionary head start. A national streak of inventiveness goes some way towards explaining Norway’s success in such challenging areas as offshore technology, mining and winter sports. On a more mundane level, numerous utilitarian objects – key card, cheese slicer, spray can, gas turbine − are credited to Norwegian inventors, as is – quite appropriately – the “rat trap” ski binding. When it comes to protecting their brainchildren, inventive Norwegians look to the national patent office, Patentstyret − in English, “the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO)” − which describes itself as “a national centre of competence for property rights” with a responsibility to “support Norwegian industry and promote economic growth”. NIPO is responsible for processing applications for patent protection, and for trademark and design registration. The agency also offers courses, seminars and lectures on the importance of industrial property rights, carries out patent searches and investigations, and keeps track of technological and commercial developments in various fields for Norwegian and foreign companies, research institutions, inventors and innovators.. A government authority under the Ministry of Trade and industry, NIPO employs about 260 staff specialising in
law, technology and science, finance and administration, and information and marketing. “Inventions play a key role in the economic development of Norwegian trade and industry”, says NIPO. “The use of patent protection helps to stimulate further research, technological developments and innovation. A patent is proof of your company’s innovativeness and originality.” Since 2008 Norway has been a member of the European Patent Convention (EPC), which means that Norwegians can file for a European patent (also covering Norway) by applying directly to the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich. Processes, as well as products and devices, can be considered “inventions” and therefore patentable (examples cited by NIPO include computer technology and blood analyses), provided they are new and have not been made known to others before the day on which the patent application is filed. Any information concerning the invention which has been described in earlier patents, journals or other literature anywhere in the world will prevent the granting of a patent. The same applies if the invention has been shown at an exhibition or during a lecture, described in a newspaper, or offered for sale. The invention must also differ significantly from previous technology in the area: i.e., it cannot be merely the next logical stage in a known technical process. Patently obvious As NIPO’s English designation suggests, a patent can only be granted for an invention, that is to say for “industrial” as opposed to “intellectual” property (IP) − even though
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Patent law aside, intellectual property rights generally refer to trademarks or designs − including symbols or names associated with a particular product or company − and copyright, applying to creative and/or artistic ideas and products. Trademarking The function of a trademark, which must be reproducible in graphic form, is to distinguish particular goods or services from others. Trademark registration confers the exclusive right to use the trademark on the goods themselves, on packaging, and in advertising, business documents and even verbal description, while preventing others from using the same trademark or a similar one which can be confused with it. NIPO says: “A trademark is usually the result of considerable investment of time and resources and the costs are often considerable. It is therefore important to safeguard the sole rights to your trademark. By being able to document your rights, you have a sound basis for negotiating finance for your development costs and for entering into sales and licensing agreements with others.” (The same argument applies, of course, to most other examples of intellectual property.)
A trademark can consist of all kinds of symbols and/ or words and combinations of words such as slogans, names, logos, figures and images, letters, numbers, sounds, and moving images, or a combination of these. The shape, accessories and packaging of a product can also be registered. Norwegian trademark registration, through NIPO, provides protection only in Norway; however, applications for international protection under the Madrid Protocol (a system for the international registration of trademarks of which Norway is a member) can also be filed through NIPO. A “Community Trademark”, valid in all EU Member States, is registered through the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). Design registration Similar criteria and procedures are involved in the registration of designs, which NIPO defines as applying to “the shape and outward appearance of an article, for example the shape of a toothbrush, car, telephone or piece of furniture; parts of an article, for example the head of a toothbrush, the leg of a chair, the keypad of a telephone; the appearance of non-physical articles such as a screen image, typefaces and graphic symbols; ornamentation, for example the decoration on a set of chinaware or the motifs on textiles and wallpaper, or an interior design, for example the interior design of a café”. If a design includes a technical solution, full protection will probably require an industrial patent as well as design registration. The Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement has created a system of international design registration through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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it is intuitively obvious that an invention is nothing if not an intellectual construct, and indeed patents are included in most definitions of IP. Nevertheless, the law is clear: in order for an invention to lead to a patent it must constitute a practical solution to a problem where the solution is of a technical nature or effect and is reproducible. You cannot be granted a patent for an idea without describing or showing how the solution works in practice.
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114 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY Copyright No fewer than 13 categories of “literary, scientific or artistic work” are identified by the Norwegian Copyright Act as qualifying for copyright protection “irrespective of the manner or form of expression”. It’s an inspiring baker’s dozen, comprising: - writings of all kinds, - oral lectures, - works for stage performance, dramatic and musical as well as choreographic and pantomimic; also radio plays, - musical works, with or without words - cinematographic works, - photographic works, - paintings, drawings, graphic and similar pictorial works, - sculpture of all kinds, - architectural works, drawings and models as well as the building itself,
- pictorial woven tissues and articles of artistic handicraft and applied art, the prototype as well as the work itself, - maps, also drawings and graphic and plastic representations or portrayals of a scientific or technical nature, - computer programs, - translations and adaptations of the above-mentioned works. Bryn Aarflot AS, a Norwegian consulting firm specialising in patent law and intellectual property rights, notes that “no central register for copyright protected works exists in Norway, and whether a work meets the requirement of originality is therefore decisive as to whether protection is obtained”. Those in need of copyright protection have recourse to a number of “rights management organisations”, each of which manages copyright and related rights in its own special field.
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The Norwegian Copyright Development Association (Norcode), established in late 2007 by the rights management organisations, aims to coordinate and expand projects related to intellectual property rights − “building a cultural infrastructure”, in the words of the press release − in developing countries. Norcode claims to be the first organisation of its kind in the world.
Norwegian rights holders routinely receive requests for support from writers, visual artists, musicians and others in African and Asian countries; long before the foundation of Norcode, the rights management organisations had responded to the tune of millions of dollars over the past 20 years. Norway is a party to the Berne Convention, under which citizens of other Convention member countries can claim copyright protection according to the Norwegian Copyright Act to the same degree that Norwegian citizens can, regardless of whether this protection is broader or narrower than awarded in their own country. However, the period of protection is limited in accordance with the period of protection obtained in the originator’s home country.
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Clara, Norcode and Berne An umbrella association known as “Clara” comprises six such rights management organisations: BONO (which manages rights on behalf of visual artists), FONO (Norwegian record producers), GRAMO (sound broadcast royalties), Kopinor (authors and publishers), Norwaco (audio-visual media), and TONO (composers, lyricists and music publishers).
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Acapo AS is a private company of professional IP-consultants, including patent attorneys, lawyers and engineers. The history of Acapo dates back to 1924 when the company was founded as Bergen Patentkontor. Acapo deals exclusively with intellectual property rights.
Our offices are located in Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim. We represent a large number of successful and foreign/international companies and research institutions with respect to their intellectual property rights. We always aim for the highest degree of quality and service.
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We cover the whole range of IPR services, including:
- Preparation, filing and prosecution of trademark, design and patent applications. - Preparation, filing and prosecution of regional European patent applications, and validation of European patents in Norway - Filing oppositions against trademark, design and patent applications. - Trademark availability searches. - Patentability searches. - “Freedom to operate� analysis. - Consultancy regarding IPR strategy. - IPR Due Diligence. - Customs surveillance. - Legal advice with respect to all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark infringement, copyright, domain name disputes, company name disputes. - Litigation, including patent litigation. - Enforcement of all intellectual property rights before the Norwegian courts.
Oslo Brynsveien 5 NO-0667 Oslo Tel.: +47 22 07 19 50
Bergen Strandgaten 198 NO-5004 Bergen Tel.: +47 55 21 40 80
Trondheim Havnegata 7, Pirsenteret NO-7462 Trondheim Tel.: +47 73 54 61 10
P.O. Box 1880 Nordnes NO-5817 Bergen E-mail: mail@acapo.no Web: www.acapo.com Fax: +47 55 21 40 81
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Patents
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Onsagers is an IP law firm offering a full range of services in the areas of Patents, Trademarks, Design, and IP Legal matters to International clients seeking advice on handling IP in Europe (EU) and Norway. Additionally we offer a full range of IP Management services such as IP Intelligence and Surveillance, Portfolio Management, IP Due Diligence and Strategic evaluation. We offer not only the knowledge of our employees, but also the experience of all of our international partners. Onsagers represents clients in all commercial areas with a particularly focus on a business strategic approach to all IP related matters. Whether clients are seeking to protect their brands and technology or need to analyse the access to future market opportunities, the link between business and IP is the key to creating value through IP. For more than 60 years we have represented domestic clients in more than 150 different countries worldwide. By combining a business minded approach to IP with a carefully selected network of international partners we dare say that we have expanded the horizons of our clients and have contributed to international business. With an experienced staff of 50 partners and employees, Onsagers is one of the largest IP law firms in Norway committed to offering IP services of high quality with an effective and up to date infrastructure. Working with international clients on an international arena requires international competence. A majority of our patent attorneys are qualified European Patent Attorneys and all Attorneys at Law are specialised in IP law. Onsagers is located in Oslo, the capital of Norway, with a regional office in Tromsø.
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Onsagers offer the following services: • Patent protection
• IP surveillance and intelligence
• Trademark protection
• Legal assistance in IP matters
• Design protection
• License agreements
• Enforcement of IP rights
• IP portfolio maintenance
• Know-how protection
• Patent searches
• Freedom to operate analysis
• Trademark searches
• IP agreements
• Litigation
Onsagers AS Munkedamsveien 35 P.O. Box. 1813 Vika, NO-0123 Oslo Tel.: +47 23 32 77 00 Fax: +47 23 32 77 01 mail@onsagers.com www.onsagers.com
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Patents, Trademarks, Designs, Legal Services
knowledge and experience regarding counterfeit goods and border control, as well as systematic surveillance of your competitors’ activities. A product that is not protected by a patent, design or trademark registration might be protected in other ways in Norway, mainly by laws regarding copyright and marketing. Other forms of protection of interest are domain and business names.
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We are a medium-sized patent agency and thus large enough to guarantee reliability and quality, but small enough to provide tailor-made solutions to each client. With over 100 years of experience in the business, we are highly qualified and have a broad experience in securing the appropriate protection for our customers, both nationally and internationally, within any industry sector.
Oslo Patentkontor AS has a legal department consisting of in-house attorneys-at-law who can provide legal assistance in conflicts regarding all fields of intellectual property, including design, patent and trademark rights, marketing and competition law, domain name rights, business name rights, copyright, counterfeiting and border control. Get Your European Patent Validated in Norway Oslo Patentkontor AS can assist you in validating your European patents in Norway, provided that the effective filing date of the European patent application (i.e. the international filing date in the case of Euro-PCT applications) is January 1, 2008 or later.
Our core business areas are services related to patents, trademarks and designs. We guide our clients through the entire innovation process. We can, inter alia, contribute with searches to map potentially interfering rights & freedom to operate analysis, the drafting and filing of applications, necessary agreements and representation and litigation should there be a conflict. A Norwegian IP portfolio should only consist of the rights which contribute to your business strategy for Norway. Accordingly, we advise you on suitable protection strategies, and we can provide you with a systematic overview of your Norwegian portfolio and corresponding budgeting needs to ensure that you only keep the relevant rights in force in Norway. We can also assist you in enforcement issues. In addition to representing you in protests, infringement cases and other law suits, we can provide you with expert
AutoSock® is design and patent protected and also a registered trademark. It is a textile cover which is a quick and easy solution for better grip when surprised by winter conditions.
Oslo Patentkontor AS P.O. Box 7007 M, NO-0306 Oslo Tel.: +47 21 00 90 00 Fax: +47 21 00 90 09 mail@oslopatent.no www.oslopatent.com
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Oslo Patentkontor AS is a private IP consultancy assisting international and Norwegian companies and private persons in protecting their business ideas through patents, trademarks, designs and related areas, such as marketing law, domain names, business names, copyright, plant breeders’ rights and protecting and enforcing your legal rights. We have expert knowledge in counterfeit goods and customs surveillance, and our in-house attorneys provide legal assistance in conflicts related to all the areas above.
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foreword | seagarden AsA Seagarden ASA is the holding company of the Seagarden Group. Seagarden’s corporate strategy aims to develop the company into an independent, integrated biomarine ingredient and product supplier with global market perspectives, becoming a Norwegian based publicly listed company with a leading position in the Norwegian biomarine industry. The Company acts in three international business and market areas: Seafood Ingredients, Health & Nutrition and Pharma & Personal Care. The Seagarden Group produces natural biomarine ingredients and consumer products and has established a comprehensive know how on extraction and processing of bioactives from the Atlantic Ocean. Seagarden is operating in a value chain starting with fresh marine raw materials to produce the whole range of its speciality biomarine products. The Company sources high quality raw materials to each of its four separate production facilities in Norway. The company group constitutes the fully owned subsidiaries of Seagarden AS, Chitinor AS, Arctic
Medical Nutrition AS, Atlantic Ingredients AS and Avaldsnes Property AS. The daughter company Seagarden AS has built a reputation as a supplier of top quality natural Seafood ingredients through several years of international presence. The product portfolio meets the consumer demands and trends towards convenient and healthy on-the-go-foods and for an increasing awareness and demand for natural flavour ingredients (as opposed to artificial ingredients). The product portfolio consists of ingredients in consumer food products in the form of ready-meals, soups, seasonings, dietary supplements, functional foods and speciality feeds. A brand new multipurpose production facility for Seafood Ingredients and Health & Nutritional Ingredients is located in Avaldsnes, Norway, completed in 2012. Atlantic Ingredients AS produces shrimp based Seafood ingredients in Ă…na-Sira in the South of Norway as well as at locations in Eastern Canada.
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Chitinor AS manufactures and supplies marine derived Health & Nutritional and Pharma & Personal Care ingredients. Two production sites are located in Northern Norway; the chitin production facility in Senjahopen and the chitosan production facility in Tromsø, which was acquired together with the chitosan business operations from BASF in 2012. Chitosans are naturally occurring derivatives of chitin and have outstanding properties for uses in personal care products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Corresponding Drug Master Files exist for Chitinor’s pharmagrade chitosans. Both chitin and chitosans are renewable biopolymers which are extracted from sustainable biomass. To ensure a continuous high quality of the products, Chitinor uses exclusively raw material from the North Atlantic shrimp pandalus borealis. Arctic Medical Nutrition AS is developing and commercializing novel branded consumer products and ingredients to the Health & Nutritional markets.
The company has R&D laboratories located at the High-Technology Centre in Bergen, where the company’s R&D activities are carried out. The company holds global IPR for nutritional uses of the L-Factor, a highly potent bioactive derived from salmon roe with extraordinary gastrointestinal and immunological biological functions for uses in functional foods and medical nutrition. Seagarden’s objectives are to expand the product portfolio to meet the market’s demands. The Company will solidify its market position and exploit new possibilities for marine bioactives. One central target will be to go from intermediate products to final branded products.
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“The Norwegian life sciences industry, with all its respective branches, is growing rapidly”, according to the state marketing body Innovation Norway,. “And even more importantly, the growth is predominantly in the blue and green [marine and agriculture] sectors, showing that biotech is increasingly becoming a ubiquitous enabling technology.” By the end of 2012 Norway could boast 319 life sciences companies, with as many as 105 in their startup phase, most congregating around the country’s six universities at Oslo, Tromsø, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Ås. While they vary in size from tiny startups to major corporations, they share a common mission. In short, even allowing for the highly competitive nature of the international biotech market, Norway clearly has a lot to offer, and on the basis of recent success can now be considered a real player. Given that Norway has boosted its profile as a life sciences hub, the key question now is whether success will breed success. So far the signs are good. With oil revenues helping Norway to weather the recession, government support has been retained. And the talent pool is growing, with arrivals from overseas finding that Norway is as the surveys continue to say, one of the best places in the world to live and work. According to the 2013 biotechnology industry report from global accounting and consultancy firm Ernst and Young, in 2012 Norway’s nine public biotech companies had total market capitalisation of US$1.564 million, down 1 per cent from the previous year. Their total revenue was US$166 million, an increase of 42 per cent on 2011. And, in 2009, the year when the government announced a US$2.9 billion stimulus package for the biotech sector, the Norwegian industry was hailed by specialist
industry website FierceBiotech as one of Europe’s Top Five Biotech Hotspots... all in all a fairly astonishing achievement for a small country. Innovation Norway extols “an environment where biotech can prosper”, adding: “In its ambitions for biotechnology, the country is building on firm foundations given its science base, its high level of GDP, and the country’s long tradition of international collaboration, both with Nordic neighbours and further afield.” Biotechnology facing major hurdles Biotechnology is a highly research- and capital-intensive sector, characterised by long product development times and a sharp focus on patent protection in order to secure the necessary return on investment. However, the tools of the trade are gradually becoming generic and seem to find applications in almost every industrial sector. Many if not most Norwegian companies in which biotechnology is an important part of their business are small, innovative startups in healthcare (diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccine), food, agri- and marine biotech, environment and bio-processing. Major hurdles yet to be overcome include the limited availability of seed and venture capital, a lack of biotech venture companies, and limited experience in biotech commercialisation. Healthcare remains an important segment of the biotech sector and the country has a built-in wealth of human capital. Norway has a long tradition in epidemiology, a factor that has helped stimulate the growth of population biobanks. The ‘banks’ have around 500,000 donors, meaning around 10 per cent of the population are contributing a valuable resource to their own health and that of others.
