VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has expanded its Norwegian network of owned service stations by acquiring the safety department of Tromsø-based company, Lindrup Martinsen and its 16 employees.
The move will ensure VIKING can deliver even better service to customers in Northern Norway, as it expands its business in the region, the company said.
Lindrup Martinsen has been a service partner of VIKING for 15 years. VIKING will operate out of the existing Lindrup Martinsen facilities in Tromsø city centre and Alta.
Today, VIKING has several owned service stations in Norway – in Arendal, Bergen, Oslo, Haugesund, and Aalesund – as well as 14 service partners across the country.
The new Tromsø station gives VIKING a permanent operation in Northern Norway, facilitating further growth in a region where demand for maritime life-saving equipment and safety systems is expected to increase, especially within fish farming and ferry operations.
VIKING will offer services within all product groups in Tromsø, including liferafts, lifeboats and davits, marine evacuation systems, personal protective equipment (immersion suits and lifejackets) and marine fire systems.
Dag Songedal, VIKING Norway Managing Director, commented: “We’re very pleased to now be able to operate our own service facilities in Northern Norway.
“We have had a very good relationship with Lindrup Martinsen for the last 15 years and know the team well. With the move, we have acquired good facilities and an excellent and experienced team – and will be able to improve our service offering to both existing and new customers in the region,” he said.
