Jan Ivar Nielsen

Vard Holdings Ltd. is an investment company, which engages in the provision of design and shipbuilding of offshore and specialized vessels. It operates through the following geographical segments: Norway, Romania, Singapore, Vietnam, Brazil, Canada, USA, Italy, and Other Countries. It also offers ship repair and conversion, accommodation, piping systems and installations, trading, electrical products and services, SeaQ control solutions, and Vard Academy. The company was founded on June 11, 2010 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Kværner Plc is a holding company based in London, UK. The British company is engaged in engineering and is the parent company of a group of subsidiaries. Kværner was acquired by Kværner ASA /Old/ on March 01, 1996 for $1387.73 million.

Umoe Mandal AS supplies composite craft and structures for applications in marine, offshore, onshore, defense, and aquaculture industries. The firm’s primary business activities are focused on three business areas: composite naval and commercial vessels, engineering and composite production, and lifecycle support. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Mandal, Norway.

Hunsfos Fabrikker manufacturers High Grade Specialty Uncoated Machine Glazed (MG) Papers. Sourcing high quality and sustainable pulps they have three strategic sales areas: Tobacco Inner Bundling, Top Liner for Solid Board lamination, Packaging base Papers, for the food and confectionary industry and Technical papers, e.g. heat Transfer papers, Metalizing Base Papers, OGR papers, Waxing Base Papers and Opacified Krafts. They produce grades within the substance area 17 to 100 g/m². Operating three paper machines of between 322cm and 342cm wide they have an annual capacity of 58,000 metric tons.