Jørn-Inge Throndsen

Klinger Westad AS is a Norwegian company that manufactures butterfly valves. The private company is based in Modum, Norway. The company was founded in 1895 by Daniel Westad. The CEO is Jørn-Inge Throndsen.

Westad Industri AS manufactures valves to local pulp and paper industry. It designs double- and triple offset butterfly valves in preferred materials for chemicals and other critical applications. The company was founded by Daniel Westad in 1895 and is headquartered in Geithus, Norway.

Part of ABB Ltd., ABB AS is a Norwegian company that manufactures electrification products, robots and propulsion systems. The company is based in Billingstad, Norway. The CEO of the company is Steffen Waal.

Valco Group (former Flowtech Division of Technor) is producing and providing industrial valves for a wide range of industrial applications. The head office is located in Sandnes, Norway. The Group has two operational companies in Norway (Westad Industri AS and Valco Valves & Automation AS) and also three operational companies in France (Malbranque SAS, SNRI SAS and Valco Valve Services SAS). Valco Group have valves and related products and services for applications worldwide within Marine sector, Oil & Gas upstream, Oil & Gas downstream and Energy & Industry. Valco Group's product portfolio contains strong and well established valve brands from in-house production as well as provision of third party products. Their experience has demonstrated its capability to handle the combination of high pressure and low temperatures. They are also involved in providing products which covers sour services as well as any type of applications where product quality matters. Over the last few years substantial investments in production equipment has been allocated to its facilities in Norway and France. These have been justified by its ambitions to grow its business in the European home market as well as maintain and expand its business on the global market place. Restructuring and repositioning is its every day topic, as they are looking forward and taking full advantage on demonstrated performance within different branches of the energy sector.