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Even the energy sector can point to some very promising applications: the use of bacteria to reduce viscosity in oil reservoirs, for example, potentially increasing recovery by as much as 5-10 per cent. Microorganisms are also widely used in waste and spill management. In due course it seems likely that specialised biological processes will become a force to be reckoned with in an increasingly environment- friendly and sustainable industrial sector. There is near-universal optimism that biotechnology will indeed play an important part in Norway’s future economy. And it’s still a very young business: a survey commissioned by the Research Council of Norway found that 75 per cent of all Norwegian biotech companies were established after 1990, and almost half since 1999. More than 70 per cent have fewer than 20 employees. A typical biotech company has to juggle many skills, ranging from cutting-edge science to intellectual property, regulatory standards, finance and business development. A small company is particularly vulnerable because it will not be able to build internal expertise in all key areas, while almost every employee represents an “essential” resource. Hence, many Norwegian biotech companies are partly “virtual” organisations, critically dependent on consultants and service providers. Norwegian specialities Norway is strong in biomedical, agricultural, and (in particular) marine biotechnology. Regional specialities have developed centred on the country’s major
universities: biomedicine in Oslo, bioprocessing in Trondheim, and marine sciences in Bergen and Tromsø. Technical colleges and research institutes are also active: the Agricultural University of Norway and the School of Veterinary Science, both in the Oslo region, are examples of important life science institutions making significant contributions in aquaculture, while the life sciences and biotechnology are “thematic priorities” for the Research Council. In early 2012, the Research Council of Norway launched a large-scale biotechnology innovation project: BIOTEK2021. The new nine-year initiative will as a followup replace the Programme on Functional Genomics (FUGE), a national network of technology platforms, seen by the Research Council as “an important driver for biotechnology in Norway”. FUGE, a 10-year NOK 1.6 billion programme, described functional genomics as “the area of genetics that focuses on determining the function of genetic information in order to address biological questions.” Functional genomics research seeks to establish the function of individual genes and how groups of genes interact; it also involves “research on the protein function (proteomics) or, even more broadly, the whole metabolism (metabolomics) of an organism”. The programme includes a national plan for research in this area. During the 10 years it was running, FUGE was gradually transformed from a basic-research programme into a project with a broader base. It provided findings and information to the benefit of industry and society as a form of value-added characteristics inherent in the project. A number of new Norwegian companies were founded as a result of FUGE. Similar exercises and results remain an important element in the BIOTEK2021 project.
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While typical biotech companies may be small, they often play an essential part of the value chain, serving as innovators of key technology and supporting the business of larger enterprises − including those belonging to Norway’s more traditional industrial sectors. Some of the most obvious examples are related to aquaculture, and include fish breeding, fish health, and fish feed.
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128 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY BIOTEK2012 aims at promoting biotech research through the financial support of large-scale, long-term projects that “address wide-ranging societal challenges”. The Research Council says that biotechnology is the nucleus of the Norwegian bioeconomy and will play an important role in developing various sectors, including the agricultural, aquaculture, industrial and health areas. The main focal points of BIOTEK 2021 are: biotechnology and society; international cooperation; industrial development; and competencies and infrastructure. The initiative contains an outline for research projects related to the interface of social challenges, national competitive advantages and opportunities that will spin off from biotech research. “Biotechnology, together with nanotechnology and ICT, will be critical in order to meet society’s greatest challenges,” says Arvid Hallén, Director General of the Research Council of Norway. “To achieve the best possible research results the Research Council will encourage effective collaboration between industry, the universities, university colleges and independent research institutes.” Blue biotech A near-religious affinity with the sea has been a feature of Norwegian culture and enterprise through the ages. From time immemorial, fishing has been the very basis of life in coastal communities, and the fisheries industry remains one of Norway’s most important
export industries. In recent years, efforts to improve the management of marine resources have taken on a fervour all of their own as scientists, politicians and fishermen strive to ensure that commercial fishing and aquaculture remain major industries in Norway for all time. One reason that fisheries have always been so important is that Norway just happens to control some of the richest fishing grounds in the world. The North Sea, the Norwegian coast, the Barents Sea and the polar front in the Norwegian Sea are all highly productive areas. The coastline is also particularly well suited to environmentfriendly fish farming, and the aquaculture industry has expanded accordingly. It is hardly surprising that Norway was the first country in the world (in 1946) to establish a dedicated ministry for fisheries − or that so many developments in the biotechnology sector are concerned with the aquatic environment. In the highly competitive global environment of biotech, policy makers are on the look-out for national advantages that Norway can utilise to build its own technological focus and profile. Marine biotechnology is clearly one of these. The European biotechnology industry association EuropaBio operates with three “colours of biotech” − red being medicine, green agriculture and white describing applications in the processing industry. Given Norway’s age-old maritime traditions, marine biotechnology might well stake its claim as a fourth blue colour of the biotech family.
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Marine biotechnology − “blue biotech” − is not only of vital importance in the aquaculture industry. It also seeks to exploit the genetic diversity of the marine ecosystem as a potential source of new drugs, enzymes, and other useful compounds. Blue biotech clusters have formed around the universities and research institutions in Trondheim, home to NTNU and SINTEF, and in Tromsø. Bioprospecting − searching and screening for significant biomolecules from marine sources − is at the heart of these research activities. In Trondheim, the emphasis is on certain bacteria that produce antibiotics, dyes, and/or fatty acids. Since the vast majority of such organisms cannot be cultured, one approach is to create a kind of genetic “library”. According to the trade journal Genetic Engineering News “this ambitious project has revealed an enormous number of different species and huge genetic variability within species gathered from the surface layer of water”. Aquaculture and marine by-products are additional blue biotech specialities in the far north. As early as the 1970s Tromsø University was a pioneer molecular medicine; the integration of this pioneering role with the regional fisheries tradition has given rise to a leading position in marine bioprospecting, with research programmes stimulating a number of new businesses related to marine-based fine chemicals and ingredients. Thanks to such work, Norway is fast becoming a world leader in marine bioprospecting in sub-Arctic oceans. The fjords and coastal waters off northern Norway have
already yielded highly promising and exciting novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents. A unique marine biobank and an associated screening platform have been established in Tromsø, the world’s most northern university city. MabCent-SFI is a marine bioprospecting centre for research-driven innovation (SFI) associated with Tromsø University and involving the scientific community, the international biomedical industry, the various R&D environments and individual companies. Related programmes include: - Marbank, a marine bio-bank that collects, preserves and catalogues biological material from Norwegian waters. Material collected in the bio-bank is available to national R&D groups and industries that carry out basic and applied research on marine bio molecules; - Marbio, a high capacity analysis platform for screening and identification of unique bioactive molecules isolated from marine material that can kill off cancer cells, stimulate the immune system or prevent illnesses; - Mabit, an industrial R&D program for northern Norway aiming to increase value in fishery, aquaculture and biotechnology, in part by organising the BIOPROSP international conference in Tromsø. In Trondheim the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has historically focused on engineering and technical sciences, influenced by its close relations to Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), the largest independent research
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institute in Norway. This has led to a number of projects involving biotechnology applications in the process industries, e.g. fermentation and manufacturing of bulk chemicals, and by-products from fish farming. ‘One of the healthiest populations in the world’ The OECD identifies “universal access to publiclyprovided healthcare at all ages and for a very wide variety of treatments” as a salient feature of Norway’s healthcare system. Norway ranks second among member countries in health spending per capita, second only to the United States and more than 60 per cent above the OECD average; unlike Americans, however, Norwegians can claim to be one of the healthiest populations in the world. Norway is among the eight to ten countries with the highest life expectancy at birth: a new born boy can now expect to live to almost 79 years of age, and a girl to just over 83. Life expectancy looks set to continue to rise markedly in years to come, so that assuming even a middling rate of increase, a boy born in 2050 will have a life expectancy of at least 84-85 years and a girl almost 90. Norway’s system of healthcare provision is based on a decentralised model. The state is responsible for policy design and overall capacity and quality of healthcare through budgeting and legislation, and for hospital services through state ownership of regional health
authorities. Within the regional health authorities, somatic and psychiatric hospitals, and some hospital pharmacies, are organised as health trusts. ‘Cancer clusters’ harness expertise One particular Norwegian strength is in cancer research. As many of the companies and institutions involved in such work are located in and around the capital, Oslo, and the Norwegian Radium Hospital in particular, an “Oslo Cancer Cluster” (OCC) has formed to harness the expertise of other companies and research centres in Norway and abroad. The cluster now has scores of members, including industrial companies, university hospitals, health initiatives, and support groups. Corporate members include the Norwegian branches of major pharmaceutical companies, established Norwegian international companies and Norwegian startup and venture capital companies. In any given year the OCC can boast scores of projects in the clinical pipeline. This in turn means that Norway is strongly positioned to deliver what is known as “translational medicine” − turning basic research discoveries into clinical applications that benefit patients − particularly in oncology and neuroscience. Through its unique combination of world-class research, biobank and health registry infrastructure, cluster organisation and
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commercialisation expertise, steady streams of ideas are converted into new diagnostics and therapies. Members of the cluster have at least 50 product candidates in clinical or late preclinical development stages of the pipeline. A small but prosperous pharmaceutical market Norway is a small but prosperous pharmaceutical market. While the country is not part of the European Union, pharmaceutical registration is aligned to EU regulations, which means that entry to the Norwegian market is straightforward. The relative ease of entry has enabled foreign companies to set up manufacturing plants, especially as the pharmaceutical pricing structure has become more transparent. The Norwegian pharmaceutical market was worth NOK 20 billion in 2012, equal to roughly NOK 3,600 per capita. Given the small scale of domestic production, increase in demand for pharmaceuticals is most likely to be met by imports. The Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Norway (LMI) notes that since generic substitution was established in 2001, generic drugs have gained an increasing share of the market, in terms of both value and volume, and now account for roughly half and threequarters respectively. LMI is the national trade organisation for domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies selling medicinal products in Norway, maintaining contact
with the authorities while promoting the industry and providing services for member companies, making case assessments and supplying statistical reports. The association organises courses and training activities for medical sales representatives and clinical trial monitors, and is an active participant in international industry associations for manufacturers of pharmaceutical products. Felleskatalogen (the Pharmaceutical Product Compendium) is produced by a subsidiary of the association. LMI’s philosophy is that the pharmaceutical industry should be recognised as a crucial factor in maintaining and improving Norway’s overall health and quality of life. Norwegian patients should have quick access to appropriate and cost-effective medicines. These should be seen not merely as an entry in the national budget, but as important aspects of policy-making. The political framework for the industry should facilitate R&D and stimulate growth in the pharmaceuticals sector while harnessing the expertise involved in such increasingly important specialities as health economics and pharmacoeconomical analysis. The industry cooperates with the Norwegian healthcare system in promoting the development and use of new and more efficacious medicines. While Norway’s 682 (2011) pharmacies are mainly privately owned, sales and marketing of medicinal products is strictly regulated,
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132 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY and the industry itself has the practical responsibility of enforcing the regulations. The Norwegian Medical Association and LMI work with physicians to evaluate marketing operations and advice companies, about 85 per cent of which are affiliated to the LMI. Member companies employ more than 4,000 in manufacturing, medical research, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance and marketing. Only a handful of these companies manufacture medicinal products in Norway; the others import and follow up their medicinal products. An important part of this work is distribution of information, training and postqualifying education of physicians and other healthcare personnel. The pharmaceutical industry contributes substantially to medical research and development in Norway: in recent years, annual spending on R&D by LMI member companies has averaged around NOK 1.1 billion (2011). Network boosts MedTech More than one hundred years ago, the Norwegian Polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen was the first in the country to earn a doctorate degree in the fledgling discipline, neuroscience. At the time, the dubious notion that the
brain was made up of individual nerve cells united in a network was nothing short of revolutionary. Scientists who came later proved the theory was right, but it was an adamant Norwegian who was confident his ideas were the truth. Nansen’s spirit lives on and his country has built up a network of individual entities that function much like the brain in discovering new findings in medicine technology. As early as the 1970s, and well ahead of most other countries, Norway began a project for screening mothers and their children to build up a national biobank. The records proved invaluable in later years for pre-empting cancer, metabolic illnesses and cardiovascular disease, along with other sicknesses. In the area of cancer treatment alone, companies such as Photocure, Algeta, Clavis Pharma, Epitarget, PCI Biotech, DiaGenic, Affitech and Lytix Biopharma have developed a continual line of oncology therapeutics and diagnostics. Fridjtof Nansen’s area of neuroscience has also become a major focal point of medtech, especially in view of the fact that the Norwegian population is growing older. Norwegian institutions and companies have gained enviable expertise in the areas of molecular biology and neuroscience for combatting Alzheimer’s and
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Another example of Norwegian medtech ingenuity is the company Photocure, a pioneer in photodynamic therapy (PDT) that is finding wide acceptance for medical and cosmetic uses. Minimally invasive and minimally toxic, the process can be used for certain cancer and other treatments. Photocure is also known for getting products to market quickly and cheaply. Critical mass elusive in the Nordics It is a sad fact of Nordic life that the individual countries of the region are far too small ever to achieve “critical mass” in many international markets: their populations are simply not large enough to generate the sheer numbers of specialists required. The Nordic tradition of collaboration through the various regional institutions is itself in large part a response to this challenge − but even on this much larger scale, the pool of highly educated men and women sometimes falls short of the targets.
This is the thinking behind the ScanBalt project: an attempt to meet the challenge of global competition in the field of biotechnology, where giant multinationals dominate, by harnessing the intellectual resources of two regions, the Nordic and Baltic, eleven countries altogether. Their combined population of 85 million supports more than 60 universities and almost a thousand bio-related companies to form a “meta-region”, well placed to attract human and financial resources capable of taking on the USA, Asia and the rest of Europe in this exciting new market. ScanBalt BioRegion is a “network of networks” encompassing – in addition to Norway – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, northern Germany and north western Russia. The Nordic Innovation Centre (NICe), a regional funding body, describes it as “a transnational cluster comprising important key players from the private, semi-public and public sectors in the life-science/biotech area”. The European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme for R&D gives priority to large projects. These require large administrative infrastructures which are often beyond the reach of Nordic companies and research institutions. ScanBalt enables them to join forces on a Nordic level and so achieve the necessary dimension to penetrate the large European programmes for R&D.
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Parkinson’s diseases, epilepsy, brain oedema, meningitis and stroke. Others are working closely with Nobel Laureate Peter Agre in researching the importance of aquaporins in brain water balance. On a technical level, the MI Lab in Trondheim is a leader in medical imaging, which is rooted in Norway.
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FMC BioPolymer AS
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The world leading supplier of alginates
FMC BioPolymer AS is a part of FMC Corporation based in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The Norwegian operation is producing alginic acid and alginates for the global market. The biopolymer is extracted from brown seaweed that is mainly harvested along the west coast of Norway. The products are used in pharmaceutical, food, and industrial applications. The company holds a license to produce and sell alginic acid and alginates as active pharmaceutical ingredients. FMC BioPolymer AS employs 150 people. The seaweed extraction plant is located close to Haugesund. There are seaweed trawlers operating along the west coast of Norway to supply raw material for the alginate production.
Technology development activities and the NovaMatrix unit are based in Sandvika, west of Oslo. NovaMatrix is a part of the Healthcare Venture business unit in FMC. NovaMatrix is developing, producing, and marketing ultrapure biopolymers for biomedical and biopharmaceutical applications. Products include high purity alginates, chitosan salts and hyaluronates for cosmetic and biomedical use, and new types of oral dosage delivery formats. Our customers are typically companies using biopolymers in their consumer products. Main application areas for alginate in the food
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industry are bakery creams, fruit fillings, and restructured foods. The pharmaceutical industry is using alginates and alginic acid in Anti-reflux medicines, wound care, sustained release tablets, and dental impression materials. Other technical applications include pet food, paper coatings, textile printing, welding electrodes, water purification, and encapsulation. FMC BioPolymer AS has a high level of R&D activity and is known to use modern biotechnological methods in the development of new products. The company is working closely with outside research groups, and has through many years successfully cooperated with Nobipol and Institute of Biotechnology
at NTNU* in Trondheim to develop the basic understanding of biopolymer chemistry and functionality. FMC Corporation is manufacturing and marketing chemicals for agricultural, industrial and specialty purposes. The global FMC BioPolymer business is in addition to alginate producing and marketing carrageenan from red seaweed and microcrystalline cellulose. * Norwegian Technology
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FMC BioPolymer AS P.O. Box 223, NO-1377 Billingstad Industriveien 33, 1337 Sandvika Tel.: +47 67 81 55 00 Fax: +47 67 81 55 10 trond.helgerud@fmc.com www.fmcbiopolymer.com
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Lytix Biopharma AS
a drug development company focusing on cancer and infectious diseases In vivo studies in syngeneic mice show the potential for a rapid induction of necrosis as well as an immune-mediated, complete and stable tumor response. LTX-315 is currently being tested in a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors. A Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Agent Lytix’ antimicrobial lead candidate (LTX-109) is designed to combat typical hospital infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as well as Streptococci and Pseudomonas. Intriguingly, the compound shows excellent efficacy also against various fungal and yeast species, underscoring it´s broadly effective biophysical mode of action. Efficacy of the product is not affected by established resistance, nor is there a propensity to develop new resistance in the strains tested. LTX109 is currently being tested in a phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of impetigo.
A Novel Cancer Immuno Therapy Despite many advances being made over the past years, cancer remains one of the major causes of death in the western world. Lytix has developed a novel drug class based on the definition of the antimicrobial and anti-cancer pharmacophore of lactoferricin. Systematic QSAR work has resulted in the synthesis of a series of broadly active anti-tumor drugs. Our lead candidate LTX-315 shows efficacy across a range of 40 tumor cell lines, including those that are resistant to established chemotherapy. PROTEIN
• Broad claims to novel pharmacophore • Lytic – membrane lysing (biophysical) mode of action • Ultra-rapid • Low propensity for resistance • Defined (membrane) target • Broad spectrum of activity • Outstanding efficacy in animal models • Fully synthetic, low molecular weight drugs
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Lytix Biopharma AS P.O. Box 6447, NO-9294 Tromsø Tel.: +47 77 67 55 00 Fax +47 77 67 55 01 post@lytixbiopharma.com www.lytixbiopharma.com
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Lytix is based in Norway, with offices in Tromsø and Oslo. The company was created as a spinout from the University of Tromsø and the University Hospital of Northern-Norway in 2003 and leverages more than 12 years of academic and industry research. Lytix’ core competences comprise methods to identify the pharmacophore of natural bioactive peptides and to convert them into small synthetic drug leads. Lytix maintains a close contact with the University of Tromsø and its expertise in medicinal chemistry, structural biology and bio prospecting. The development programs are supported by high-quality international service providers in key areas such as formulation, chemical scale-up and preclinical development. The company is well funded and intends to pursue a co-development and outlicensing strategy.
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Norinnova Technology Transfer
Take part in this adventure. Are you looking for:
The best has yet to come Great opportunities up north
• Collaboration in product development together with skilled scientists ? • In-licence technology ? • Touch down offices and lab facilities (short term or long term rent)?
The majority of the exciting compounds from the marine environment are yet to be exploited. Don’t you agree?
Our life science team would be more than happy to help you. Visit us at www.norinnova.no
About us. Norinnova Technology Transfer is an innovation company for North Norway. • We offer a full service Business Incubator and regional networks • We Offer Technology Transfer from the R&D- institutions in the region •
We manage the Science Park, including laboratories and business services
• We offer seed and project finance
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Norinnova Technology Transfer is placed in the heart of the innovative marine biotechnology environment in Tromso. We are dedicated to help new exciting compounds from the marine environment to the market. Due to the proximity to the Arctic Ocean and strong scientific traditions, North Norway and Tromso has established itself as one of the most interesting areas in the field of marine bio prospecting. In the Arctic environment the organisms have systems sustaining and bringing life at very low temperatures, that translates into compounds with unique properties.
This innovative hot spot for biotech from the cold Arctic have brought the world one of the one of its mostselling DNA modifying enzymes, cold adapted enzymes that e.g. help you do your laundry with lower temperature, promising drug candidates to fight cancer, marine oils that benefit your health and the widely used chewable omega-3 products. Over the next years there will be numerous products derived from the marine environment in the arctic. Norinnova offer you unique opportunities to take part in this exciting world.
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Your business can benefit from all the opportunities in the north. Tromso Science Park offers attractive offices near the largest research institutions in the region, and houses more than 60 companies and RnD-institutions. Tromsø is the largest city in Northern Norway, and enjoys a rich cultural life, a nearby airport and the busy campus of the University of Tromso. The university has a significant growth in candidates with educations like engineering, safety and geology. All needed for the oil and gas sector looking at increasing its activity in the Barents Sea. Tromso Science Park is located next to the engineering education offered by the University of Tromsø. Barents Geo Centre Tromsø Science Park will in 2013 start building 12500m2 to form a cluster of industry and RnD-institutions; “Barents Geo Centre”. It is the perfect location for international oil and gas companies to relocate. 7000 m2 of Barents Geo Center is reserved for the University of Tromsø, Institute for Geology. The institute is growing, and was awarded a Norwegian Centre of Excellence in 2012. 5500m2 of the new center is reserved for private industry. This offers an opportunity for companies that seeks collaboration with the RnD-institutions and who wants to be part of a community of Tromso Science Park.
Norinnova Technology Transfer Tromso research park, Sykehusveien 21, NO-9294 Tromso Tel.: +47 77 67 97 60 www.norinnova.no
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AbbVie
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World´s new biopharmaceutical company AbbVie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott. AbbVie combines the focus and passion of a leading-edge biotech with the expertise and structure of a long-established pharmaceutical leader. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie aims to help patients live healthier lives and collaborate on sustainable healthcare solutions. In 2013, AbbVie will employ approximately 21,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. With a rich, 125-year heritage of developing pharmaceuticals, AbbVie combines the focus and passion of a leading-edge biotech with the expertise and structure of a long-established pharmaceutical leader. A global enterprise that serves patients in 170 countries. AbbVie in Norway AbbVie AS was established in 2013 following the separation from Abbott, and counts today around 70 employees. Our office is located at Snarøya/Fornebu, close to Oslo. AbbVie prides itself on being recognized as a good place to work because we strive to provide an environment that enables employees to succeed. In 2013, AbbVie was ranked for the fifth year in a row as one of the Best places to work in Norway by the Great Place to Work Institute Focus on Patients AbbVie is focused on developing specialty pharmaceuticals that address complex, unsolved health problems, particularly chronic diseases, that now account for 75 percent of all healthcare costs. By developing new specialty treatments that improve patient outcomes, AbbVie and its people are helping to reduce the long-term health and economic impact of these conditions. AbbVie also works to meet the needs of patients beyond medicines by supporting patients as they look to optimize the outcomes of their treatments. AbbVie’s Approach to Innovation Making new discoveries and developing them into effective medicines is the foundation the company’s mission and business. To accomplish those goals, AbbVie’s research is guided by a patient-driven research and development (R&D) approach that begins with a deep understanding of the serious diseases that are the company’s focus, as well as carefully evaluating the current needs of patients, payers and regulators worldwide. The company’s scientists focus their work on targets that have the best potential to fundamentally transform the way diseases are treated in the future. AbbVie is committed to an agile and collaborative approach to innovation, across its seven global R&D and manufacturing sites. The company’s scientists rely on proprietary technologies and methods to help them more quickly advance the most promising compounds from laboratory to clinical trials. AbbVie’s research operates with a collaborative model that seeks to build the pipeline of discoveries from inside and outside the company’s own walls. A compelling pipeline AbbVie’s long-term growth will be fueled by a compelling pipeline of 60 compounds in clinical trials – including 20 in late stage clinical trials – as well as new discoveries to address diseases including Hepatitis C, rheumatoid arthritis, plaque psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, spondyloarthropathies, multiple myeloma and endometriosis. AbbVie has doubled the number of compounds in its pipeline since 2006. With these and other products in its compelling pipeline, AbbVie is rapidly developing therapies that have strong clinical performance, patient benefit and economic value.
AbbVie Martin Linges vei 25, NO-1364 Fornebu Tel: + 47 67 81 80 00 Fax: + 47 67 81 80 01 kontakt@abbvie.com www.abbvie.no
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Moving frontiers - to ensure people’s health
Health is a valuable quality of life. When purchasing food supplements and pharmaceuticals, you need more than certified products, qualified brands and renowned suppliers; you need to trust in your product - and your service provider! Ayanda has always had a strong focus on quality and the necessity of freshness of our consumer-tailored Omega-3 supplements. Driven by our customers, Ayanda continues to be a leading solution provider in the field of innovative, high quality food supplements and nutraceutical products for the protection of people’s health. When customers consult us, they know they have chosen a reliable, competent partner. From research and careful selection of raw materials, to the process of manufacturing, declaring and dispatching - we at Ayanda are well aware of our responsibility to you and your customers. Ayanda helps customers in 15 countries in Europe and overseas to bring products that ensure people’s health to the market.
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ConCordix® - an innovative patent pending delivery form Imagine an Omega-3 supplement that is chewable and easy to swallow without water. Imagine an Omega-3 supplement that tastes good, with no taste of fish or fishy repeats. Combine these features and add a closed and protected prodution process, along with packaging solutions that ensure the highest possible quality and freshness of the product throughout its life span. One simple word: ConCordix® - the solution that exceeds current Omega-3 supplements!
Ayanda Group Fridtjof Nansens plass 6, NO-9008 Tromsø Tel.: +47 77 759 900 Fax: +47 77 759 901 www.ayanda.com
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Norway is famous for its deep fjords, snow-covered mountains, cold waters - and probably the best seafood in the world. Fisheries and production of cod-liver oil has long standing traditions in northern Norway, and that is why you will find our head office in Tromsø - the capital of, and gateway to the Arctic.
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Diagnostica AS
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PC-based diagnostics for hospitals and primary health care Diagnostica was established in Oslo in 1983 and shortly after the company had its Spirare PC-based spirometry product in the market. With its strong functionality and well designed user interface, it soon became a hit among health care professionals in Norway and Sweden. The users appreciated its ease of use, at the same time as it offered a large number of spirometry parameters and an extensive set of reference systems. Since then, Spirare has risen to a prominent position in the primary health care market in these countries. It has been expanded to include ECG and 24-hours blood pressure monitoring, and offers a functional diagnostic suite for primary health care, specialists and occupational health care. A functional and user-friendly system is however only the first part of the user experience Diagnostica is offering. We realise that a professional support is an important part of the product, whether the issue is installation assistance, questions about functions or simply to get some tips on how to make the most out of Spirare. Over the years, Diagnostica has gained substantial experience in how to integrate Spirare into the customers’ everevolving IT-infrastructure. With today’s possibilities for off-site operation of file servers and patient file systems, the challenge of making it all run together as one system is higher than ever. Our customers find that our expertise in this area saves a lot of effort when systems are to be integrated. IT-technology in Scandinavian health care Scandinavia has a long history of developing and implementing new technology early. When we first started developing Spirare in the 80s, there was already a large Norwegian cluster of computer firms producing software within various fields, including a Norwegian electronic health record. Our hospitals and general practitioners have been quick to utilise the new technology. The challenging environment and demanding users of Scandinavia has helped Spirare become world class. Spirometry, ECG and ABPM – All in one system
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24-hours blood pressure monitor Diagnostica AS Sondreveien 1, NO-0378 Oslo Tel.: +47 2292 4000 Fax: +47 2292 4009 post@spirare.com www.spirare.com
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Orthogenics AS
Park. The company focuses on R&D within joint diseases, primarily osteoarthritis (OA) and peri-prosthetic loosening (PPL). The company’s core competence is in the
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Orthogenics aims to provide easy-to-use diagnostics for early detection of joint diseases, OA and PPL, based on the company’s patented discoveries. The company’s ambition is to improve the treatment options for patients by guiding effective treatment based on a molecular understanding of the underlying disease processes.
About Orthogenics
Orthogenics was founded in 1999, based on the results of research collaboration between the University of Tromsø and the University Hospital of North Norway. The founders’ background from molecular biology and orthopedics, respectively, made it possible to collaborate across the disciplines, thus creating a new approach to old problems possible. A first patent was filed in 2001. A new patent was filed in 2013. Orthogenics currently has six employees and a fully equipped ServiceLab facility. The executive board of directors and the scientific advisory board provide a broad knowledge base and network for the company’s activities, with both a R&D and a commercial focus. Orthogenics has received several large grants from the Norwegian Research Council and Innovation Norway. This, together with a good relation to local, regional and national investors, provides a strong foundation for a very ambitious scientific program.
Products Diagnostics & Prognostics The current best practice for diagnosis of joint diseases is a multi factorial exercise demanding use of highly trained personnel and use of expensive and complicated imaging instruments. Orthogenics’ tests are based on a molecular understanding of disease processes and provide not only an answer to disease status but also information on how the best treatment should be applied. Several new tests are under development for launch in the next three-year period. Currently tests are offered as on-demand services from the company’s ServiceLab. Future tests will be available as kits for even easier use directly in the GPs or orthopedic clinic.
Therapeutics Today there is no effective treatment that stops or reverses the pathological processes ongoing in OA or PPL. Orthogenics has identified specific biological mechanisms activated in sub-groups of patients with accelerated disease progression. Orthogenics seeks to develop treatments based on these molecular targets together with pharmaceutical partners.
Orthogenics AS P. O. Box 6430, NO-9294 Tromsø Tel.: +47 77 61 11 12 Fax: +47 77 61 11 13 post@orthogenics.no www.orthogenics.no
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Seagarden ASA
Seagarden Natural Seafood Ingredients and Marine Bioactives Seagarden is a specialty marine ingredients company supplying 100% natural ingredients to the global savoury and life science markets. Seagarden is today one of the world’s major suppliers of savoury seafood ingredients to the international food and flavour markets. From a product range of more than 40 different savoury product varieties, Seagarden’s products are ingredients in millions of consumer food products worldwide, such as readymade-meals, soups, bouillons and seasonings. Seagarden’s bioactive product ranges include chitinand protein based marine bioactives for use in antiarthritic and anti-aging functional food products, as well as microencapsulated aquaculture larval feeds. Additionally, Seagarden has a strong product development pipeline including new proprietary immune-modulatory and anti-inflammatory marinederived bioactive compounds. The Seagarden Group comprises Seagarden ASA as holding company, with five fully owned subsidiaries; Seagarden AS, Chitinor AS, Arctic Medical Nutrition AS, Atlantic Ingredients AS and Avaldsnes Property AS.
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Seagarden ASA P. O. Box 193, NO-5501 Haugesund Tel.: +47 52 85 94 80 Fax: +47 52 85 94 90 info@seagarden.no www.seagarden.no
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Tronrud Engineering AS
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Putting ideas into practice
Ola Tronrud founded Tronrud Engineering AS in 1977. Since then, the company has grown vigorously, showing a profit every year of its existence. Most of its earnings have been invested in the further development of its human resources and technical facilities. This commitment has made the company an attractive business partner for industrial companies all over the world. Performing a various range of tasks, to the industry as well as to the armed forces, has been an important business for Tronrud Engineering from far back in time. Managing these projects, the company has seen the importance of focusing on research and development. Putting Ideas into Practice Tronrud Engineering’s slogan is “Putting ideas into practice”. But it is more than a slogan, it is also a business idea that the company urges to put into practice. With passion and hard work, Tronrud Engineering generates unique ideas. With a focus on improvement, the company pushes itself to persist until it serves its customers by putting their ideas into practice. Customer Participation Streamlines the Process Throughout the process, from the idea to the end product, Tronrud Engineering works in close cooperation with its customers. The company chooses this way of working to ensure that its customers get the optimal solution, fulfilling their wishes and specifications for the product.
