TODAY SMART NEWS - November 2010
Imenco, - winner of Fast50 Award 2010 Imenco is selected as the fastets growing technology company in Norway, according to Deloitte Technology Fast50 Page 2.
Tveitnes in charge of all operations Martin Tveitnes is the new Chief Operating Officer at Imenco. Page 3.
Frank Lie at Imenco is headed for Antarctic. From November to February he will work at Larsemann’s Hill at Princess Elizabeth land.
Tailor made Tilt & Pan Camera Imenco’s new Tilt & Pan Camera is developed in cooperation with Deep Ocean. Page 8.
Imenco goes to Antarctic The Antarctic is a remote continent without infrastructure to rely on during the extreme Antarctic winter. The fuelling system will be the heart of the energy supply and vital to the scientists in the research station.
The new scientific indian research station will be built in two phases winter 2010-2011 and winter 2011-2012. Page 4.
nology in our projects. The most recently EPC contract is the advanced fuel plant to Antarctic where smart engineering, procurement and construction made us able to deliver the project 3 times earlier than normal.
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menco will from now on be characterized as an EPC contractor (Engineering-Procurement –Construction) in order to focus more efficiently on operations. Manager at Imenco Bergen Office, Martin Tveitnes has, in this regards, been appointed as COO as from September 1st.
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new organizing is in place in order to increase efficiency in all projects and to increase customer awareness. Despite his young age, he is well qualified to succeed, and I wish him all the best in his new position. Imenco continue to grow
based on our strong engineering capability, and October 21th. Imenco emerged as a winner in the 2010 Deloitte Technology Fast 50. This award recognizes the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Norway based on percentage revenue growth over a five year period. As the jury outlined, it reflects an outstanding combination of technological development, marketing and commercialization.
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hese remarks express key elements in Imenco’s strategy as we constantly try to improve our knowledge and tech-
nother high-tech project is the ongoing saturation diving project to Acergy with German Draeger company. This is a state of the art diving system and the DSV Acergy Havila will probably be the most advanced diving vessel in the world. Marketing and commercialization has also been key elements as we have been expanding regional, national and international with two new offices in Norway, one in Aberdeen and one in Houston. In addition to this several new agents are appointed, especially in the Far East. Combined with acquisitions, our growth had indeed not been possible without an outstanding technology, marketing and commercialization.
Managing Director Geir Egil Østebøvik
Imenco - winner of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 We are pleased to inform you that Imenco has emerged as a winner in the 2010 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, which recognizes the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Norway based on percentage revenue growth over a five year period. To be nominated, the company must be among the 50 technological companies with the strongest growth the last 5 years. “To be on the fast 50-list is a strong recognition to participating companies, as it reflects an outstanding combination of technological development, marketing and commercialization”, says Halvor Moen, partner and head of jury for the Deloitte Fast 50. Imenco’s growth over the last 5 years has been 4.190%
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From the left: Thomas Aune, Halvor Moen (Partner Deloitte), CEO Geir Egil Østebøvik (Imenco as) and Aleksander Schau. Photo: Marte E. Johansen (Deloitte).
Martin Tveitnes is the new Chief Operating Officer in Imenco. He is a man that likes to get things done.
New Chief Operating Officer at Imenco:
Martin Tveitnes get things done The new Chief Operating Officer at Imenco likes to get things done quickly and efficiently. Engineer, outdoor man and hunter have many tasks on his notepad, and didn’t use long time at this year’s deer hunting. It lasted only 15 minutes. Just one shot, and this year’s deer was on its way to the freezer. - I like to get things done, but admit the swift deer killing probably was a little bit of luck, Martin Tveitnes grins. But anyway, it took less than two months from the time he was appointed chief of all operational activities in Imenco, to a new organization plan was on the table. - We used to have a fairly flat process based structure. The new organization will be product based and this will sharpen the focus on products and customers, - the whole way from inquiry to sales and after sales, says Tveitnes.
