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Broad Interest in Mature Areas on Norwegian Shelf

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Category: Energy

There has been broad interest in the APA system in recent years, with many new production licenses being awarded. This shows that mature areas on the Norwegian shelf continue to attract interest. The APA awards have given many new companies the opportunity to explore areas that have been available for exploration for several years. “The […]

Source: Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Published: March 28, 2024


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GE Mulls Norway Offshore Wind Project Exit

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Category: Energy

GE had originally planned to invest 600 million crowns ($111.4 million) in the flagship project, launched in March last year, after acquiring the small Norwegian wind turbine firm ScanWind. Norway’s trade minister Trond Giske was among the project’s most vigorous supporters. “The offshore wind power market has not developed as we had expected,” GE Energy’s […]

Source: Reuters

Published: August 9, 2011


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Alcoa Mosjoen ‘Fittest Company’ in Norway

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Category: Manufacturing

The ‘Norway’s fittest company’ competition runs from November 2010 until May 2011, and is sponsored by Dagens Naeringsliv, one of Norway’s leading finance newspapers, and Norges Bedriftsidrettsforbund, the Norwegian Confederation of Sports. A range of companies compete in five categories: medium and large businesses in the public sector; and small, medium and large businesses in […]

Source: Alcoa Inc.

Published: March 28, 2024


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First US Manufacturing Facility for Ekornes

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Category: Manufacturing

Ekornes ASA is the largest furniture manufacturer in Norway and sells products all over the world. The Morganton plant, which will assemble components shipped from abroad, is scheduled to start production in early 2012. Construction is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2011. “This is an exciting project that will have a lasting […]

Source: Hendrick Construction, Inc.

Published: March 28, 2024


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Norway Eyes Extended Female Boardroom Quota

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Category: Government

The country was the first to introduce quotas for female board members in 2003, a policy which has since been partly replicated in several European countries and is about to be introduced in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Malaysia, according to GlobeWomen, a female-only lobby group. Rikke Lind, Norway’s trade and industry state secretary, said […]

Source: The Financial Times

Published: March 28, 2024


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