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Innovative and sustainable solutions through cutting edge technologies

Nekkar (OSE: NKR) is an industrial company builder focused on ocean-based technology. The company invests in and develops technology businesses within sustainable oceans, robotics & intelligent logistics and digital solutions. With a 50-year industrial heritage from Syncrolift, Nekkar applies an active buy-to-own strategy to build long-term value. The group supports empowered operating companies with a strong balance sheet and reinvests strategically to ensure profitability and sustainable growth. As a publicly listed company, Nekkar has a proven track record of shareholder value creation through disciplined M&A, financial management, and capital allocation.

Innovative and sustainable solutions through cutting edge technologies

Nekkar (OSE: NKR) is an industrial company builder focused on ocean-based technology. The company invests in and develops technology businesses within sustainable oceans, robotics & intelligent logistics and digital solutions. With a 50-year industrial heritage from Syncrolift, Nekkar applies an active buy-to-own strategy to build long-term value. The group supports empowered operating companies with a strong balance sheet and reinvests strategically to ensure profitability and sustainable growth. As a publicly listed company, Nekkar has a proven track record of shareholder value creation through disciplined M&A, financial management, and capital allocation.

Superior engineering, electrification, automation, and digitalisation competence

Nekkar applies this competence as levers to develop disruptive technologies that can make high-growth industry sectors—such as aquaculture and offshore energy—even more sustainable, productive, and profitable.

Nekkar ASA is headquartered in Kristiansand, on the Southern coast of Norway, where there are strong and powerful affiliation to maritime and marine clusters and industries.

Through highly competent employees, and decades of experience to drive technological innovations, bundled with financial and operational experience we offer innovative solutions for the digital future. Our key employees have a long track record of innovation, product development and true entrepreneurship.

Nekkar ASA is headquartered in Kristiansand, on the Southern coast of Norway, where there are strong and powerful affiliation to maritime and marine clusters and industries.

Through highly competent employees, and decades of experience to drive technological innovations, bundled with financial and operational experience we offer innovative solutions for the digital future. Our key employees have a long track record of innovation, product development and true entrepreneurship.

Executive management team

Ole Falk Hansen
CEO

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Mette Harv
Executive Vice President

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Petter Brøvig
Head of Strategy

Marianne Voreland Ottesen
Head of Finance

Rolf Atle Tomassen
Managing Director, Syncrolift

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Nils Stray
Managing Director, Techano Oceanlift

Stig Trydal
Managing Director, Intellilift

Board of Directors

Håkon Andre Berg
Chair of the Board

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Trine Ingebjørg Ulla
Director of the Board

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Marit Solberg
Director of the Board

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Lars Carl Fabian Qvist
Director of the Board

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Bjørn-Erik Dale
Director of the Board

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Our history

  • 1966–1975

    Emerging from a small family enterprise producing cranes, Total Transportation Systems was established in 1966. Later, the name was shortened to TTS. Today our name is Nekkar.

    TTS became the first Norwegian company to act on the improved relations between China and the West.

  • 1976–1985

    The delivery of cargo handling solutions to a car carrier in 1984 marked the beginning of a climb to a world-leading position as provider of access system for this highly specialized segment.

  • 1986–1995

    After years of dwindling order intake due to a declining Norwegian shipbuilding industry, large contracts in 1988 marked a new turning point.

    TTS was listed on Oslo Stock Exchange in 1995.

  • 1996–2005

    An acquisition in 1996 kicked off a period of acquisition-driven growth. Target segments, product portfolio and operations were heavily expanded.

  • 2006–2018

    The drilling package provider Sense EMD was aquired and sold on to Cameron with a sound profit.

    Nekkar became the leading player in the heavy-lift market and a network of service hubs were set up.

    Operations in China and Korea were strengthened.

  • 2019-Today

    In 2019, a larger part of our activities was sold to MacGregor, and our name was changed to Nekkar.

    A new strategic direction was set to leverage the group’s superior engineering,
    electrification, automation and digitalisation heritage from “Drilling Bay” in Kristiansand, to develop disruptive technologies that can make high-growth industry sectors more sustainable, productive and profitable

Nekkar is committed to push for new innovative and sustainable solutions through cutting edge technologies

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