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Martin Tveitnes has achieved more than most 31-year-olds during his career. That’s because I started early. I was only 16-year-old, when I started as an apprentice in Frank Mohn AS (Framo). At the same time I completed the syllabus for high school in order to be qualified for further education at university level. Framo is one of the world’s leading manufacturer of pumping systems for ships, offshore and subsea use. They sent me to NTNU in Trondheim for education to Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, I went back to Framo and was soon after introduced to Imenco products for the first time. Framo used Imenco’s guidepost systems to be able to install large underwater pumps and other equipment with precision on the seabed, he says. Later on Martin Tveitnes joined Imenco as head of the Bergen office. Under his leadership the Bergen office has been growing successfully - despite the financial crisis. Martin Tveitnes will still be based in Bergen, but will have at least two days a week at the
head quarter in Haugesund.- I will work in close contact with the department managers who are responsible for the different product areas, he says. When Martin Tveitnes isn’t working, he spends a lot of time keeping in good shape. - I grew up on a small farm in Hålandsdalen in Fusa east of Bergen. The village is famous worldwide for biathlon, and international stars as Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poiree, Ann Helen Skjelbreid and Egil Gjelland have made Hålandsdalen international known as the biathlon community. So being from Hålandsdalen means a commitment. - There was the biathlon that applied to us kids when I grew up, and I was participating for some years. Skiing is still the great passion in the winter season, but now I go without a gun. When there is no snow, I go biking. Not only on the roads, but in terrain as well, says Martin Tveitnes to Imenco Today.
Editor: Bjørn Å. Brunborg | bjorn.brunborg@imenco.no | Publishing house: DHR Reklamebyrå as | Journalist: Odd-Atle Urvik
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Antarctic is a remote continent that very few get a chance to visit. Imencos Frank Lie is spending the winter (summer at the southern hemisphere) to do commisioning on a fuelling systems to a new scientific research station that India is building.
Imenco supplies fuelling plant to the Antarctic The Antarctic is a continent that few of us have the opportunity to visit, but not for Frank Lia (39) at Imenco. In November he will leave Norway to stay the winter at Larsemann’s Hill at Princess Elizabeth land. Though winter is probably not a good expression, since the months from November to February are the height of summer on the southern hemisphere. I’m going there mainly to do a job, however, it’s obvious that it has an element of adventure, Lie says to Imenco Today. - There’s something about having been to a place that no one else, or very few people have been. Besides, I expect it to be a great nature experience. It’s a long time to stay away from the family, though. I’m thinking that if anything should happen down there or at home, I couldn’t just jump on plane and go home. The children, 9 and 12, in particular, are sorry that dad will be away for so long, says Lie. The project is building an Indian research station, a contract assignment awarded to LNS Gruppen (Leonard Nilsen & Sønner). The firm specializes in projects in cold regions, and has had assignments both on Spitsbergen and Greenland. In the Antarctic they have previously been involved in building the Norwegian research station, Troll. Imenco’s assignment is connected to
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Containers are loaded on trucks at Grinde to be sent to the Antarctic.
supply of the fuelling system. The research station, which goes under the name of Bharati (means India in Hindi), has its own aggregates which will supply all the electricity needed. They therefore need a complete fuelling plant including filling station. The system consists of 13 tanks each holding 24.000 litres. This means a total capacity of 312,000 litres., The building operation will go on in two phases. The first phase is from October 2010 to March 2011, and embraces, amongst other, building of the infrastructure and laying the foundation for the research station building. During the second phase, which is winter 2011 – 2012, the building itself will get into place. The large containers with the fuelling plant were shipped from Imenco’s production facility at Grinde in Norway in September. At Antartic there is very few local suppliers, - therfore all we bring from Norway has to be checked many times to make sure we have what we need for the job, says Lie.
Frank Lie points to the place where he will be staying and working during the months to come.