R&D Innovation and creativity become increasingly important in modern business. In cooperation with its customers, Tronrud Engineering has carried out a broad range of research and development projects. To meet customers’ needs and to help them reach the leading edge of global competition, the company puts pride and devotion into its projects. With a basis in analyses and a set of theories, the company works according to empirical methods because it has learned that that is what putting ideas into practice is all about.
Software Development Tronrud Engineering’s software development staff are highly skilled and has long experience in programming and employing a wide range of systems.
Design & Engineering All design is carried out using state of-theart CAD-systems. Tronrud Engineering has worked with 3D-CAD since the early 1990s and today the company uses Siemens PLM Software (NX and Teamcenter). The company also uses CAD to design electrical systems when these are a part of its projects.
The welding department uses common welding techniques like TIG, MIG and MAG, with certified welders. This department also has a workshop for sheet metal production. The assembly department, with its highly skilled workers, ensures that the building and testing of machines are at a worldclass level.
Production of Parts An optimal combination of CNC controlled machinery and highly skilled personnel are the key strength of this department. The machinery equipment is on the cutting edge of today’s technology. Directly transfer from CAD to CAM ensures a high quality and short lead time of complex geometry.
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Mathematical Modelling Tronrud’s R&D department has expertise within mathematical modelling and algorithm development. Advanced FEM (Finite Element Method) tools are utilized, in order to form a theoretical support for the more practical parts of the company’s projects, as well as to solve pure R&D tasks for Tronrud’s customers. The company’s experience is that building up an adequate theoretical foundation before getting too deep into a new project can be of vital importance, in order to solve a problem within the budget and the time frame, as well as to achieve an optimal technical solution.
Eggemoen Aviation & Technology Park Tronrud Engineering AS has an aviation and technology park under development. The park includes 600 acres, a 2,000 metre runway and industrial, aviation and storage infrastructure. Tronrud Engineering is looking for joint venture partners to establish activity related to industry, logistics and aviation, which can include: • Logistic centres • Aviation maintenance • Base related activity for both helicopter and jets • Para-public activity • Industrial cooperation and establishments
Tronrud Engineering AS Flyplassveien 22, NO-3514 Hønefoss Tel: +47 32 16 18 20 Fax: +47 32 15 75 68 d&s@tronrud.no www.tronrud.no
Medical Technology & Health Care During the last 15 years, Tronrud Engineering has engaged in various projects related to medical technology (medtech) and health care, always in close cooperation with its customers. The projects have included the development of manufacturing equipment for various sorts of medicines and diagnostics, as well as the development of automatic production processes and automatic assembly of various health and dental care equipment. Most recently, Tronrud Engineering has also been directly involved in product development for the medtech market together with new and innovative partners.
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3D Lasersintering The DMLS machine enables production of mechanical parts and components directly from drawings with unique possibilities for design. The machine is compatible with most 3D DAC formats, and the accuracy of the parts is about +/0.05 millimeter depending on the geometry. High quality materials, as titanium, aluminum, and tool steel, can be used for the production, which also brings about many new and interesting possibilities related to medical technology. Titanium spare parts for human beings can be printed directly from drawings.
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Mining and tunnelling:
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R u n e F in s v e e n , P ro je c t m a n a g e r M i n e r a l C l u s t e r No r t h
foreword | Mi neral Cl uster No rth Mining in Norway A growing world population and technological development has led to an increased demand for minerals and metals, forcing prices up. The European Union has a growing concern regarding securing its own supply. European industry uses 20 per cent of the world production of some metals while only 3 per cent is produced by the European mining industry. Norway, and Europe, are dependent on access to mineral raw materials in order to both maintain and further develop our modern societies. The documented and prospective mineral reserves in Northern Norway and the Barents region has received international attention in the recent years.
Historically, the mineral industry in Norway has played an important role in the industrialisation of the country. Today, the industry employs 6000 highly skilled workers, and everything suggests that the mineral industry will become an important occupation in Norway in the years to come. The value of known Norwegian mineral resources is reckoned at roughly 2500 billion NOK, and the Norwegian Government wants to contribute to further development and growth. One of the initiatives was the release of a national mineral strategy in 2013; another was allocation of additional funds to the Geological Survey of Norway to improve coverage of basic geological information relevant to assessment of the mineral
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potential in Northern Norway. The goals are higher exploration activity, new discoveries, improved geological knowledge base, mineral potential evaluation, and improved areal planning. More predictable framework conditions are essential for the industry, in order to achieve the goal of a growing, productive and profitable industry. The potential for increased activity in Northern Norway together with industry-wide challenges, led to the establishment of Mineral Cluster North in 2012. The objective is to foster more innovation and increase the competitive ability of participating partners. The cluster is based on cooperation and collaboration between businesses, R&D and education agencies as well as public development
actors. The partners have prioritized the following focus areas; minimize the influence from the industry to the external environment; development of new production processes and innovative suppliers; secure access to competence through education and recruitment; influence on the framework conditions for the industry in collaboration with trade associations. There is growing optimism in Norwegian mineral industry, and we believe in an environmentally friendly and future-oriented industry that is attractive to international partners!
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foreword | N FF/ NtN NFF and NTN are two organisations tasked with promoting and finding business opportunities for companies across all areas of tunnelling, underground space, and mining. NFF (Norwegian Tunnelling Society) consists of 1100 private members and 60 corporate members. NFF’s primary task is to promote and develop Norwegian tunnelling technology. A board runs NFF and every member of the board is responsible for working groups. Hence the society is active and offers seminars, courses, and post education training within its subject specialisms. NFF also produces technical
reports and annual reports concerning its specialisms of tunnelling and underground space, as well as other written materials. These are available free of charge to members and can be found at www.nff.no or www.tunnel.no. The society also organises technical meetings and friendly gatherings for the members where consultants, suppliers, contractors, and clients can meet for friendly informal discussions that allow them to get to know each other better. NFF is celebrating its 50th birthday during 2013 in a number of ways, including seminars and an anniversary dinner to name just a few.
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NTN is an offshoot of NFF whose primary task is to find and facilitate business opportunities abroad for its members. South East Asia is the geographical focus. NTN has 22 corporate members, is administered by a Managing Director, and has a board selected from among the members. The network is still young, and the process of forming collaborative agreements and interest in the different markets is still in its early stages. Both NTN and NFF have been represented abroad at industrial meetings and Norwegian Official State visits worldwide.
NFF and NTN believe the Norwegian Tunnelling Method is unique and especially efficient. We do not believe that it is just our use of new technology, advanced equipment, and data technology that is important, but also our approach to decision making and risk allocation. It is also important to mention that both our management and tunnel workers are well educated and highly competent, and that we are very proud of them.
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In this context, five categories of natural resources are of primary importance: industrial minerals (e.g. limestone, olivine, nepheline syenite, quartz and dolomite), natural stone (larvikite, granite, marble), construction materials (sand, gravel, hard rock aggregate, clay), metallic ores (iron, titanium) and energy-producing minerals (coal). These are essential raw materials in our everyday lives. In modern society, we are unable to do without, for example, iron and steel, limestone for cement, paper and agriculture, crushed rock for roads, gravel for concrete and, of course, coal for many industrial processes. Mining is Norway’s oldest major export industry – some working mines were established more than 300 years ago – and for many years silver and copper were important exports. Some iron ore is still produced at Rana Mines. “Mining and quarrying” is a collective term for the extraction of minerals from rock, sand and gravel pits, or, as the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) puts it, “from bedrock or superficial deposits”. Mining and quarrying products are used as raw materials in other industries such as mineral processing and construction. Industrial minerals derived from mining can end up in anything from cosmetics and ice cream to paint, glass, paper, environmental products or building materials. The most recent figures show an annual turnover of NOK 12,4 billion for the Norwegian mineral and mining industry in 2011, a significant improvement from NOK
10.8 billion in 2010. Exports were worth around NOK 7,5 billion, against NOK 6.6 billion in 2010. Production was 94 million tonnes (85 million tonnes in 2010) and the industry employed 6039 people in 833 companies. ‘Magical’ Titania Among these companies, Titania A/S is an outstanding example of heavy Norwegian industry. One of the largest producers of ilmenite (TiO2) in the world, with around 6 per cent of world production, and the largest operating mine in Norway, it supplies the European titanium pigment industry, which converts the black ilmenite into a white titanium dioxide pigment with a multitude of uses in paints, plastics, paper and cosmetics. It is a part of Kronos Norge A/S, and has been owned since 1927 by the US-based National Lead Company. Norway has always been rich in mineral deposits, and these have formed the basis of numerous industrial sectors, from the mining and quarrying activities themselves to light metals and material technologies. The production of aluminium in particular is one of Norway’s largest export sectors: in fact, Norway is one of the largest producers of primary aluminium in Western Europe, and also accounts for much of the world’s production of magnesium, ferrosilicon and silicon metals. Naturally enough, given this wealth of mineral resources, Norway’s foundries are kept busy producing a variety of
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The mineral industry is typically a coastal and regional activity, particularly in Møre and Romsdal, Rogaland, Finnmark, Svalbard, Nordland and Vestfold. While the numbers of jobs in the sector have declined over the years, export value has increased substantially. Overall, mining and quarrying have undergone a considerable growth and restructuring process, with a strong increase in the production of industrial minerals, a moderate growth in the production of natural stone, stone chips, sand and gravel, and a sharp fall in the extraction of ore. Although most of the traditional mining operations that were once the livelihood of many local communities have now been phased out, the rising demand for industrial minerals has helped maintain a healthy growth rate for the sector. Natural stone, crushed stone, sand and gravel are also in demand: granite, larvikite and slate – used in facades and flagstones – are exported to a number of countries, while sand and gravel are vital to the construction and building sector. Norway is the location for one of the world’s largest olivine mines, and is one of the world’s largest producers of nepheline syenite. The world’s largest individual producer of limestone filler for the paper industry is also in Norway, and the country has several sought-after types of natural stone. An increasingly important product is high purity crystal quartz, used as raw material in the production of optical devices, halogen quartz lamps, optical fibres and in a range of high-tech applications.
Store Norske group The world’s northernmost coal mines have been flourishing on the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen, from the name of its largest island) since the end of the 19th century. Store Norske group, Norway’s sole coal producer, continues to operate two mines there with 360 employees. The Svea Nord field, which came into production in 2001, is expected to ensure the continuation of Norwegian coal mining for at least another 15-20 years. Most of the coal mined on Svalbard is used in the metallurgical industry, but some goes to generate power and manufacture cement. Svalbard’s coal is exported to the other Nordic countries and to Germany, Britain and France. Production has risen steadily in recent years together with increasing demand in the world market. In June 2011 Store Norske Gull, a Store Norske subsidiary, announced that though its attempts to drill for gold on Svalbard had proved successful, it was still uncertain whether commercial amounts were present. The drilling programme commenced after geological surveys had indicated that prospects of finding profitable gold deposits were good. Digging for data One of the major activities of NGU, the Geological Survey of Norway, is building and updating a series of national databases, including up-to-date information on Norway’s mineral resources. An overview of the nation’s mineral deposits of sand, gravel, metallic ores, industrial minerals and dimension stone can be found on NGU’s website ngu.no
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products from automotive parts and components for shipbuilding to street furniture, manhole covers, etc., for mechanical engineering and manufacturing industries.
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156 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY Deposits considered to be of strategic long-term value, and which therefore deserve to be taken into consideration in future land-use management, are identified as “deposits of national interest”. In other words, those with significant potential for export, or for supplying raw materials to export-orientated processing/ refining companies in Norway. Deposits deemed to be of national interest loom large in planning policies. NGU sees its goal as “a sustainable, long-term administration of mineral resources on the national, regional and local scales”. Another aim is “to communicate information and knowledge to industry and administrative authorities in the most effective way”. With the Directorate of Mining, NGU has developed a separate internet entry point, “Prospecting for metals and industrial minerals in Norway” (prospecting.no), carrying relevant geological data and maps along with information on mining rights, exploration claims, protected areas, etc. Managing the mines The Directorate of Mining, an agency of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, shares an office complex with NGU at Lade in Trondheim. As the government’s technical department for the management of mineral resources, its responsibilities include the administration of mining legislation, registering claims, approving mine extraction plans and supervising the extractive industry generally. The Directorate is the supervisory authority
for environmental impact assessments of proposed extraction sites, and has the right to raise objections to development plans. In 1986, five regional directorates were merged into one national department; seven years later the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard was included to form (its official title) the “Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard”. Relevant legislation includes the Mining Act, the Mining Code for Svalbard, Kalksteinsloven and Kvartsloven (concerning the acquisition of limestone and quartz deposits respectively), and the Concession Act, which spells out the public authorities’ right of pre-emption in the acquisition of property. The Directorate also oversees measures to reduce acid rock drainage and secure old mine sites. Some of the Directorate’s most important work involves environmental reclamation and improvement at old and/or redundant mining sites, on which the Norwegian government has spent more than NOK 150 million since 1989. One project at the Bidjovagge mine in Finnmark county, for example, involved demolishing the buildings, covering the tailings dam, rounding off and filling the pit walls. The piles of waste rock were then reshaped to blend with the landscape. One of the greatest problems with old mine sites is water pollution, often from metals such as copper, zinc, lead and cadmium. Residual products
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are always generated from mineral extraction, and these are vulnerable to acid rock drainage, which releases the contaminating metals into the wider environment. Glories of the past A very different kind of environmental impact is on display at the unique mining town of Røros, near the Swedish border in Sør-Trøndelag. One of the oldest towns of wooden buildings in Europe, and one of the few mining towns in the world that has been found worthy of a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Røros was founded in 1644 after copper ore was discovered in the area. Its carefully preserved heritage includes the original mining works: the old Christianus Quintus (Christian V) copper mine is a particularly impressive sight. The surrounding countryside is known for its large herds of domesticated reindeer and some of the coldest winters in Norway. Similarly, Blaafarveværket is a large site comprising a 18th- and 19th-century cobalt mine and works, now preserved as a museum and exhibition centre, at Modum in Buskerud, an hour’s drive from Oslo. Here visitors can walk along the side of enormous open-cast mines in a remarkable man-made landscape and enjoy guided tours of tunnels and chambers. In its day the mine was the world’s leading supplier of cobalt blue, a colour that is still widely used throughout the Nordic countries in the glass and porcelain industry. Other attractions at or
near Blaafarveværket include a glass works, permanent collections of cobalt-pigmented glass and china, and even the idyllic 1820s home and garden of Blaafarveværket’s technical director. The Kongsberg Silver Mines were founded in 1623 when, according to legend, a couple of cowherds discovered a rich vein of ore when a foraging ox exposed it. From its start in 1623, until closure in 1957, Kongsberg produced a total 1.35 million kg of pure silver, representing 300,000 man years of labour. A walk through the mines and their unique surroundings, one of the most interesting manmade landscapes in Norway, is a memorable experience for Norwegians and foreign tourists alike. Tunnelling A world leader Norway has turned what was a geographical disadvantage into a global success story. Because of its topography, with high, steep-sided mountains and deep, narrow fjords, to build good roads the country’s heavy construction industry turned early to tunnel construction. Over the years it has built up leading edge expertise and a reputation for taking challenges in its stride. The Lærdal tunnel, opened in 2000, is the world’s longest road tunnel. Two lanes wide, it is an extension of European Route E16, and the final link in a new main
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area notorious for wild weather and shipping losses. At an estimated cost of NOK 1.7 billion, the 45 m high, 36 m wide tunnel would cost NOK 1 billion per kilometre. The technology is conventional, with removable cofferdams at either end to keep out the water during drilling and blasting, but the challenge comes in the scale – and cost – of the project.
The Stad Ship Tunnel, backed by the government in its 2013 National Transport Plan, would be a first, both for Norway and the world. It would cut through the Stad peninsula that separates the Norwegian Sea from the North Sea, allowing ships of up 16,000 dwt to bypass an
Another technically challenging scheme was approved by the government in 2012. The Ryfast project involves two connected subsea tunnels totalling 20 km in length: the 5.7-km Hundvåg tunnel to link Hundwåg with Stavanger, on the west coast of Norway; and the 14.3-km Solbakk
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Several records could be set by Norway’s NOK 100 billion E39 Coastal Highway Project, to link Kristiansand and Trondheim. This would include the world’s first floating tunnel 4-km-long and a floating bridge of the same length, which would become the world’s longest. The interim planning report was issued in January 2013, but project realisation is a long way off.
