Rosings Industrier is a manufacturing company based in
Skytta
Skytta is a village in Akershus, Norway. It is located in the south of Nittedal, near Hagan and between Slattum
Slattum is a village in Viken, Norway
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,
Nittedal
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The parish of ''Nitedal'' was established as a m ...
,
Norway
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.
It was founded on 18 November 1895 in
Kristiania
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by Ulrik Fredrik A. Rosing under the name Ulrik Rosing Gjærdeforretning. It produced fences and pedestrian bridges from
steel wire; larger bridges constructed by the company include those over
Glomma
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At its fullest length, the ...
near
Borregaard
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and also at
Rånåsfoss
Rånåsfoss is a village in Akershus, Norway
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. The company name was changed to Rosings Bro- og Gjærdeforretning in 1908, and Rosings Bro- og Gjærdefabrik in 1913. It was owned by Christian D. H. Poppe from 1908, from 1911 jointly with
Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss (6 June 1878 – 26 November 1960) was a Norwegian businessperson.
He was born in Ski. He learned his trade in the companies B. T. S. for three years Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted for two years and J. Samuel White ...
, and from 1913 solely by Steenfeldt-Foss.
The company started manufacturing gates in the 1920s, and expanded with
garage gate
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s when automobiles became more usual after the Second World War. After the end of the 1950s it concentrated mainly on fences and related products.
[
Steenfeldt-Foss died in 1960.]Nes, Akershus
Nes is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named af ...
in 1979 and Skytta in 1984, where the entire company was now relocated. In 1987 the production part of the company was renamed Rosings Industrier, while the older company name continued in a demerged branch which dealt with estate management. The actual metal production was demerged in 2004 as Rosmek, as Morten Oskarsen became the main shareholder. Rosings Industrier is now the parent company for Rosings Handel, Rosings Områdesikring and Rosings Portsystemer while Rosmek is independent.[
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Manufacturing companies of Norway
Companies based in Akershus
Nittedal
Manufacturing companies established in 1895
Norwegian companies established in 1895