The containers from Imenco only represent a small part of the equipments being shipped. The ”Ivan Papanin”, a cargo ship, will saile from Tananger, Norway in November carrying no less than 87 pcs. 20-foot containers holding 1400 tons of tools, material, equipment and machines.
A total of 25 persons from various companies will be participating at site. In addition to that there is the crew on the vessel. The idea is that those who are participating this winter will alsow stay onboard for the next phase in 2011-2012. Norway has rich traditions to defend in the Antarctic. 11 December 2011 it is 100 years since Roald Amundsen and his expedition were the first to reach the South Pole.
The research station was designed by Bert Bücking, a Bof architect. This is how it will look like.
Helicopter Refueling System for Newfield Inc. East Piatu Platform Retro Resources Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, which is part of Imencos global network representation, has been awarded a contract by Newfield Inc for the design and supply of a helicopter refueling system to the East Piatu production platform. The system we are delivering will include of three transportable tanks for aviation jet fuel, one dispenser skid and one pumping skid, says Firdaus Azhar, MD/CEO, to Imenco Today. The award came in September 2010 and due for delivery to Newfield’s fabrication yard Malaysia the 1st week of December 2010. - This is the first order for such system for Imenco in Malaysia. The supply will be shipped to Newfield’s nominated fabrication yard, KHL Sdn Bhd in Lumut where the system will be installed on top of the platforms LQ deck. East Piatu field is located in block PM 329 on the east cost of Peninsular Malaysia, located approx 275km from the shore. The facility will be permanently manned by personnel of 30 and be expandable to 42 people. Mr.Azhar believes the contract with Newfield Inc is a step forward for Imenco in the Malaysian marked. - It could open opportunities not only for helicopter refueling systems, but for other Imenco products that can be offered to the oil & gas industry in this region. In this regards Imenco will be offering state-of-the-art equipment to competitive prices. We are a company known to offer Smart Solutions to our clients and customers, Mr. Azhard says.
CEO Firdaus Azhar in Retro Resources Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur is very pleased with the contract for helicopter refueling system in Malaysia.
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At the PRS-base at Killingøy in Haugesund General Manager Leif Aspen at Technip is responsible for almost 13.000 km. Subsea pipes.
New challenges for the PRS at Haugesund Offshore Base. - New challenges are turning up constantly. It started with the 880-km Statpipe line 25 years ago, and today the subsea pipe lines have grown into almost 13,000 km. The pipe repair system (PRS) at Haugesund Offshore Base meet new challenges on a daily basis, and our members (who share the PRS equipment) have access to increasingly advanced equipment, says Leif Aspen, the general manager of Technip’s Haugesund department, to Imenco Today. Leif Aspen has been in the offshore/ Subsea business for many years, and was on the spot when Haugesund became a centre for developing subsea technology. The 66-year old is now looking forward to retire in a year’s time. - I worked 25 years for Stolt-Nielsen in Haugesund and in various places on the globe. I came back to Haugesund four years ago, and was hired by Technip to operate the PRS base for Statoil and the other members of the PRS pool. It can be a challenging job and If damage occurs on one of our members pipelines, we have to mobilize equipment and personnel on short notice, says Aspen. Equipment for different pipe dimentions are stored in four large halls at Haugesund Offshore Base. The advanced special tools are huge, giving associa-
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A huge habitat for welding of 48-inch gas pipeline from Russia to Germany under test at Technip Haugesund. Also Imenco has been involved in the engineering of the huge Sub Sea construction.
