The owners of Mandal Maskinering AS (Mandal Maskinering), Kristiansands Skruefabrikk & Mek Verksted AS (KSMV) and Sabro A/S (Sabro) have chosen to combine their businesses to establish one leading Nordic supplier of machining and mechanical services. The new company will be named Nordic Manufacturing Partners with customers all over the Nordics within industry, construction, oil and gas, renewables and infrastructure. The company will have a turnover of around NOK 250 million at its respective production facilities in Mandal, Søgne and Randers.
"We are very excited about the establishment of Nordic Manufacturing Partners and combining the businesses KSMV, Sabro and Mandal Maskinering. The history of Mandal Maskinering goes back to 1918 from the founding of Mandal Motorfabrikk, and with over 100 years of experience from delivering advanced machining services of high quality and precision to Nordic customers, the company brings valuable expertise, capacity and experience to the new company which will become a leading corporation of machining services in the Nordics," says Jan Sigurd Otterlei, owner and chairman of Otterlei Group, who represents the company's new owner.
"By establishing Nordic Manufacturing Partners, we are creating a contender positioned for market growth in the Nordic machining market. The combination of Mandal Maskinering, KSMV and Sabro provides a broad and complementary range of services for turnkey deliveries of advanced machining services for our Nordic customer base.
The new company will have around 125 employees which we will increase together with our turnover and profitability. Our presence and infrastructure at the current locations will continue and further strengthened," says Rune Fredriksen, outgoing general manager of Mandal Maskinering and incoming CEO of Nordic Manufacturing Partners.