Aker Verdal AS

Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Verdal, Norway
Key people	Helge Støre Rosenlund (CEO)
Industry	Shipyard
Products	Jackets
Revenue	▲ NOK 1,016 million (2005)
Employees	700 (2006)
Parent	Aker Kværner
Website	www.akerverdal.no

Aker Verdal AS formerly known as Aker Kværner Verdal is a construction yard for large steel constructions and substructures for offshore oil platforms. The yard is owned by Aker Solutions and is located in Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

The yard was opened in 1970 and was owned by the Aker Group until the offshore section was demerged to Aker Martime. After the merge between Kværner and Aker Martime in 2005 the yard changed its name to Aker Kværner Verdal when it was taken over by Aker Kværner, but changed its name back to Aker Verdal in 2008 with the corporate name change to Aker Solutions. Since 1975 Aker Verdal has delivered 33 jackets as well as bridges, semisubmersible, flare towers, loading buoys, modules and decks as well as subsea templates have been delivered. The yard has Europe's largest fleet of cranes.

The company has five wholly owned subsidiaries: Aker Cold Bending, Aker Jacket Technology, Aker FDV, Aker Industributikk and Aker Sakkyndig Virksomhet. The company has ventured into fields including cold bending and construction of offshore mounts for wind mills. The company is cooperating with Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk and ScanWind to construct land-based wind mills.

[edit] External links

• Aker Verdal web site
• Aker Kværner page on Verdal
• Norwegian Centre of Expertise of Water Technology's presentation of Aker Kværner

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