AKVA Group
Encyclopedia
AKVA Group ASA is a Norwegian
manufacturing company of appliances for aquaculture
, namely steel and plastic cages, and feeding software. Based in Bryne
, it has operations in eight countries and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
. The company was created in 2006 as a merger between AKVAsmart, Helgeland Plast and Wavemaster.
AkvaControl is a fish feeding software solution. Development started in 1980, by Ole Molaug, Sveinung Havrevold, Gunnar Kluge and Odd Skjæveland. In 1995 it established itself in Canada, and launched a doppler pellet sensor in 1997. It bought Vicas biomass estimation system in 2002, Feeding Systems AS in 2003, CameraTech in 2004 and merged into the AKVA group in 2006.
Polarcirkel is a brand of plastic cages for aquaculture. It was established as Helgeland Plast in 1971, and made the world's first plastic fish farming cage in 1974. It built the world's first HDPE RIB work boat in 1987 and has since built 30,000 cages and 1,000 boats. It merged into the AKVA Group in 2006.
Wavemaster is a brand of steel cages for aquaculture. It was established in Ireland by Terry Nolan in 1985, and merged into the AKVA Group in 2006. 7,250 cages have been sold.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
manufacturing company of appliances for aquaculture
Aquaculture
Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the...
, namely steel and plastic cages, and feeding software. Based in Bryne
Bryne
Bryne is a city, located in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Time, Norway. Bryne is located about 25 minutes south of Stavanger by train. The area of Bryne is 4,79 km²....
, it has operations in eight countries and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
The Oslo Stock Exchange serves as the main market for trading in the shares of Norwegian companies. It opens at 9:00am and closes 5:30pm local time...
. The company was created in 2006 as a merger between AKVAsmart, Helgeland Plast and Wavemaster.
Products
Fishtalk is a production control system for fish farms. Development started in 1985 by Olav Jamtøy's company Marinet. It changed its name to Superior Systems in 1996, and merged with Akva AS and Aquasmart International in 2001, creating AKVAsmart ASA. The Fishtalk platform was launched in 2005, and was merged into AKVA Group the following year.AkvaControl is a fish feeding software solution. Development started in 1980, by Ole Molaug, Sveinung Havrevold, Gunnar Kluge and Odd Skjæveland. In 1995 it established itself in Canada, and launched a doppler pellet sensor in 1997. It bought Vicas biomass estimation system in 2002, Feeding Systems AS in 2003, CameraTech in 2004 and merged into the AKVA group in 2006.
Polarcirkel is a brand of plastic cages for aquaculture. It was established as Helgeland Plast in 1971, and made the world's first plastic fish farming cage in 1974. It built the world's first HDPE RIB work boat in 1987 and has since built 30,000 cages and 1,000 boats. It merged into the AKVA Group in 2006.
Wavemaster is a brand of steel cages for aquaculture. It was established in Ireland by Terry Nolan in 1985, and merged into the AKVA Group in 2006. 7,250 cages have been sold.