Sapa AS
| Sapa AS
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| legal form | Aksjeselskap |
| founding | 1963 |
| Seat | Oslo, Norway
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| management | Egil Hogna |
| Number of employees | 22,800 |
| sales | NOK 55.0 billion |
| Branch | Aluminum processing |
| Website | www.sapagroup.com |
| Status: 2015 | |
The Sapa Group (now Hydro Extruded Solutions AS ) was a 50:50 joint venture between Orkla ASA and Norsk Hydro . Sapa manufactured extruded aluminum profiles such as those used in B. are required for windows and doors. The friction stir welding of aluminum was industrialized at Sapa 1996th
history
In 1963, Skandinaviska Aluminum Profiler was founded by Lars Bergenhem and Nils Bouveng . The first factory was located in Vetlanda . In 1970, an agreement was signed with Nokia Oy which provided for the establishment of a joint pressing plant in the Netherlands. In 1971 the British company RTZ-Pillar was taken over by the Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation . In 2005 Elkem took over Sapa , which was bought by Orkla of Norway in the same year. In 2009 the company was enlarged by taking over the insolvent American Indalex . In 2013 the aluminum profile businesses of Hydro and Orkla were merged. In October 2017, Hydro acquired all shares in Sapa from Orkla.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fast facts
- ↑ Hydro locations in Germany
- ↑ Friction stir welding is on the rise
- ↑ Norsk Hydro - The acquisition of Sapa is complete , on www.hydro.com , accessed October 13, 2018