tions to international space stations and space technology. - The comparison with space technology makes a lot of sense. Staying in space or working at great water depths is impossible for humans unless they are protected against the enormous pressure on deep water, or the lack of pressure in space, says Aspen. - The challenges we are given are often tasks that have never been solved
before, as when the gas pipeline on the Kvitebjørn field was damaged by a large anchor. Pipe replacement had to be carried out by remotely operated viechle (ROV) on 600m water depth. When new oil companies are entering the PRS pool, they need to develop equipment needed for their own pipeline dementions. Nord Stream is a new gas pipeline that
will link Russia and the European Union through the Baltic Sea. It will transport natural gas to supply both businesses and private households. The new pipeline will be an important factor for energy security in Europe. The 48-inch pipe is a new demention to the PRS tool and a separate habitat is needed for installation and repair work. This habitat and components for the equipment is developed, amongst other, in cooperation with Imenco. says Aspen. - The limits for underwather operations
and exploration are constantly being moved. The Åsgard field uses subsea compressor solutions to maintain pressure in order to recover more oil and gas from the reservoirs. This is also a project where Imenco is involved. One task is making a clamp for a T-connection. By using this clamp, a welded T-connection with a valve can be fitted to an excisting pipe without shutting down the production. The project is globally unique, says Aspen. - Today we’re developing equipment that can operate down to 4,000m water
depth by using remotely operated vehicle, most often pronounced as ROV’s. Equipment training is also vital and important, making us well prepared for any operation of PRS equipment in the North Sea. Statoil is very conscious about this, and our close dialog and cooperation increase the success for future job for the pipe reapair system. Technip is a French world wide company with 25,000. In Norway, Technip has its main office in Oslo, and bases in Haugesund, Orkanger and Stavanger.
Deeper challanges One of the major challenges of oil operations in deep waters is having adequate systems & tools for pipe repair if anything should go wrong. The blow-out in the Mexican Gulf has shown that we should be prepared for the unexpected to happen. In Norway this has been debated for a long time, and the gouverment decided as a main rule that Norwegian oil and gas shall have landfall in Norway. However, the Norwegian deep
trench separated the North Sea fields from the mainland, and in the 80s many people believed that it would be impossible to cross the Norwegian trench with a pipeline to the Norwegian coast. In the Norwegian sector the operation depth for divers are 180 meter, - below this remotly operated equipment is needed. This gave rise to the development of Remotely Operated Vehicles, (ROV) where operations and
installations is remotely operated from a vessel. This has given the offshore industry new possibilities and Norway is one of the leading nations on deep water subsea installations. It is 25 years since the first gas from Statfjord field had landfall at Kårstø through a subsea pipe line. October 15th. 1985 the first gas was delivered at Emden, West Germany, after having flowed 880 km from Statfjord to Kårstø, and then out to the North Sea again and to Emden.
Busy at the Imenco Bergen Office Mid July the Imenco delivery of 73 blocks to Aker Pusnes riser pull-in system for Petrobras Rig P-55 was completed. The feedback from the customer has been very good, and I hope this could open new doors to the Brazilian market, says Martin Tveitnes to Imenco Today. For Imencos engineering team in Bergen the contract has been challenging, and most of the engineering capacity at the Bergen Office has been dedicated to this project. The blocks has been manufactured at several workshops in Norway and Poland.
The Petrobras rig, P-55, is built in Turkey, and will operate on the Roncador field 130 km north-east of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The water depth at Roncador is approx 1.800 m, and the rig is designed to produce 180.000barrels/day plus a capacity of 6 million m3/day of natural compressed gas. Mr. Tveitnes says it is not only the new Petrobras rig that has kept Bergen Office busy this year. - We have been doing engineering work for both new and existing clients. We need to expand, and we just doubled the office space to be prepared to meet the
offshore industries increasing demand for our products and services, he says.
Imenco has doubled the office space in Bergen.
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New PTC 90 in cooperation with Deep Ocean. The new “state of the art camera” at Imenco extensive camera collection is called Imenco PTC 90. The development of this new camera is a great example of how cooperation between customer and producer can lead to new products that are tailormade to meet customers’ demands.
