Egil Taule (born 31 October 1934) is a Norwegian businessperson.
He took his degree in civil engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1958. He worked in both Germany and the United States, but spent the years 1974 to 2001 as a senior executive in Norway. He was president of Strømmen Stål and Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri, vice president of Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk, then president of Norsk Jetmotor and TiTech Visionsort. He was a board member of SINTEF, S.D. Cappelen and the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries (TBL). [1]
Sivilingeniør, not to be confused with civil engineer, is a legally protected Engineering title awarded by technical universities in Norway. To qualify for the title, a student must follow a structured study programme in technology and natural sciences of 5 years duration at a Norwegian university or university college. Previously it was also a degree in and of itself, and was considered by the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) to be equivalent to a Master of Science degree. Although the name is cognate with the English term civil engineer, the meanings do not correspond in modern usage.
The Norwegian Institute of Technology was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent college.
Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri A/S also known as NEBB was a Norwegian manufacturing company, which built a lot of the rolling stock that is used by Norges Statsbaner. The plant was located at Skøyen. In 1988 it merged into Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).