Main players The Norwegian Tunnelling Society (Norsk Forening for Fjellsprengningsteknikk, NFF) is the professional organisation representing Norway’s rock blasting and tunnelling industry. It runs two websites: tunnel.no in English and nff.no in Norwegian. Within NFF, Norwegian Tunnelling Network, NTN, is a business network for public clients, science and research institutions, education, engineering and design, consultants, contractors and suppliers. Its website is www.norwegiantunnelling.no
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tunnel that will link Solbakk and the ferry port at Tau, in the Strand, and the island of Hundwåg. The Solbakk tunnel will be the deepest and the longest of Norway’s subsea tunnels, 290 m below sea level at its deepest. Ryfast will be largely financed by toll income from the tunnels, which are scheduled to be operational in 2018.
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Mining our business Ever since we launched the world’s first computer-controlled tunnel rig in the late 1970’s, AMV has been a world-leading supplier of heavy duty tunneling and mining equipment of the highest quality. Top-level equipment is the mainstay of any well-executed project. We pride ourselves in offering our customers the best equipment, human resources, supplies and facilities on the market, based on our core values: Innovation, competence, quality and cooperation.
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Arctic Gold is planning on a rapid re-start of gold mine in Norway.
Arctic Gold has explored and evaluated the mineral resources in the Bidjovagge ore field since 2010. The latest resource estimation shows 2.3 million tons indicated resource with 1.62 g/t gold and 1.08 % copper which corresponds to around 3,800 kg of gold and 25,000 tons of copper. The company was granted “utvinningsrett” for the ore field by the Mining Inspector and has continued to plan for mining. The Norwegian government recently launched a new mineral strategy where they whishes Norway to be an attractive country for mineral activity. Norway already has a lot of Industrial Mineral production but the metal mining has been low for the past 20 years, partly due to the expansive oil business. Norway likes to be part of the industrial world and take care of its natural resources in an environmental and human justifiable way. Arctic Gold believes in a new era for several metal mines in northern Norway and therefor invests a lot in good public relations with the locals. New jobs in areas with high unemployment and possibilities for an expansive population is part of the positive factors the mining industry can provide the community with. Bidjovagge ore field has been in production twice before during 70´s and 80´s with very good profit from gold and copper. Arctic Gold believes in a good potential for finding more resources and to have the permits granted for a coming production of gold and copper. Arctic Gold has beside of the Norwegian project also several prospects for gold in northern Sweden. Those will be further explored before decision is taken if they are good enough or has to be relinquished.
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Arctic Gold AB Box 275, SE-751 05 Uppsala Tel.: +46 18 15 64 23 Mobil: +46 070-673 32 94 claesson@arcticgold.se www.arcticgold.se
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Arctic Gold will restart mining from the Bidjovagge gold copper field in Norway
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Austin Norge AS
Austin Norway are supplying products and service with great performance and quality for our current and future customers. • • • • • •
Explosives Initiation systems Tools Blasting accessories Blasting service Borehole deviation measuring • Explosives storage • Distribution
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Austin Norge AS P. O. Box 786 Brakerøya, NO-3002 Drammen Tel.: +47 32 82 68 70 post@austin.no www.austin.no
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Geological Survey of Norway
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Geology for society Worth their weight in gold
Calculations performed by NGU in 2012 valued well documented mineral deposits in Norwegian bedrock at a minimum of NOK 2500 billion. Metals account for more than half of this. The “in situ” value of welldocumented, metal deposits, using prices from April 2012, is NOK 1388 billion. In addition, geologists believe that so-far unidentified ore bodies can be
found at depth beneath ore provinces that were abandoned decades ago, such as those at Røros and Løkken in central Norway, and in large, so far little investigated deposits, such as Raitevarre and Gallujav’ri in Finnmark. Norwegian authorities have wanted a more precise evaluation of the resources in Norwegian bedrock for a long time. However, the values that can be generated by future mining depend upon the conditions for working the deposits, the mineraldressing technology used and future price fluctuations. A review of the metals shows that iron, iron-titanium and titanium ores alone have a value of NOK 1224 billion, with the current Sydvaranger and Rana mines as the most valuable deposits. Added to these are deposits of copper, copper-gold, zinc, lead and nickel, as well as a group of special metals. Similar evaluations of the large Norwegian resources of industrial minerals, such as marble, olivine and quartz, show an in-situ value of NOK 400 billion. Norway meets some 40 per cent of the world demand for olivine, and is the largest European producer of milled calcite marble. Norway has deposits of building raw materials, such as sand, gravel and aggregates, worth nearly NOK 500 billion. The total reserves and resources are estimated at 8300 million tonnes and are expected to last well over 100 years. Dimension stone products, like larvikite and flagstone, are valued at NOK 250 billion and the documented coal reserves on Svalbard at NOK 23 billion.
Senior Geologist Ron Boyd, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU). Photo: Geir Otto Johansen
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• PURE QUARTZ: Quartz is an important industrial mineral, used in many applications, including memory chips, solar panels and smart phones, via glass and cosmetics, to silicon. NGU maps quartz deposits in Norway and is a world leader in precise chemical analysis of trace elements in quartz. In Norway, 148 people are now employed in quarrying quartz and quartzite at seven locations, giving a total turnover of NOK 400 million.
• GETTING A GRIP ON GRAPHITE: Helicopter-borne geophysical measurements are an essential for revealing underground deposits of graphite. The EU and the USA characterise graphite as a critical mineral which in view of increasing demand for high technology applications and the limited number of deposits, particularly of high-quality flake graphite.
The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) manages information on Norwegian geology, about bedrock, unconsolidated deposits, mineral resources and groundwater. NGU maps the whole country to reveal both hazards and resources – for the benefit of industry, local authorities and the country’s inhabitants.
The Norwegian Government has allocated additional funds of NOK 25 mill./year for the period 2011-2014 to NGU and the program Mineral resources in North Norway (MINN). The program includes high-resolution geophysics, follow-up geology, till geochemistry and spin-off projects. The goals are higher exploration activity, new discoveries, an improved geological knowledge-base, evaluation of the mineral potential and a better basis for areal planning. A similar program will commence in South Norway in 2013.
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• URBAN MINING: When the ore has been extracted, it is processed to produce metals which, in many cases, such as iron in ships or railway tracks, or copper in electrical cables, form infrastructure which will be in use for many decades before the metals become available for recycling. Modern electronic equipment contains high concentrations of a range of special metals, which can be recycled, given suitable incentives for collection of old models and the technology for recovering the important metals from these.
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Gjerstad Products manufactures a wide selection of excavator buckets and equipment for excavators, wheel loaders and other construction machines. The Gjerstad brand name has become a guarantee for quality, longevity and perfect fit. With an increased range of products over the last years, Gjerstad has once again proved its ability to adapt to customer demands and expectations, thus further strengthened its leadership position. We deliver Rock Solid Solutions!
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Komatsu KVX LLC MORE BITE FOR YOUR MONEY
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Kunnskapsparken Bodø AS
Kunnskapsparken Bodø AS (Bodø Science Park) is among the leading consultancy firms in Northern Norway, with expertise spanning a wide range of disciplines. We provide consulting services based on relevant and up-todate information for the most important business sectors, such as mining, petroleum, aquaculture and ICT. Our customers consist of businesses, organizations, and governmental agencies and ministries. Most of our consultants has educational background in economics and/ or business administration, ranging from Masters to PhD degrees, and draw upon years of direct experience as well as deep industry knowledge to ensure our clients’ success. An important focus area is providing market intelligence to our clients. Our data gives us a unique capability to analyze industry structure, growth, and development. Our datasets and services have proved valuable especially for companies considering doing business in Northern Norway. A large amount of publications and reports on various topics and sectors are regularly presented to both business professionals and the general public. One of the more recent publications summarized the mining sector in Northern Norway. This publication is only available in Norwegian. The north of Norway has rich and in some cases unique mineral resources and thus a great potential for internationally oriented value creation. Key players in the minerals sector joined forces in 2012 in the project Mineral Cluster North. The project aims to increase the level of activity, value creation and employment in the minerals industry in Northern Norway. Bodø Science Park was the first choice for project management for this cluster, based on our experience in running similar projects. 30 partners from various sectors are represented in the cluster. Contact us for more information on how we can help you do business in Northern Norway. We are also interested in extending our international co-operation, and are searching for partners within our project areas. Both companies and R&D-institutions are relevant partners.
Kunnskapsparken Bodø AS P.O. Box 815, NO-8001 Bodø Visiting address: Sjøgata 15/17, 8006 Bodø post@kpb.no www.kpb.no
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LNS Group
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LNS mining operations
Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS (LNS) is Northern Norway’s largest contractor and among the leading tunnel contractors in Norway. The company specializes in solving demanding projects in areas posing difficult logistics challenges. Activities The company’s core activities include road, tunnel construction and mining operations. LNS owns several mines and also operates mines on behalf of several mining companies. Through its subsidiary, LNS Spitsbergen AS (LNSS) and LNS Greenland AS (LNSG), LNS is also heavily involved on Svalbard and Greenland. In recent years, LNS has been involved in several major infrastructure projects, among them the construction of the Lofoten mainland connection, the new railroad tunnel Holmestrand and the construction of the new ore harbour in Narvik. LNS also built the UN Global Seed Vault on Svalbard. The company has broad international experience, having completed projects on Iceland and Greenland, as well as in Antarctica. LNS has established a separate company in Chile and LNS is involved in a major tunnelling project in Hong Kong. LNS group The company is part of the LNS group, whose core areas of activity are: • Tunnels, rock caverns • Road construction • Mining operations • Rock support including grouting • Earth moving • Concrete production • Manufacturing of wooden modules and elements In 2012, the LNS group had approx. 850 employees and a turnover of NOK 1.8 billion.
Mining
LNS is the operating contractor for several mining companies in Norway. In addition, Rana Gruber and Skaland Graphite are wholly owned subsidiaries of LNS Eiendom AS and part of the LNS group. Nikkel og Olivin, AS Sydvaranger, North Cape Minerals, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani AS and Bidjovagge Gruber AS are mining companies with which LNS has previously been involved. LNS is regarded as a highly solution-oriented and flexible collaborative partner, which has contributed to the establishment of long-term contracts with the various mining companies.
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In 2008, Rana Gruber was taken over by Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS (LNS), which immediately initiated plans to increase production and lower mining costs, with the aim to establish a long-term strategy for iron ore mining in the area. The investigation into alternative mining methods, which attracted both in-house and international mining expertise, resulted in the decision to switch to sublevel caving for the underground Kvannevann mine. The new mining method will secure ore supply here until the year 2025 at a rate of 3 million tonnes annually. The proven mineable reserves for the mine and the surrounding areas guarantee continued operation for many decades to come. Rana Gruber AS supplies European steel mills with iron ore concentrates suitable for sinter and pellet production. A large number of specialty products are dependent on the iron oxides finding their way to demanding customers across the globe.
Skaland Graphite Valuable mineral deposits are normally found at locations far away from the main thoroughfares and towns of a country. One of those remote outposts is Skaland Graphite AS, which is located on the island of Senja some distance from the capital of Troms County, Tromsø, far north in Norway. The island of Senja is often described as “Norway in a Nutshell”, with its rugged mountains and open inland valleys. Along the island’s border to the Arctic Ocean the landscape is magnificent in its grandeur, with narrow fjords surrounded by steep mountains rising straight out of the sea. This breathtaking environment is also home to the Skaland Graphite mine. Graphite mining at Skaland began around 1936 on a vein-type crystalline graphite deposit embedded in a rock formation 800 million years old. After the take-over by LNS in 2003, the company opened the Trælen deposit with proven reserves of 1,700,000 tonnes of high-grade graphite ore. Modern mining techniques and a new dressing plant at the shore of the fjord guarantee a consistent production of “SilvershineTM” products, which are exported to customers in Central Europe. Today, Skaland Graphite is the last remaining producer of crystalline graphite in Europe, with an annual capacity of up to 10,000 tonnes of flake and micro-flake powder graphite.
Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner Strandland, NO-8484 Risøyhamn Tel.: +47 76 11 57 00 Fax: +47 76 11 57 01 firmapost@lns.no www.lns.no
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Rana Gruber After more than 30 years of open pit mining, Rana Gruber AS started underground mining using open stope method in the year 1999 at the Kvannevann mine in Northern Norway. Mining operations here have been continuously improved and further developed to suit the difficult rock conditions in the area and to cut operation costs. A combination of low-grade iron ore with, on average, 33 percent iron and significant mechanical challenges in the rock (high horizontal tension), has made mining at Kvannevann extraordinarily challenging.
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Mo Industripark
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An industrial powerhouse in the north ‘For things to happen, there has to be an industrial dynamic, like there is in Mo Industrial Park,’ an entrepreneur, who is behind the creation of new businesses in Mo Industrial Park, told us recently. The company had several offers of location. When they chose Mo Industrial Park, it was because they found it favourable to position their business here alongside a comprehensive supply industry, demanding customers, and other services for production, fabrication, and engineering presence. This is recounted by Ivar Hartviksen, the PR Manager of Mo Industrial Park AS. Mo Industrial Park AS is a property and management company based in the industrial park in Mo i Rana, one of the largest industrial parks in the country, home to almost 120 companies and around 1900 employees. There is a wide range of businesses with varying market orientation, ownership, and expertise. Many of the companies are working against international competitors, both onshore and offshore. There are process industry companies, mechanical industry companies, engineering companies, laboratory businesses, environmental technology companies, service and supply companies, fish farming operations, and many other small business of various kinds. Common to these is that they find the location beneficial for their own business thanks to the welldeveloped infrastructure across a broad spectrum. Not least, this applies to adapted rental premises (almost 110,000 m2), power supply, water and sewerage, port access, and communications solutions, as well as the option to purchase services from other businesses in the industrial park in order to allow companies to focus on their core business. ‘Industry in Rana has a one hundred year history. It started with the industrialisation of mining operations in Båsmo Mines. In 1902 construction work for Dunderland Iron Ore Company Ltd (DIOC) began, which featured a fully electrified mining operation and concentration plant with ground breaking new technology. Today, the Mo Industrial Park is the largest industrial centre of gravity in northern Norway. In recent years, mechanical industry has enjoyed an especially large growth, with companies serving onshore industry as
well as offshore businesses off the Helgeland coast. This mechanical industrial environment is the strongest in the region, which is a clear advantage given the expansion of oil and gas operations in the north. The other area that has enjoyed significant growth during recent years is the mining operation at Rana Gruber AS, which continues to mine the same ore deposits that DIOC started on,’ says Hartviksen. Industry in Rana has a huge advantage in relation to the new area of focus in the north: ore and mineral extraction. Rana is rich in several ores and minerals, which are likely to generate new business in the years to come. ‘Mo Industrial Park and industry in Rana have a major advantage in their location, with oil and gas operations in Helgeland on the front door step, a vigorous international process industry, and abundant opportunities in existing and future mining operations,’ concludes Ivar Hartviksen, PR Manager of Mo Industrial Park AS.
Mo Industrial Park and industry in Rana are the industrial centres of gravity in northern Norway. Here, there is a wide range of businesses and market orientation, ownership, and expertise.
For more information: See www.mip.no Mo Industripark AS Halvor Heyerdahls vei 48, NO-8626 Mo i Rana Tel.: +47 75 13 61 00 Fax: +47 75 13 68 28 www.mip.no
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Your qualified partner in analytical chemistry and environmental monitoring
Location: Mo I Rana-Glomfjord-Oslo-Porsgrunn Learn more about us: www.molab.no
Our services: Environmental monitoring Analytical chemistry Materials testing Consultant services
About Molab We are accredited by Norwegian Accreditation (NA) in all our business areas. Our quality assurance fulfills NS-EN ISO 17025 and our environmental policy fulfills the demands of ISO 14001
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Molab offers a great variety of testing methods. In our wellequipped, modern laboratories we sample, prepare and perform chemical analysis. This allows us to participate in the full development cycle from raw material to finished products. We also offer organic and inorganic customized analysis for industries and research organizations. Through decades we have developed comprehensive skills in analytical methods and problem solving across multiple disciplines. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND CONSULTING Molab has performed environmental investigations in both outdoor and indoor environments for decades. We offer sampling, analysis and consulting services. The company is accredited for the measurement of emissions to air and water - as well as for the determination of the various parameters and components of emissions. In addition to this, Molab also performs environmental mapping of buildings, land surveys and assessments of the working environment.
