Borgestad (company)

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Borgestad ASA
Company type Allmennaksjeselskap
OSE: BOR
Industry Shipping
Manufacturing
Real estate
Founded1 July 1904
Headquarters Skien, Norway
Area served
Global
Website www.borgestad.no

Borgestad ASA (OSE : BOR) is a Norwegian shipping, industry and real estate company. [1] The corporation has two primary divisions: Borgestad Properties and Borgestad Industries. [2]

Borgestad Properties operates 11 open hatch bulk carriers and one Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel. It also owns a shopping centre in Bytom, Poland and a housing complex at Borgestadholmen in Skien. Borgestad Industries develops and produces refractory and fire-resistant products. [3] [4]

The company dates back to 1 July 1904, when Aktieselskapet Borgestad was founded by Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen when he merged his shipping companies and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange ten years later. [5]

References

  1. "Industri: Borgestad (Telemark)". NRK. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. "Corporate Structure". Borgestad ASA. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. "Gjennom Ild, Vann Og Land I Mer Enn 100 År". Borgestad ASA. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  4. "Borgestadholmen". bestmegler.no. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  5. Per Fuglum. "Gunnar Knudsen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.