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Ole A. Stang Jr.
Ole Andreas Stang (30 May 1923 – 10 November 1998) was a Norwegian businessperson, who owned and led the company Maarud from 1960 to 1983. Personal life He was a son of landowner and industrialist Thomas Stang. He was a paternal grandson of landowner Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg, grandnephew of ship-owner Jørgen Breder Stang, great-grandson of landowner Mads Wiel Stang and politician Axel Heiberg and nephew of Axel Heiberg Stang. His father married actress Wenche Foss in 1953. Stang was thus a half-brother of politician Fabian Stang. Career Ole A. Stang took an economist education in the United States. He took over the family property Maarud in Sør-Odal in 1960, which had been bought by his grandfather in 1911. He has been credited with saving the family business from economic failure, and refined it into the modern snack company Maarud. Production facilities for potato chips and dessert cheese were erected at the family farm. He sold the industrial part of the family busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarud
Maarud AS is a Norway, Norwegian manufacturer of snack foods. Structure Their most well known product are various potato chips, branded as "Maarud Potetgull" (lit. 'potato gold'), but the company also produces other foods such as tortilla chips, peanuts, and popcorn. The company also has branches in Sweden, Finland and the Baltic states under the names "Estrella" and "Taffel" (in Lithuania). The Norwegian branch has the main office in Oslo and production facilities are at Disenå in Sør-Odal. The Swedish company has the main office in Stockholm and production facilities at Angered. The Baltic division has production facilities in Kaunas, Lithuania. The company has 201 employees. History The company traces back to 1928, when Thomas Stang of the Maarud farm at Disenå started selling farm products. Production of potato chips under the brand name "potetgull" started in 1936, after Stang had visited the United States. Around 1950, Maarud purchased industrial equipment for larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |