Bjørge is an onshore and offshore

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and

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and Marine software engineering and maintenance company. The company is based in

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outside

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History

The company was founded in 1977 as a

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between Bjørge Enterprise and ETPM (now part of Acergy) to perform offshore maintenance services. In 1995 it was bought by

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, but listed on the

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in 1997. In 1998 the company bought Norcoat Services from

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and Steinco in 2000. The same year Bjørge merged with Solberg & Andersen. 2001 saw the purchase of Scana Moland from

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in 2004 Eptec was bought. The same year Bjørge chose to leave the MMO business that was heavily dominated by

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and Vetco Aibel. On 20 September 2010 the company announced a plan to spin off its process, fire and safety solutions division into a new company.

References

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