Molab AS Halvor Heyerdalsvei 50, NO-8626 Mo i Rana Tel: +47 404 84 100 Fax: +47 75 13 68 31 info@molab.no www.molab.no
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About Molab One of Norway’s leading industrial laboratory companies.
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Narvik Composite
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Light weight and continious operation!
Rollers in composite are adapted to high belt speed with high tonnage. This gives light, strong and robust rollers with a longer lifetime than traditional rollers. The composite roller represents a 50- 80% weight reduction compared to equivalent steel rollers. Carrying rollers The special construction in Narvik Composite’s carrying rollers lets the operator run the conveyor belt even if the composite roller stops. The roller will function as a “glide bar”. This function prevents uncessary stoppages and the roller is changed at the next planned service stop giving the operator continious operation. Up to 50% weight reduction makes replacing rollers quicker and easier. Return rollers Narvik Composite’s return rollers are developed and tailormade for the challenging conditions that are found in the mining industry in Scandinavia. Return rollers in composite give a weight reduction of up to 80% compared to equivalent steel rollers. This giving an enormous advantage when replacing rollers, in both time and resources. The construction of the return rollers in composite coated with a wearing layer of Polyurethane makes the roller not only light in weight, but also extremely durable and robust. Reference deliveries The rollers from Narvik Composite have been developed and qualified in close cooperation with LKAB and Boliden. For several years the rollers have been in operation under tough climate conditions in Norway and Sweden for these companies. Our philosophy is through close collaboration with demanding customers we manufacture new composite products for the future! Narvik Composite AS Teknologiveien 11, NO-8512 Narvik, Norway Tel.: + 47 92 09 33 40 post@narvikcomposite.com www.narvikcomposite.com
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Narvik University College The Technological University College of Northern Norway
Minerals are important for man since the Stone Age. Supply of mineral products is the crucial basic for the modern societies. Nowadays, the demand for minerals is higher than ever before and it continues to rise as man attempts to improve his/her standard of living. It is the task of mineral industries to supply these needs continuously, environmental friendly and also with reasonable prices. The duty of mining engineer is to implement the scientific theories and engineering fundamentals to extract natural resources. Since the north of Norway has great and invaluable deposits and ores of minerals, Narvik University College has recently initiated the first modern bachelor level mining engineering study program in Norway. The study program attempts to instruct and supply mining engineers for Norwegian and international mineral industries. Mining engineering is a unique profession, which requires knowledge about activities of extracting valuable minerals and products from the earth’s crust. It is one of the oldest engineering professions. Mining is an activity involving the extraction of non-metallics, metal ores and solid energy sources. In addition to mineral industries, the mining engineers could contribute in a variety of fields where the earth’s crust is utilized, such as the construction of tunnels, underground chambers, and underground hazardous waste disposals. The importance of environmental friendly mining activities is recognized and received significant attention in the study program. At Narvik University College, mining students study the principles and techniques of mineral exploration, underground and surface mining, rock mechanics as well as, mineral processing technologies. Studies include rock mechanics, rock cutting, drill and blasting in rocks, mine design, mine ventilation, water drainage in mines, surveying, valuation, mineral law, mine safety and mineral processing. The graduates of mining engineering are competent for engineering and supervision positions. The program leads to the degree Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering. In addition, the program attempts to equip the graduates with: • • • • •
A solid knowledge in the basic sciences (mathematics, physics, geology and chemistry) and engineering fundamentals (solid and fluid mechanics, engineering economy, engineering design and est.) Principles of underground and surface structures construction in rocks Ability to solve mining related problems Capability for team work Ambition for continuing education, analysis and creativity
All photos: Thomas Nilson / Barent Observer
For more information please contact Narvik University College, Civil Engineering Department, Prof. Bjørn R Sørensen (brs@hin.no)
Narvik University College Lodve Langes gt. 2, P. O. Box 385, NO-8505 Narvik Tel.: +47 76 96 60 00 Fax: +47 76 96 68 10 postmottak@hin.no www.hin.no
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Undergraduate Mining Engineering Program in Narvik University College
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NORUT NARVIK
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Largest Technological Research Institute in Northern Norway Northern Research Institute Narvik AS (Norut Narvik) is a technological scientific research institute in the Norut Group (Northern Research Institute) with activities within technology, social science and innovation. Norut Narvik is owned by the Norut Group (66 %) and by Narvik University College (34 %).
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• Process- and environmental technology Norut aims to work with industry to find technical solutions to environmental challenges, as opposed to monitoring discharges and mapping the extent of pollution. The research activities combine the department’s competencies within microbiology, chemical & process engineering and computational simulations.
ColdTech – Sustainable cold climate technology
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Partners Norut Narvik’s collaboration partners consist of many large institutions and companies. Further collaborations are welcomed.
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cold climate, there is considerable uncertainty in the determination of ice loads on the dams . Norut, NVE and Statkraft is currently carrying out a 4-year research program that aims at developing better models for determining ice loads on dams at hydropower stations. In the program, field measurements are performed and numerical models developed that give a more realistic representation of the ice loads developed.
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Process integration
Process integration has developed as a specialised research topic, where mathematical tools are used to find optimal solutions to the exchange of energy and material streams between processes. Efficient processing can benefit from optimal integration of energy and material streams. Examples of process integration tools include: · Pinch technology · Energy effectivisation · Mixed Integer Linear programming optimisation (reMIND) · Waste product utilisation Norut is developing cooperation with researchers in Sweden where development and implementation of process integration is well established.
Biohydrometallurgy
Environmental related themes Oil spill response
Microbes can be used in mineral processing, by performing oxidation or
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Laboratory experiments are performed on the removal of oil from the
· Use of bacteria to release metals from mineral ores.
environment through encapsulation into growing sea ice. These
· Use of bacteria to transform metals to enable separation by flotation or
measurements focus on the development of predictive management tools
precipitation. · Use of bacteria to stabilise and immobilise metal contaminants. Biohydrometallurgy represents an alternative mineral processing strategy for certain ore types.
remediation. Ground-truthing of ridge data derived from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and satellite sensors is aimed at the development of tools for real-time risk assessment during offshore operations.
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for spill response, allowing to prioritize strategies for mitigation and
Scale management in oil & gas industries
A serious problem in the oil and gas industry is formation of inorganic compounds (scales) on the surfaces of production tubes and critical components. The scales are formed where two incompatible waters are
Bioremediation
Soil or water polluted with petroleum products and heavy metals can be treated with microbes to breakdown or transform the pollutant to harmless components. On a large scale this can be done with rank composting, such as the trial in figure 6. Despite low air temperatures the heat released by biological action kept the heap over 40 deg C.
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Figures 4. SEM image of calcium sulphate (CaSO4) scale 5. Probe installation at a dam 6. Bio-pile treatment of oil contaminated soil (Photo courtesy ASCAS)
NORTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE NARVIK AS (NORUT NARVIK) P.O. Box 250, NO-8504 Narvik, Norway Tel: +47 76 96 53 50 www.norut.no/narvik/
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Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
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On Safe Ground On Safe Ground
NGI is a leading international centre for research and consulting within the geosciences. NGI develops optimum solutions for society, and offers expertise on the behaviour of soil, rock and snow and their interaction with the natural and built environment. NGI’s expertise and experience from challenging projects, combined with the ability to develop new methods and analysis tools, form a unique ability to deliver optimum solutions.
Rock and Soil Engineering
We cover the whole planning process from feasibility and impact studies to detailed design and follow-up during construction. • General geology • Engineering geology • Rock mechanics • Material properties • Numerical analyses and modeling • Geotechnics • Stability evaluations • Hydrogeology
Environmental Geo-Engineering
Since the mid-1980’s, NGI has provided environmental expertise in Norway and abroad. We seek to achieve sustainable and cost-effective solutions for activities having a potential environmental impact on soil, groundwater or marine sediments. • Investigation of contaminated soil, groundwater and sediments • Risk assessment and impact studies • Evaluation and design of measures • Monitoring and pollution control • Design of land- and subsea fills • Tailings • Handling/beneficial use of waste material Please refer to our webpage www.ngi.no/en for more detailed information
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Sognsveien 72, NO-0855 Oslo Tel.: +47 22 02 30 00 Fax: +47 22 23 04 48 ngi@ngi.no www.ngi.no
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Knowledge for a better world
The five year study program Geotechnology includes two lines of studies. These are Engineering- and environmental geology and Mineral production and technical resource geology. During the first two years of the study at IGB, the students get a theoretical grounding in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, geophysics and geology. After two years, the students select their line of study. Mineral production and technical resource geology Mineral production and technical resource geology consists of two specialisations. The specialisation will be defined by the courses the students follow in the third and fourth year. In the fifth year, the students complete a project work and a master thesis and a self-study course custom made for the interests of the student. In the mineral production specialisation, the students are taught how to plan excavations and mine and process minerals. They learn how one can generate value from our natural resources and produce raw materials that our society depends on. Broadly speaking, the students can specialise in the actual extraction of the minerals in a pit or underground, in minerals engineering or in issues related to health, safety and environment. The specialisation technical resource geology covers theoretical and practical aspects of all forms of non-renewable mineral resources. The students learn about the basic processes that enrich metals, industrial minerals and oil and gas. The aim of the specialisation is to make the students capable of contributing to a social responsible production and management of our mineral resources, through knowledge on how the resources were formed and occur, and how they are distributed. Further, the students are given education in exploration and in resource modelling. The education is built up around excursions and field trips to local, national and international localities and industry. The students also interact with the industry in order for the students to get good insight into the challenges the industry is struggling with. Project- and master theses are mostly completed through a tight cooperation with the industry.
NTNU Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering Sem SĂŚlandsvei 1, NO-7491 Trondheim Tel.: +47 73 59 48 00 Fax: +47 73 59 48 14 iigb-info@ivt.ntnu.no www.ntnu.edu/igb
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Introduction Norwegian university of Science and Technology (NTNU) is the only university in Norway that educate master- and PhD candidates in mineral production. Department of Geology and Mineral resources engineering (IGB) is responsible for this education. IGB has at the present 17 professors and associate professors in permanent positions and seven adjunct professors and adjunct associate professors. This staff covers the whole value chain from ore geology, mining and mineral processing to reclamation and recycling.
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Nussir ASA
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Arctic minerals Norway
As of May 2013 Nussir ASA owns the rights to what is Norway’s largest undeveloped copper ore. Two projects, Ulveryggen and Nussir, have total ore resources of 38.6 million tons. The biggest project, Nussir, has an average copper grade of 1.12%. New core drilling in April 2013 will increase the resources even more. 2005 saw the establishment of Nussir ASA, a dynamic mining company located in Kvalsund municipality in Northern Norway, close to the natural gas-rich town of Hammerfest. The Nussir Field has been discovered in the late 1970’s. In addition to its significant copper deposits, further exploration of its ore has yielded valuable amounts of gold and silver. Platinum and palladium are also present. There are deep-sea, ice-free port; a major highway; high-voltage power lines; and a developing industrial zone already in place. These primary infrastructures offer excellent complements to an integrated operation for the company. Nussir ASA is committed not only to the viable harnessing of the rich deposits in the mine but also to minimize intrusion in our host community’s way of life. We take our social responsibility seriously and this is done by engaging local folks in regular fora, prioritizing the human resources in the region and by respecting the nature around it. Because of these, the local authorities and residents in the area are welcoming Nussir’s projects.
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Nussir ASA P.O. Box 40, Ă˜yen Industrial Area Rapparfjord, NO-9620 Kvalsund Tel.: +47 40 10 39 99 info@nussir.no www.nussir.com
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Orica
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is the world’s leading supplier of commercial explosives We work together with our Customers to improve the productivity, economic and environmental outcomes of blasting projects. We do this through the application of advanced blasting solutions tailored to the specific needs and challenges of our Customers. We work in close partnership with them to develop the safest blasting solutions for individual projects, optimizing performance through advanced technology. We share a common goal of safety for all of our Customers’ operations.
Orica has pioneered new technology for more than a century, adapting to the needs of changing global industries. Our technicians are some of the best in the business. It is through our strong focus on innovation that we are able to support the performance goals of our Customers. We measure our achievement through their success. Operating globally, Orica has regional centres in Australia, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America and Latin America. We partner with our Customers across many industries including open cut coal mining, open cut metal mining, underground mining, and the quarrying and construction industries. Orica aims to be among the best performers internationally in safety, health and the environment. As part of this commitment, we invest significantly in research and development programs to support our vision of Sustainable Development for our Customers, for Orica and for the future. Our safety vision is “No Accidents Today” demonstrating our commitment to the safety of our employees, contractors, Customers, shareholders and of the community. Orica believes that all work related injuries, illnesses and environmental incidents, are preventable. Our own facilities strive towards the highest possible safety standards to protect our people, neighbors, and the environment.
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We are mindful that all our products are produced, transported, stored, used and disposed of safely and we provide training and information to ensure this. In addition to our core safety commitment, Orica aspires to be a business that does No Harm to People or to the Environment, by being carbon-neutral, waterneutral, zero-waste producing, and by supporting environmentally friendly operations, products and services in a commercially responsible way. Orica seeks ways to efficiently use materials and energy, and we continue to significantly invest in research into new technologies to bring about more sustainable development outcomes in our industry. We encourage participation by our employees and by the community, and we communicate openly about our progress.
Orica Norway AS P. O. Box 614, NO-3412 Lierstranda, NORWAY Tel.: +47 32 22 91 00 Fax: +47 32 22 91 01 nordics@orica.com www.orica.com
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Pretec AS
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Let´s connect
We are Pretec AS
Pretec AS was established in 1985 and manufactures, stocks, and markets products for the building and construction industry. We supply a broad spectrum of products to a variety of industries, but have specialised in supplying the tunnels market and concrete elements industry. These are our priority areas and we have built up a large range that is stocked in Norway. Within these sectors we will be innovative and seek new and improved solutions. These will strengthen our position by contributing towards increased added value for our customers. Pretec AS’ philosophy is to work closely with the market. We have a vast inventory with a view to being able to offer high delivery capacity to our customers. High quality, good service, competitive prices, and fast delivery are all concepts found in our company policy. The intention behind achieving ISO 9001 certification is that our customers can be sure that we will always supply quality products at the right time, to the right customer, in the right place, and at the agreed price. Pretec AS is part of Pretec Group AS and has sister companies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and China. Pretec has a new 9300m2 factory in China with a manufacturing facility that has state of the art machinery and equipment. Production complies with all relevant quality standards and requirements demanded by our customers. We have full control of all processes and procedures during production, which is fully in line with our quality policy. This is how we will strengthen our competitiveness.
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Pretec AS Jellestadveien 35, NO-1739 Borgenhaugen Tel.: +47 69 10 24 60 Fax: +47 69 16 71 41 post@pretec.no www.pretec.no
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Pc-Bolt™ The Pc-Bolt is a combination bolt. This means it is used where uncertainty regarding the quality of the rock makes it necessary to use bolts with special mechanical properties. The material in the Pc-Bolt is Ă˜25x5mm tube with yield strength 500N/mm² and ductility min. 8%. This satisfies all mechanical properties that are relevant to the bolt. Pc-Bolt has got the same tension area all over its length, including threads. We will specially mention ductility and grouting performance. Our tests done on site in tunnels earlier, and also references from customers in ongoing projects give us great praise for our efforts.
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Protan AS
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Ventiflex
The foundations for Protan’s business were laid between the wars and the production of ventilation systems started back in 1949. We were the first in Europe to manufacture flexible ventilation ducts and over the years we have built up extensive knowhow and broad-based experience, from which our customers benefit. We now supply several hundred kilometres of ventilation ducts a year. Our qualities offer outstanding durability, flexibility and low weight. The long service life of our ventilation ducts means that some of our customers re-use them extensively. Ventiflex qualities are flame retardant, resistant to chemicals, quick and easy to install and maintenance free. Protan AS is approved and certified in accordance to the ISO 9001 quality standard and the ISO 14001 environmental standard. This means that the entire production chain and every aspect of our business are quality controlled and operated with as little environmental impact a possible – both locally and globally. We also have the necessary certificates for supplying goods and services globally. Lifecycle analyses demonstrate that our fabric is a very environmentally friendly product that can be recycled. Protan AS P. O. Box 420, NO-3002 Drammen Tel.: +47 32 22 16 00 Fax: +47 32 22 17 00 ventiflex@protan.no www.protan.no
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Stjørdal Fagskole
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Stjørdal technical college creates growth and value through development of professional skills. We offer specialized courses in: • Mineral engineering • Building • Construction • Mechatronics • Mechanical engineering
Stjørdal Technical College was established in 1968, and cooperates with the Ole Vig secondary school in Stjørdal. Centrally located in the town that has traditionally been Nord-Trøndelag’s industrial centre, the technical college is a natural hub for technical education and skills training in the district. Stjørdal Technical College is located close to Trondheim, NTNU, and Trondheim Airport in Værnes. The collage is also easily accessible by road and train northward, southward and eastward to Sweden. Stjørdal Technical College employs highly qualified specialists in both technical and general subjects. Employees include, among others, engineers, civil engineers, and staff with doctorates. The college offers programmes of study that build on secondary education for a duration of up to two years on a full time basis. This is a middle management training programme for those who have completed an apprenticeship or significant relevant professional experience. Stjørdal technical college offers two different majors with specialized courses: Building and construction, with specialized courses in construction, building- and mineral engineering. Technology and industrial production with specialized courses in mechanical engineering, machine operation and maintenance, and mechatronics. The programmes of study are also available on a part time basis, which means they can be taken while you are in full time employment. From autumn 2013, mineral resources engineering will also be available to study part time at Fauske secondary school.
Stjørdal Fagskole Gymnasgt. 2, NO-7500 Stjørdal Tel.: +47 74 83 94 00 stjordal@fagskole.com www.fagskole.com
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Støperi NORD AS
Casting produces products with optimal design and material qualities. The company’s extensive experience with the hardwearing materials NIHARD and DIAMAX provides our customers with the best operating economies. We produce castings in small and medium series. We cover the whole process from concept to finished product, and have customers in the mining/quarrying sector, at smelting plants, and in the process and mechanical industries across the whole of Scandinavia. Casting can provide major benefits in terms of operating economy and design.
Products and services We supply:
• Mill liners
- In chrome alloy and nickel alloy qualities
• Wear plates/wear segments
- In chrome alloy and nickel alloy qualities
• Machine parts
- In grey cast iron and spheroidal graphite iron
The foundry works with qualified partners within the areas of design, construction, models, and material technology.
Customers/References
• Boliden Minerals AB
• Sibelco AS
• Elkem AS
• Rana Gruber
• Jernbaneverket
• Rapp Hydema AS
• LKAB
• Rolls Royce Marine AS
• Norberg Mills AB
• Skaland Grafittverk AS
• Sydvaranger Gruve AS
• SKS AB
WE OFFER TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN CASTING - FROM CONCEPT TO FINISHED PRODUCT Støperi NORD AS P. O. Box 4, NO-8539 Bogen Tel.: +47 76 98 34 18 Fax: +47 76 98 37 07 post@stoeperi.no www.stoeperi.no
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Bodø Graduate School of Business University of Nordland
Education Through close cooperation with businesses and deep knowledge of the business environment our educational programmes have a particular high relevance for both resource and knowledge based businesses. Our executive MBA and MSc programmes provide top level candidates who are highly valued by the companies employing them.
Bachelor degrees • Business Administration • Auditing & Accounting • Real Estate Business • Nautical Operation, Maritime Business & Management
Our student body reflects that there is a large international business community in the High North. International learning opportunities are an integrated part of our programmes. Many of our alumni can be found as executive managers and administrators in the mining and process industry. Autumn 2013 we launch a new MBA programme in Technology Management providing specialised education in this field.
Master degrees • MSc Business • MSc Energy Management • MSc Sustainable Management • MBA Business in Russia • MBA Ecological Economics • MBA Aviation Management • MBA Technology Management - NEW
Research focus The Business School is involved in many research projects, some of which are conducted as part of the education programmes and others which are financed by industry or public authorities. The projects cover various aspects of the business field and often emphasise an interdisciplinary perspective with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, logistics and corporate social responsibility. This academic work is shared by departments and centres at the Business School. Departments • Business Administration and Accounting • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Organisation • Marketing, Environment and Social Responsibility • Financial Analysis
Centres • High North Centre for Business • SIB AS - Centre for Innovation and Economics • Centre for Ecological Economics and Ethics • Centre for Technology and Maritime Management • SPIR idélab Bodø University of Nordland – Bodø Graduate School of Business NO-8049 Bodø Tel.: +47 75 51 72 00 postmottak@uin.no www.uin.no/hhb
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Established in 1985, Bodø Graduate School of Business has grown continuously and is today the leading educator of management personnel to the business community in Northern Norway. Its location in the High North and excellent learning facilities make it an important faculty for teaching and research, with currently 1,500 students and more than 100 employees. The faculty focuses on business education, research, post-school training and business development.
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W. Giertsen Tunnel AS
TUNNEL & ROCK CAVERN WATERPROOFING SOLUTIONS
2 Giertsen Tunnel is a privately owned, limited company based in Bergen, Norway. The company offers its own patented waterproofing solutions for tunnels and rock caverns worldwide. Giertsen Tunnel has a staff of professional employees that have worked in the field of waterproofing for more than 30 years. 1. Installation of WG Tunnelsealing System in rock cavern used for storage
Main Products The WG Tunnel Sealing (WGTS) is a cost effective method to provide permanent sealing of rock walls and caverns. The WGTS is a complete waterproofing system for any caverns, shafts and other underground facilities.
2. Installation of WG Tunnel Arch in Bergen Light Rail, Norway
The WGTS system is normally delivered and installed by Giertsen Tunnel. Alternatively Giertsen Tunnel supply the material, and the installation is a co-operation between the customer and Giertsen Tunnel’s supervision.
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Military facilities Storage caverns Civil defence shelters Technical installations, etc.
WG Tunnel Arch (WGTA) is a complete system for water leakage control for road tunnels and light metro tunnels. WGTA is a cost-effective waterproofing system. Documentation The WGTS and WGTA systems are very well documented regarding fire, life span and water tightness. The fabric itself is self-extinguishing, which means it will never maintain and spread fire.
The WGTS combined with dehumidifier gives a controlled environment for a multipurpose use of the facility. With a controlled environment the corrosion is reduced to a minimum. The system provides a bright and dry climate. References Giertsen Tunnel’s systems have been used on projects The WGTS system can, and have been used in: in Norway, Sweden, India, Philippines, Scotland, The Waste water plants Faroe Island, Greenland, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Pakistan, Hydroelectric power plants Italy, South Korea, Switzerland, Singapore, Finland, and Subsea public road tunnels Iceland. Underground car parking Light metro tunnels Other products Public fresh water supply Giertsen Tunnel supplies membranes for waterproof Sports centre ing of tunnels. Giertsen Tunnel has membranes in PVC, HDPE, LDPE and PP.
W. Giertsen Tunnel AS Nygårdsviken 1, P. O. Box 78 Laksevåg, NO-5847 BERGEN Tel.: +47 55 94 30 30 Fax: +47 55 94 31 15 tunnel@giertsen.no www.tunnelsealing.com
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Photo: Harald Pettersen - Statoil
Norway’s petroleum sector is by far the country’s largest industry. Norway is the largest oil producer and exporter in western Europe. She is the world’s sixth largest oil exporter and 14th largest oil producer; the fifth largest natural gas producer and second largest (after Russia) exporter of gas. Crude oil, natural gas and pipeline transport services account for something like half of the value of Norway’s exports, a quarter of GDP, a third of state revenues and (directly or indirectly) a quarter of a million jobs. Measured in NOK, net cash flow from petroleum activities was NOK 276 billion that same year, according to the government’s June 2012 White Paper, An Industry for the Future. In 2011 there were 71 fields, of which 62 were oil fields, in production on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), and production stood at 1.7 million barrels of oil per day (not including NGL and condensate). Gas sales totalled 101.3 scm. In total, 218.7 million saleable standard cubic metres of oil equivalents (scm o.e.) were produced in 2011, a decrease of five per cent from 2010. Petroleum activities have contributed enormously to economic growth in Norway and to the financing of the Norwegian welfare state. Through nearly 40 years of operations, the industry has created values in excess of NOK 9,000 billion in current terms; in 2011, it represented 21 per cent of national value creation. The value created by the petroleum industry is more than double that of the inland-based industries and around 15 times the total value creation of the primary industries. Tax revenues levied on oil and gas companies together with net cash flow from direct ownership in fields and
infrastructure (SDFI – the State’s Direct Financial Interest), ensure that the state receives much of the value created from petroleum activities carried out in Norway. The 2013 National Budget stated that Norway’s net cash flow from oil and gas operations would total almost NOK 391 billion in 2012. Taxes and fees payable by companies will amount to around NOK 233 billion of this amount, while the State’s Direct Financial Interest (SDFI) will contribute approximately NOK 144 billion. Dividends from Statoil will be to NOK 13.9 billion. These revenues are allocated to a separate sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund – Global, popularly known as “the oil fund”. As of 30 June 2012, its total value was NOK 3,561 billion, but as from its June 2011 valuation it was already being referred to as “the largest pension fund in the world.” Infrastructure and technology Notwithstanding the financial crisis, the investment level on the NCS has grown considerably in recent years, and the rate of growth is expected to remain high in the years to come. From the start, the petroleum industry has sunk enormous sums into exploration, field development, transport infrastructure and land facilities. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) predicts that investments in the NCS, including exploration, will rise from just under NOK 150 billion in 2011 to about NOK 170 billion in 2012. Excluding exploration, capital spending during the period 2010-2012 is expected to grow by more than 40 per cent. In the 2013 Fiscal Budget, the government forecast 2012 investment in petroleum extraction and pipeline transportation as rising by 4.9 per cent from the 2011 figure of NOK 179.7 billion, while 2013 investment could reach 5.1 per cent more.
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Some estimates state that Norway has extracted just over one-third of its oil reserves, although new discoveries in the Barents Sea can affect figures. Oil reserves are estimated to last until 2050. 2012 was a year when discoveries have been made whose significance has been sufficient either to open up a new hydrocarbon province or to completely re-designate an old one. Statoil’s “substantial” oil discovery, Havis, in the same licence in the Barents Sea as previous oil find Skrugard, has meant that their combined recoverable reserves are estimated at 400-600 million barrels of oil equivalent. Statoil hailed the Havis discovery as “opening up a new petroleum province in the North”. However, Statoil’s King Lear gas and condensate find, for which the recoverable reserves estimate is a wide 70 to 200 million barrels of oil equivalent, could change the orientation of the well-known Ekofisk field. It lies 20 km north of Ekofisk, the first commercial oil field in Norway. But now Statoil has said: “This area, normally considered an oil province, may on the basis of this discovery and other gas resources form the basis for future gas development.”
Technology developed on the NCS is utilised by the international oil and gas industry all over the world. The magnificent Ormen Lange development is a fine example of world-class technologies developed in Norway during the past 40 years. Another is Snøhvit, which started production towards the end of 2007 − the first field development in Norway based on a liquid natural gas (LNG) solution, and the northernmost LNG development in the world. In accordance with government policy formulated when petroleum was first discovered offshore, both the Ormen Lange and the Snøhvit LNG developments are working to the benefit of local communities. Another objective, long since realised, has been to develop a world-class knowledge cluster centring on the Norwegian petroleum industry and the NCS. Cross-sectorial synergy Success has meant that Norwegian petroleum producers and offshore supply companies now circle the globe marketing their hard-won skills and technologies. As the sector has expanded to become the country’s most important source of income and employment, oil and gas have, naturally enough, come to permeate Norwegian politics and many of the country’s relationships abroad, not to mention the interdependency and collaboration of the sector with other strong Norwegian industries: shipping, ICT, banking and insurance, and more. Conversely, it is a similar cross-sectoral synergy that underpins Norway’s success as a leading oilproducing nation in the first place: it was, after all, the
Photo: Statoil
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In the proposed fiscal budget for 2013, the Energy Ministry has set aside NOK 130 million in 2013 for mapping, seismic surveys and other geological data acquisitions in Norwegian Sea areas around Jan Mayen and west of the median line in the Barents Sea, under the direction of the NPD. Depending on outcomes, these areas could be opened for petroleum activity. There is a further allocation of NOK 203.1 million for expenses for geological and geophysical work and projects relating to the NPD’s mapping of the continental shelf.
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196 | d e st i n a t i o n N O R WAY Norwegian shipping and related maritime businesses that provided the administrative network and technical and managerial skills needed to build up a sophisticated offshore oil-related industry. Norway has been a major shipping nation for centuries. This small country on the northern fringe of Europe, with less than a thousandth of the world’s population, is a superpower of the seas, the world’s sixth largest shipping nation owning and/ or controlling a significant percentage of the world’s merchant fleet. What’s more, the numerous and varied maritime activities that have grown up around traditional shipping operations enjoy strong and, in many cases, leading positions in the international market. Little wonder that Norway’s shipping sector can lay claim to “the most complete maritime supply chain in the world”, according to the Association of Norwegian Maritime Exporters (NME), which adds: “It would be difficult to identify a maritime commodity or service that cannot be sourced from a Norwegian company. A maritime nation Norwegians have always lived by the sea and made their living on the sea. Take a look at a map and you will see why: the coastline is nearly as long as half the distance around the Equator, and virtually all major cities and towns are on or near the coast. Understandably, shipping has been one of Norway’s most important industries since the days of sail. According to Innovation Norway, the state-owned marketing company, Norway
is “Europe’s most diversified maritime nation and commands worldwide respect for its shipping expertise, equipment and ability to exploit new market niches”. As a “cluster of industries”, the maritime sector comprises a wide range of products and services. Scores of internationally competitive, technically advanced small and medium-sized shipyards focus mainly on ship repair and the construction of specialised vessels such as roros, chemical tankers, advanced fishing vessels, reefers, offshore supply ships, high-speed catamarans, cablelaying ships and seismic exploration vessels. Ship’s gear manufacturers offer a vast range of state-ofthe-art products – from deck winches and vessel lighting solutions to the most advanced electronic cargo handling and stability systems. Specialised equipment for coastal and deep-sea fishing vessels represents another important niche: durable, modern fishing gear such as purse seine nets, gill nets, motors, winches, cranes and fish-handling gear, as well as advanced navigational, thruster and manoeuvring systems, make it possible for fishermen to locate, harvest and transport their catch as efficiently as possible. A similar cross-sectoral synergy underpins Norway’s success as a leading oil-producing nation since the mid-1970s − which is largely down to the fact that Norwegian shipping and related maritime businesses provided the administrative network and technical and managerial skills needed to build up a sophisticated offshore oil-related industry.
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Shipping companies, of course, are the driving force of this community, which includes everything from ocean transport to ship’s equipment, shipbuilding, shipbroking, financing, insurance, classification and maritime offshore oil-related activities. There is a very high level of teamwork among these internationally competitive operations and numerous specialist professional and marketing organisations such as the Association of Norwegian Maritime Exporters (NME) and Norwegian Maritime Suppliers (NML). In particular, half a century of shipping statistics suggest that Norway’s ability to lead the world in exploiting niche markets in the shipping and offshore sector is unfailing. Global challenges As distances are rendered meaningless by modern communications technology and international boundaries are increasingly blurred through geographical, economic and political integration of the world’s peoples and politics, traditional attitudes and approaches to the seven seas are changing accordingly.
In a dynamic new era, navigation is most likely to be conducted on a computer monitor from a desk, while the oceans themselves are increasingly perceived as a sea of data in which economic interests overshadow even the awesome forces of nature. The traditional maritime powers, by and large, have experienced a generation or more of economic expansion to which the maritime industries have made but a small contribution if any. However, this relative decline is countered by the growing importance of seafaring and shipbuilding in the developing world. As a career at sea has lost some of its appeal in western societies, it has become an increasingly attractive option for talented youth in other, less fortunate lands. In the meantime, Norwegians are all too aware that their recent decades of prosperity have been largely based on exploitation of the nation’s oil and gas resources and that the depletion of these resources is only a matter of time. When the oil runs out (or when technologies reliant on the petroleum industry become obsolete), what better source of wealth creation than shipping? Shipping is our one truly international industry. The sector represents a vast reserve of world-class competence and know-how which has triumphed in global competition since long before the concept of globalisation even existed. Its track record through the centuries is such that there can be no doubt as to its growing importance in future.
