Ã…rdal og Sunndal Verk or Ã…SV is a defunct
Norwegian state owned company that operated the
aluminum plants in
Ã…rdal,
Sunndal,
Høyanger and
Holmestrand. The company was established to take advantage of the
hydro-electric power plants
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
in the respective villages to create aluminum plants. The company was founded in 1946 to continue the unfinished production of the Ã…rdal plant started by the
German occupational forces during
World War II. In 1954 construction on the Sunndal plant started. The company was
merged with
Norsk Hydro in 1986 to create the
light metal division Hydro Aluminium.
Formerly government-owned companies of Norway
Manufacturing companies established in 1946
Norsk Hydro
Aluminium companies of Norway
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1986
1946 establishments in Norway
1986 disestablishments in Norway
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