- One of the leading subsea operators, DeepOcean, wanted a camera that could be attached to a manipulator arm, and get to the places where the ROVen normally would not have access. - The camera is able to pan and tilt in large eangle to look backwards. In addition to having a powerful zoom, the camera had to be fitted with LED-lights for use in complete darkness, “says Engineering Manager Electro, Jan Wulfsberg to Imenco Today. - There were many challenges. We had to make it very compact for use in narrow places. On the other hand, the size of the Duplex steel housing needs to withstand the pressure of 1000 meters waterdepth. A prototype was developed, and sent on board to a DeepOcean vessel for testing. The feedback led to some minor corrections, but DeepOcean was very pleased with the final product, says Wulfsberg. The new tool saves time in connection with subsea inspections. An example is when the ROV is used to inspect bolts on flanges on subsea pipes. It takes time to maneuver a ROV with fixed cameras in different positions to see the bolts on the backside of the flange. With Imenco PTC 90 attached to the manipulator arm the ROV can stand still while the remote controlled manipulator moves the camera in positions to film the bolts and nuts on all sides of the pipe. The rate per hour for a support vessel is high, and it’s an understatement to say that “time is money”, says Wulfsberg, and adds that PTC 90 is ready for the market and included in Imenco assortment of more than 10 different cameras.
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Engineering Manager Electro Jan Wulfsberg (left) and Jacob Lie Simonsen, who made the software to the new camera, presents the new Imenco PTC 90. Verner Mannes, who developed the camera, was not present when the photo was taken.
New Minizoom with LED-light Imenco has just launched a new Minizoom camera with LED lights for ROVs operating down to 3000 meters. The 10x zoom camera can be mounted on a Pan & Tilt unit, and will enhance manipulator operations with ROV. The small size makes close-up inspections at very narrow places easier. The 10x Zoom Camera is ideal for most ROV work. The optics and control options via remote handheld control unit has also been improved. It is delivered in a Duplex Steel housing, which gives it very good corrosion properties. It can be used in water depths down to 3000 meters, and the weight in water is only 1 kg.
Imencos Svein Arild Hetland shows how compact the camera has been built to keep the size as small as possible.
Imenco UK passed NOK 10 million In September Imenco UK passed the landmark figure of 10 Million NOK in sales for the year 2010. - This is remarkable considering that we only moved into the office in January this year. Previous to moving into our new facilities, Imenco UK was based in a office in my house in Aberdeen for 4 months, UK Manager George Falconer says to Imenco Today. - Once in our new office, Stuart McConnell joined the company as a Technical Sales Engineer. So from February 2010 the company was fully up & running. We have succeeded with sales coming in from companies such as Acergy, Technip, Fugro, Teekay, & Sub Atlantic to name just a few. There have also been a good product mix of orders from Guidewire Anchors, ROV Shackles, ROV Latches, Hooks, LED Lights, to various Cameras, George Falconer says. - Our sales figures could never have been achieved without the work & support of the Sales & Technical staff in Norway. Imenco UK is putting plans in place to eclipse this figure next year. One of the products we are predicting will attract a lot of attention is the new Imenco Pan & Tilt Camera (PTC90) that has been launched recently.
UK Manager George Falconer (left) and Steward Mc Connell with one of Imencos cameras.
Successful Sea Trails for “Acergy Havila” - During October and November the world’s most advanced diving system is installed aboard the DSV “Acergy Havila”, and in the next months extensive testing and commissioning of the advanced saturated diving system will be implemented. In our business it is always safety first. Both the installations onboard and the diving bells that takes the divers down to the seabed will review all possible tests before it will be tested with divers, says Project Manager Thor Nordahl to Imenco Today. The ship itself has already been through all Sea trails, and has been delivered to the owners, a joint venture between Acergy and Havila Shipping. The “Acergy Havlila” is a purpose-built vessel for saturated diving operations. The vessel has been designed to fit the
advanced saturated diving vessel system. During the design and construction process there has been close cooperation between ship designer, shipyard, diving system supplier, ship owner and operator. This way the top knowledge from ship design, shipbuilding, marine operations and diving support has been utilized to design the best product.