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Competitive community Studies of Norway’s national “maritime cluster”, an expression describing the entire “community” of related activities and niche markets associated with the shipping industry, repeatedly characterise the cluster as one of the nation’s most internationally competitive industrial sectors − and indeed, few if any countries can boast of a maritime cluster as vigorous and comprehensive as Norway’s.
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J. Weiberg Gulliksen AS
J. Weiberg Gulliksen A/S is a hardware and machinery company, established in 1950. The company is a major supplier of ship and boat engines, auxiliary- and emergency power equipment, and service the same from our own workshop. The activities are primarily directed towards the coast in the west and northern Norway, but we also participate in projects worldwide. Our high competence and long experience, with over 60 years in the business, ensures you a safe trade. We are situated on Sørneset, in Aalesund. Aalesund is one of the largest fishery ports in Norway and home port of several major offshore shipping companies. We have today 20 employees, of which 9 of them are mechanics. They have met most challenges, and their experience will benefit you as a customer.
J. Weiberg Gulliksen AS Magdevågvegen 1 P.O. Box 5094 Larsgården, NO-6021 Ålesund Tel.: +47 70 11 85 00 Fax: +47 70 11 85 40 firmapost@gulliksen.no
Prediktor
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The Technology Part Of Success
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We offer software packages based on our own Industrial IT software suite, APIS. This is a component based suite. Each component has a set of functions, and the different packages integrate a selection of these components. A set of predefined packages is offered here, but we also deliver customized packages for specific needs. • • • • • • •
High performance/capacity historian database, capable of collecting and storing more than 5.000.000 variable values per second. Data collection tool for massive data capture on various industry protocols, also legacy and custom made protocols, with best possible real-time properties on the Windows platform and integrated data validation. Process alarms integrated with statistical process control (SPC), and various delivery options, such as e-mail, SMS and OPC AE. Web-based trend application and user interface tools that facilitates easy deployment and enterprise wide access to data with minimal cost. Advanced integrated multivariate analysis and model generation tools, as well as Soft PLCs and other online calculation tools. Wide support of industry standards, such as OPC DA/AE/HDA and SECS/GEM. Runtime configuration and maintenance which assures best possible system uptime.
APIS is able to store huge amounts of data in a structured way thereby allowing real-time and historical reporting on process KPIs, production volumes, inventory, resource utilization and production history and much more. • • • • • • • • • •
Production tracking Real time data trending and alarming Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Uptime reporting Statistical process Control (SPC) Statistical process analysis Production planning and scheduling Process LIMS Maintenance management Business Intelligence reporting Electronic Shop floor traveller
Prediktor AS Habornveien 48 B, NO-1630 Gamle Fredrikstad Tel.: +47 9540 8000 Fax: +47 6938 4280 sales@prediktor.no www.prediktor.no
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Norway has ambitious plans for improving and expanding public transportation in a mountainous country with a long, jagged coastline. The government’s National Transport Plan 2014-2023, presented on 12 April 2013, will focus on the development, operation and maintenance of the road and rail networks, and coastal shipping lanes. The plan also includes measures to improve transport for tourists and provide them with travel or enjoyment-related facilities. Total investment is expected to be NOK 500 billion and investment in the first year of the plan was up by 43 per cent from the previous year. At the outset, the plan was expected to increase spending 45 per cent more than the previous one, but initial outlays indicate the amount will likely be higher. The new plan is seen as “a major initiative for a safer, more environment-friendly and efficient transport system”. The aim is to strengthen public transport in densely populated areas and expand the road network in areas where public transport “is not a viable option”. Almost 40 major road projects, all costing in excess of NOK 200 million, are in the pipeline; new double tracks are to be built in the south-eastern region, important development projects launched in the Bergen and Trondheim areas, and some increase in ferry service provision are promised, both on the national road network and the new county road network. Transport industries (excluding transport via pipeline) accounted for nearly 4 per cent of GDP and 6.5 per cent of employment in 2011. The value added contributed by transport activities to the national GDP rose from NOK 62.273 billion in 2011 to NOK 65.198 billion in 2012 , according to national statistics office SSB.
By land and sea Norwegian goods transport is dominated by road haulage and maritime services. The volume of goods carried by sea is approximately the same as for road, although there are wide variations between corridors and regions and between different markets and types of goods. Distribution and other short-distance transport is in practice only carried out by road. Rail transport, of course, also has a substantial share of the market for general long distance transport and specific types of goods. It is notable that the transport of oil and gas from the continental shelf to the mainland accounts for around a fifth of all goods transport measured in tonnes. Freight traffic Several companies in the inland-based freight traffic market have established operations internationally, with corresponding gains in efficiency. Norwegian freight transporters carry fish, chemicals and other products to and from Norway; many offer door-to-door deliveries throughout the world. Freight traffic over large distances often requires close cooperation between various companies and transport methods, such as ships, trains and road transport. The companies offer a wide range of products, from transport of small packages to large containers. Private vs. public “We are travelling more often than before, as well as further”, says SSB. “Since 1965, the number of journeys has almost quadrupled, and we are travelling more than four times as far.” Passenger cars, vehicles for goods transport and busses travelled a total of 42.6 billion km
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Journeys by public transport account for roughly 10 per cent of the population’s travels: perhaps two-thirds of all journeys by public transport are by bus, and a third by railroad vehicles. The typical Norwegian travels an average of 7 km every day using public transport. Much of this can be explained by labour market developments and changing commercial and industrial patterns, which have increased the population density in many parts of the country with traffic in and around major urban areas has rising accordingly. The increase in traffic, particularly in private cars, has received broad political support as a positive social development. However, it is also clear that an increase in transport and car dependence can have negative consequences for traffic flow, health and the environment. In many cases involving land use and transport planning, there is good reason to introduce measures to discourage a pattern of passenger transport based on the use of cars for all forms of travel without this being perceived as a weakening of individual’s right to mobility. Population increase and the resulting transport problems affecting the largest towns illustrate the desirability of reducing the need for private transport and to steer in the direction of public transport, walking and cycling.
A liberalised policy on bus transport has helped address this issue. Where express buses have been permitted to operate services in competition with the railways, there has been an increase in the total number of persons using public transport. The majority of the new users of express buses are former users of private cars. Liberalisation of the express bus policy has thus helped to strengthen public transport. Flying high The number of passengers flying to and from Norwegian airports totalled 51.6 million (scheduled, charter, private and offshore) in 2012, a 5.8 per cent rise, or 2.8 million more passengers, than in 2011. Scheduled domestic flights accounted for 15.9 million passengers, an increase of 4.3 per cent from 2011, while the number of passengers on international flights increased by 8.3 per cent to 19.8 million. An improved economy obviously plays a major role, but it should be noted that the cut-rate Norwegian Airlines has been growing dramatically over the past few years and added more than a dozen international destinations in 2011-12. Domestic aviation plays a more important role in the transport system in Norway than in virtually any other European country. On average, each Norwegian catches at least two domestic flights per year − one of the highest figures in Europe. By comparison, the figure for continental Europe is less than one journey every two years. The reasons for such a high level of domestic flights in Norway are obvious with even the most casual glance at the map. Norway is one of the most elongated countries in Europe; its challenging topography includes fjords, mountains, islands and vast stretches of high plateau and tundra. Add a harsh climate, and a relatively small and
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in 2010, with passenger cars accounting for 77 per cent of the traffic, according to the statistics office SSB. The average car owner drove 13,300 km in the year. Motorists in the Oslo and Akershus areas cover more kilometres than drivers in other regions of the country. Dieselfuelled vehicles accounted for just over half of the total kilometres driven. Vehicles using alternative-energy fuels accounted for just 0.1 per cent of road traffic. The average age of a private car is 10.5 years and there are around 2.9 million cars in the country. The Transport Ministry has proposed higher commuter road tolls to reduce pollution and to provide revenues for other environment-related projects.
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this, only one-tenth of a per cent of all passenger cars were running on alternative fuels in 2010. State initiatives aim at increasing the use of hydrogen as a fuel. On a wider scale, a range of hydrogenrelated activities − R&D, pilot projects, developing safety standards and regulatory frameworks, etc. − are promoted as part of a government strategy involving all aspects of the hydrogen chain in several sectors. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has funded a number of projects focusing on hydrogen, fuel cell technology and biofuels. The development and use of cleaner vehicles in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is a government priority, given the prospect of a stricter climate policy in the long term and consequent commercial opportunities in forestry, agriculture and fuel production. In many countries, electric vehicles may not be cleaner than conventional vehicles – depending upon how the electricity is produced – but with Norway’s extensive hydroelectric grid, electric vehicles can be sound alternatives. In 2011, the national postal service purchased 20 zero-emissions electric vans and may buy more if performance is satisfactory. Norway has also joined the rather select group of nations whose governments offset greenhouse gas emissions caused by official flights abroad by buying emissions
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Strategic focus The government’s High North Strategy signifies Norway’s ongoing commitment to maintaining a high quality of life its farther-flung provinces, in this case by developing the transport and telecommunications infrastructure so as to reduce distance costs for people and businesses. “It is important to provide North Norway with direct access to major international markets,” says the transport ministry. “This will open up new opportunities for industrial and economic development in the north. It is therefore necessary to improve eastwest communications, in addition to providing good communications north-south.” The National Transport Plan for 2014-2023 calls for a thorough analysis of the existing transport infrastructure with a view to identifying measures and projects that will ensure its optimal development, in collaboration with the three northernmost counties. In addition, a study has been initiated to find means of improving public transport for the aged and young commuters.
Facing the future Transport policy has to take many different and often conflicting objectives and interests into account. For one thing, transport is in itself a means of achieving national goals associated with economic growth and welfare, and commercial, industrial and regional development. For another, closer international cooperation means that major framework conditions are increasingly defined jointly by countries and regions as trade in goods and services, direct investments and movement of capital and labour and transfer of technology accelerates. Capacity constraints, delays and environmental requirements along the road network in Europe also affect Norwegian transport and Norwegian carriers. Increasingly stringent international safety requirements in the civil aviation, shipping and rail transport sectors place demands on safety investments that are not always well adapted to Norwegian conditions. Such new and stricter requirements are often extremely costly. Investment in measures that provide the most possible safety for the transport sector as a whole constitutes a major challenge, especially in view of the fact that road traffic is responsible for the majority of transport-related deaths and injuries.
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quotas. The annual cost of the measure, which applies to all state employees, is about NOK 2.5 million. Announcing the initiative, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the intention was partly “to set an example [which] we hope that companies, organisations and other countries will follow”. A passenger travelling one way from Oslo to Washington would account for emissions of 0.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide, for which a compensating investment would be about $12.
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Jarle Tveiten Transport AS transporting live fish
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We are located in Hardanger, on the west coast of Norway. Since we started in 1987, we have specialized in the transport of all kinds of live fish. Our vehicles are equipped with oxygen, water circulation and CO2 ventilation. Also, we have developed an advanced monotoring system, which assures us optimal conditions and a safe invironment during transportation. The majority of our assignments are domestic, with a steady increase in global operations.
Jarle Tveiten Transport Heradstveitvn. 201, NO-5620 TĂ˜RVIKBYGD Tel.: +47 56 55 82 54 Mob.:901 70 833 jarletv@online.no www.jtveitentransport.no
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Jetpak Norge AS
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An express logistic company in the Nordic countries
Jetpak offers the Nordic regions fastest door to door services focusing on delivery within 12 hours.
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Jetpak has the Nordic region’s fastest door to door services focusing on delivery within 12 hours. The services cover ad hoc express shipments based on ground and air as well as tailor-made distribution and logistic solutions. The Jetpak concept is operated via own organization together with Franchisees and Agents in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Jetpak is represented in more than 140 locations throughout the Nordic region, utilizing more than 700 delivery vans and 4000 flight departure/24 hrs. Local, regional and global, by air and by road.
Service
We transport your shipment door-to-door within hours in Norway, the Nordic countries and to and from Europe as well. It’s easy to book with Jetpak. You can call our excelent customer service, book on our web site ww.jetpak.no, or if you have an sufficient amount of deliveries you can get you own access to our business system and full control of your logistics flow. We also provide track and trace on our web site for all customers.
JetLogistics
Do you need help to coordinate your logistic flow? Jetpak also offers JetLogistics, a tailormade tool for managing your flow of goods. Designed for and adapted to your enterprise down to the most minute detail, guaranteeing that your shipments will always arrive at its destination as agreed. As a service within JetLogistics we can offer an unique opportunity for companies that have their central warehouses in Northern Europe. With Jetpak By Night our customers can place orders late in the evening and the goods are distributed from 7 a.m. throughout the Nordic region.
In short:
Are you looking for a fast delivery service in Norway or the Nordic countries? Or from Norway to a European city? Jetpak offers the best coverage and frequencies with 4000 flights, 700 vehicles and 140 service centers, every 24 hours. Therefore Jetpak is considered the fastest in the Nordic region as well as to Europe!
Jetpak Norge AS Fridtjof Nansensvei, P.O. Box 203, NO-2061 Gardermoen Tel.: +47 09899 Fax: +47 64 81 64 85 kundeservice@jetpak.no www.jetpak.no
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Fastest in the Nordics
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index of companies | IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AbbVie ............................................ 140 Acapo AS ........................................ 116 Agenturhuset Salg AS ...................... 90 AKVA Group ...................................... 35 Akvaplan-niva AS ............................. 36 Alminor AS ....................................... 76 AMV AS ........................................... 160 Arctic Gold AB ................................ 161 Arctic Group Maritime a.s ................ 54 Austin Norge AS ............................. 163 Ayanda Group ................................. 141 Boen Bruk AS ................................... 77 Diagnostica AS ............................... 142 Egersund Trål AS ............................. 41 Eltek ................................................. 92 EWOS AS .......................................... 42 FMC BioPolymer AS ....................... 134 FRIONORDICA AS ............................. 48 Geological Survey of Norway ......... 164 Gjerstad Products AS ..................... 166 GKN Aerospace Norway AS ............. 96 J.Weiberg Gulliksen AS .................. 198 Jarle Tveiten Transport AS ............ 207 Jetpak Norge AS ............................ 208 Komatsu KVX LLC .......................... 167 Kunnskapsparken Bodø AS ........... 169
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Kverneland Group ............................ 98
Orthogenics AS .............................. 143
Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner ............ 170
Oslo Patentkontor AS ..................... 121
LINGU Europe .................................. 99
Pam Refrigeration ........................... 51
LNS Group ...................................... 170
Peter Stette AS ................................. 52
Lytix Biopharma AS ........................ 137
Prebio AS .......................................... 47
Mikals Laks AS ................................. 55
Prediktor AS ................................... 199
Mo Industripark AS ........................ 172
Prediktor AS ..................................... 67
Molab as ......................................... 173
Pretec AS ........................................ 184
Monster Worldwide Norway AS ....... 16
Protan AS ....................................... 186
Mosterfarm AS ................................. 44
Rana Gruber AS ............................. 171
Narvik Composite AS ..................... 174
Seagarden ASA .............................. 144
Narvik University College .............. 175
SINTEF Building and Infrastructure .... 25
NB Marine AS ................................... 49
Sjøvik AS ........................................... 57
NCE Raufoss .................................. 100
Skaland Graphite AS ...................... 171
NorDan AS ....................................... 24
Sotra Fiskeindustri AS ..................... 59
Nordic Comfort Products AS ........... 79
Sterner AS ........................................ 45
Norges Sildesalgslag ....................... 56
Stjørdal Fagskole ........................... 187
Norinnova Technology Transfer ..... 138
Støperi NORD AS ........................... 188
Norsk Teknisk Porselen AS ........... 104
TINE SA ............................................ 68
NORUT NARVIK .............................. 176
Tronrud Engineering AS ................. 146
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
178
University of Nordland – Bodø Graduate
NTNU .............................................. 179
School of Business ......................... 189
Nussir ASA ..................................... 180
University of Nordland – Faculty of
Onsagers ........................................ 118
Biosciences and Aquaculture .......... 46
Optimar ............................................ 50
W. Giertsen Tunnel AS ................... 191
Orica Norway AS ............................ 182
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