Scana Skarpenord

Managing director: Ragnar Øhrn
Employees: 65
Turnover: NOK 132 million

Scana Skarpenord was originally established in the late 1960s as a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro, Rjukan Fabrikker in Telemark, Norway. The company has been an active market player with its current production range since the middle of the 1970s, and is among the leading suppliers of hydraulic valve systems for the ship and offshore industry. Scana Industrier took over the company in 1989.

Today, Scana Skarpenord is a modern, streamlined business which is highly competitive even in comparison with production in Asia. The company is the largest industrial firm in Rjukan.

Market and customers

The company’s key customers are shipyards involved with the construction of large ships such as tankers, dry cargo carriers and larger offshore vessels, e.g. FPSO (production ships), rigs etc.

The main market is in Asia, particularly China and Korea. The company also supplies equipment to customers in Germany, Spain, Croatia, Russia and North America. The market in Korea is handled by our subsidiary, Scana Korea Hydraulic. Scana Skarpenord supplies key components and technical solutions, while Scana Korea Hydraulic in Pusan is responsible for sales, engineering and assembly of the systems. In addition to the shipyards, the shipping companies are viewed as being highly important as they exert a significant influence on the shipyards’ and other contractors’ choice of subsuppliers. Scana Skarpenord will maintain a high activity level also in 2009.

Products and services

The company develops, produces and supplies hydraulic actuators and complete control systems for remote control of valves in cargo, ballast and other systems for ships, offshore vessels and permanent offshore installations. There are no other concepts or technologies that can replace the company’s products at present, and they will remain highly relevant for the market in the foreseeable future.

The company continually develops and improves production processes. The volume of unmanned, automatic production has been increased, and our competence within tool alternatives and cutting data is developed continuously.

In 2008, the company has invested in three new machines. These machines have increased our production and made it possible to manufacture parts round the clock with several unmanned shifts; in other words a purely automatic production. Scana Skarpenord will continue to be an important player in the market. This will be achieved first and foremost by continually improving the production processes and developing good, future-oriented and cost-effective products.

Global network

Scana has departments in China, Korea and Singapore. Partners in Turkey, Croatia and America also carry out service. Our current network of agents covers most of the world’s shipping companies and shipbuilding nations.