The biggest challenge has been the integration of the advanced diving system in the design and building of the vessel. The diving and support systems extends over large areas and the whole ship is designed and built around these systems.
The highest attention has been given through the whole process to minimize hazards to the people involved in the construction of the vessel and to the crew and divers working on the vessel in operation. The result is the most advanced, stateof-the-art Diving Support Vessel in the world.
DSV “Acergy Havila” during the successful Sea trails. The saturated diving system from Imenco and Dräger will make her the most advanced diving support vessel in the world.
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Some of the participants gathered outside the conference room in Oceaneering Office in Morgan City.
Imenco road trip in Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico (GOM), as the center of major oil and gas activities, is a very vital market for Imenco in coming years. In order to penetrate the market it requires active marketing and patience at the same time. Bjørn Brunborg, director of marketing, strongly believe that ‘if you do the right thing often, the result will flourish accordingly. And the active marketing is not spending millions in ad’s, but rather meet the potentional clients face to face, presenting the Imenco concept and products. Imenco’s office and warehouse in USA is located in Houston, between beltway 8 and 290, and is a perfect location for our activities, not only for GOM, but for North America in general. Head of the office is Al Cohen, VP of Business Development USA, is experiencing increasing interest, RFQ’s and PO’s headed his way. We are creating, building and maintaining relationships not just selling products and services. We have met more than hundreds customers and the feedback is very good.I would like to thank our customers for receiving us with open arms whenever we approach them for meeting or advice. After al, - it’s their support that makes us going forward. The meetings and feedback is important and that’s why Al Cohen and Bjørn
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Procurement at Petrobras.
Brunborg nearly every 6-7 weeks has roadtrip in Gulf of Mexico. The following is a short report from the last road trip visiting 4 states during one week. The first meeting was with Aker Solutions where 17 engineers met for the company presentation followed by product demonstration and discussions. Next meetings was with Ashtead Inter-
national, a company with great interest for the Imenco SDS digital still camera based on their customers demand. The following day a meeting with Saipem America was scheduled, and this time 26 people participated in the meeting. Our products and samples recieved positiv response. Again, the ROV tools had great interest, and the products were
thoroughly inspected during the meeting. The following days were planned for the state of Louisiana and around New Orleans, 6-hours drive from Houston. We arrived late, but managed a nice meal in Bourbon Street together with live jazz music. Next morning we met Southern Electronics and went together to one of their client one hour drive outside NO. On the agenda was CCTV for offshore workboats, presenting Imenco’s special designed top side camera for harsh environments which also can be submerged to 750 feet. The special designed would make the installation and durability more sufficient for this client. We agreed upon making a few adjustments and they would test the camera on one of the offshore workboats. The upcoming workboat show in New Orleans, December 2010 will be a great occasion to show the special design camera system to all the workboat operators. The following day we visited Oceaneering in Morgan City. A huge production plant for ROV’s with more than 300 employees. We had good feedback from the audience and great interest for the cameras, and for the Rov tools we brought
Al Choen (right) and Bjørn Brunborg presenting smart solutions from Imenco for Heather Maguire,Vendor Analyst in Saipem America.
along for demonstration. We had to leave the ROV shackle as they would like to test it in the ROV tank. After the meeting we had a tour at their facilities where we also was given the opportunity to test the ROV simulator. Many thanks to Oceaneering for their great hospitality. Next day we headed for Laplace, 45 min. drive outside New Orleans, to meet Veolia, the French giant with offices and activities all over the world. Another positive meeting with good feedback. All the products we have seen has interest for us, was the clear message. They had
looked forward to see the ROV shackle that we had to leave at Oceaneering, but our animation file gave them a good impression of the product. Thanks also to Veolia for a good meeting. After the meeting we had a 6 hours drive back to Houston and new meetings on the agenda for Al the next day, as Bjørn Brunborg was leaving for Norway. The September road trip in GOM was over, and a 20 hours journey to Norway was waiting. Plenty of time to reflect on the meetings, and to write this article for Imenco Today.
Bjørn Brunborg and Al Choen visiting Veolia in Laplace.
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COO, Martin Tveitnes and VP of Business Development USA, Al Cohen at the presentation for Aker Solutions staff in Houston.
Fresh perspective to the GOM-market Imenco’s young-blood executives provided a fresh perspective to the GOM market, when the newly appointed COO, Martin Tveitnes and VP of Business Development USA, Al Cohen recently met with BP, Aker Solutions, Mustang Engineering, and Ashtead Technology in Houston. To penetrate the market we need to be present and interact with our clients, says Al Cohen to Imenco Today. He is glad the new COO also pay attention to the USA market by visiting Houston and some major players in the oil & gas industry. As a Mechanical Engineer, Martin Tveitnes has extensive experience in overcoming the most complex mechanical engineering challenges. Based on Imenco’s 31 years experience from the North Sea, he foresees great demand for Imenco’s engineering services. To have a long track record from the North Sea is very much appreciated in GOM. Al Cohen agrees and adds. - Imenco is a multi-national company with a diverse range of products and expertise. We can fulfill customers’ expectations
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Martin Tveitnes and Al Cohen from Imenco and BP representative Christine Faulkner.
from a broad perspective. Our competitive advantage is our ability to respond to our customers in a manner that large firms cannot do. Fast decision making is the key, and we focus on providing engineering solutions as quickly as possible to save our customer time. Delivery time is everything. Our customer-centric
approach will optimize customer value added (CVA) measures, which is achieved through customer satisfaction, improving quality, efficiency and ultimately reducing costs. We believe only the best is good enough, says Al Cohen.
Imenco Stavanger sales team, from left, Anne Eline Bratland and Kim Bylund Breda.
Imenco is expanding in Stavanger
Magnus Vika, Manager Imenco Stavanger.
has now two sales engineers with good experience from the industry.
Imenco is located in Innovation Park Stavanger at Ullandhaug.
One year is gone since the establishment of Imenco Stavanger office, and Imenco is now expanding. The new Imenco office is located at Stavanger I-park (Innovation Park) and is one of many successful companies that are established close to the Norwegian Oil Directorate and Stavanger University. The main reason for our establishment, and now our expansion, is to be strongly
present in the oil capital of Norway and close to many of our client in the offshore and subsea industry. We have used the same strategy for Aberdeen and Houston, says Bjorn Brunborg, director of marketing, to Imenco Today. It is important to meet our clients. Many “smart Solutions” has been developed in close relationship with our customers and close dialog face to face is often very vital. The Stavanger office
In addition to sales of Imenco products, we offer project engeneering support localy, says Magnus Vika, manager for the Stavanger Office, to Imenco Today. Our main engineering department is located in Haugesund, only 1-2 hours drive north of Stavanger. I-park was previously named “Rogaland Knowledge Park” and was the first established in Norway back in 1993. Today, 140 businesses are located in I-park with more than 600 employees, says Magnus Vika.
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The exhibiting team at ONS, from left, Bjorn Brunborg, Kjell Ole Pedersen and Al Cohen.
Positive feedback at ONS 2010 A new record was set at ONS 2010, and the exhibition had never before had so many exhibitors, exhibition visitors and conference delegates than at ONS 2010. The ONS 2010 exhibition gathered 49.735 visitors from 91 nations. 18 national pavilions and 32 exhibiting nationalities participated. Imenco was exhibiting in Hall E, together with NCE Subsea (Norwegian Centre of expertise Subsea) and the Bergen Region. Exhibiting products were our wide range of Subsea Camera, especially Imenco SDS 1210, Digital still camera which we demonstrated in our both, taking picture of visiting clients. Also the Emenco EX camera and IP 68 Top side camera were presented in live and different ROV tools, such as ROV shackle and Lathes. As a major player in the industry with more than 30 years experience, Imenco is recognized and approved as a reliable manufacturer. Marketing director, Bjorn Brunborg, is proud to be present at ONS.
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So far in 2010 Imenco has been exhibititing at Cippe in Beijing, OTC & OTD in Houston, Underwater Intervention (UI) in New Orleans and ONS in Stavanger. “We often meet some of the same clients in different exhibitions and they acknowledge that Imenco is a worldwide company and a reliable manufacturer” says Brunborg to Imenco Today. The cash back from an exhibition is hard to calculate and it’s never instant. But all the client meetings and conversations at the both, with positive feedback, gives you confidence that it is right and important to be present. Although it’s hard work and long days, - the most important work start after the exhibition making follow-ups of all the meetings, says Brunborg. Due to lack of accommodation at hotels in Stavanger area the Imenco exhibition team brought a huge trailer to the exhibition. Al Cohen, Imenco USA, Kjell Ole Pedersen and Bjorn Brunborg had a nice as social accommodation between colleagues. It was perfect and from Mos-
vangen Camping it was only 7 min walk to the exhibition says Kjell Ole Pedersen to Imenco Today.
Imenco booth at ONS 2010. Vice President of business developmens in USA, Al Coehn (left) and Marketing Director Bjørn Brunborg received good feedback from the visitors.
Kjetil Skjold Kjetil Skjold has been employed as Automation technician at Imenco’s Electro/ Electronic Department in Haugesund. Engeneering Manager for electro & electonics, Jan Wulfsberg says Kjetil Skjold’s expertise is very much needed. - Imenco can with his experise, Imenco can produce in-house electric and electronic equipment we priviously had to buy form other manufacturers. This means we are able to offer better service to our customers, says Wulfsberg.
Arild Nesbjørg Arild Nesbjørg started at Imenco 6th of April as a Project Engineer. He works at the main office in Haugesund, mainly with computerbased modelling and drawings. Nesbjørg came to Imenco from Hatteland Display.
Kim Bylund Breda Kim Bylund Breda has joined Imenco as Sales Engineer at the Stavanger Office. He came from Ahlsell Norge where he was responsible for the industrial business unit. Bylund Breda has also experience from several years at Kvaerner Rosenberg Yard in Stavanger.
Kjetil Skjold at Imenco Production Plant in Grinde.
Vidar Eriksen Vidar Eriksen has joined Imenco in Bergen as a Senior Engineer. He came to us from TTS Marine in Bergen. Prior to his Engineer degree, was a skilled Machinist. He started in Imenco 1th. of June this year.
Reidar Heggholmen Reidar Heggholmen started as Project Manager at Imenco’s Bergen Office on the 26th of April this year. Reidar has a strong maritime background, with 18 years experience from Sea Trans, the last years as Chief Engineer and Superintendent.
Steinar Christiansen
Are Folkestad
Roger Øvstetun
Steinar Christiansen has been employed as Mechanical Engineer in the Engineering Department at the main office in Imenco. Steinar came from Framo Engineering in Bergen in August, and has moved “home again” to Haugesund.
Are Folkestad started at Imenco 1th. of June this year. He is working as a Senior Project Engineer at the Bergen Office. Before he joined Imenco Are Folkestad worked as an Engineer at Reinertsen AS.
From March 15th Roger Øvstetun has been employed as Project Engineer at Imenco’s Bergen Office. As a mechanical engineer he previously worked at Hydro Aluminium in Årdal and came from Statoil to Imenco. He is also a skilled construction worker.
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China: Tristoria Group www.triastoria.com
Korea: Dae Hwa Trading Co., Ltd. daehwa84@hanmail.net
Malaysia: RETRO RESOURCES Sdn Bhd firdaus@retroresources.com.my
Vietnam: GIA KHUONG CO, LTD gkcohcmpt@hcm.vnn.vn
Agents: Argentina: Ferreyra & Asociados S.H. aferreyra@cetus-naval.com Australia: OCEAN MODULES SWEDEN AB david@ocean-modules.com.au
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