Elkem AS

Type	Private
Founded	1904
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Key people	John G. Thuestad (CEO)
Industry	Metal
Products	Aluminum and Silicon
Revenue	NOK 9,128 million (2005)
Operating income	NOK 1,154 million (2005)
Employees	3,056 (2006)
Parent	Orkla
Website	http://www.elkem.com

Elkem is one of Norway's largest industrial companies, and one of the world's leading suppliers of metals and materials. The companies main products are aluminium, energy and silicon as well as specialised products such as ferrosilicon to foundries, microsilica and carbon. Elkem is part of Orkla Group and has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. Image File history File links Elkem_logo. ... This page deals with property as ownership rights. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silicon, Si, 14 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 14, 3, p Appearance dark gray, bluish tinge Atomic mass 28. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation rate 2. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation rate 2. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... The Orkla Group is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate which regards the Nordic region as its domestic market. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A company is, in general, any group of persons, which are known as its members, united to pursue a common interest. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. ... Materials are inputs to production or manufacturing. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silicon, Si, 14 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 14, 3, p Appearance dark gray, bluish tinge Atomic mass 28. ... Ferrosilicon, or ferrosilicium, is a ferroalloy, an alloy of iron and silicon. ... This article is about the factory that makes castings of metal. ... Silica fume, also known as microsilica, is a byproduct of the reduction of high-purity quartz with coke in electric arc furnaces in the production of silicon and ferrosilicon alloys. ... General Name, Symbol, Number carbon, C, 6 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14, 2, p Appearance black (graphite) colorless (diamond) Atomic mass 12. ... The Orkla Group is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate which regards the Nordic region as its domestic market. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ...

The company serves the construction, transport, engineering, packaging, aluminium, chemical and electronic industries. Elkem has 40 factories in Europe, North America, South America and Asia in addition to several hydroelectric power plants. Cranes are essential in large construction projects, such as this skyscraper In project architecture and civil engineering, construction is the building or assembly of any infrastructure. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... Packaging is the enclosing of a physical object, typically a product that will be offered for sale. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ... A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ...

History

Elkem was founded in 1904 by Sam Eyde with the intention of development of furnaces and prosesses for electro metals. In 1917 a ferroalloy plant was acquired and Elkem starts production of the Søderberg electrode. 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sam Eyde photographed in 1910. ... A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Ferroalloy refers to various alloys of less than 50 percent iron and one or more other element, manganese or silicon for example. ...

Throughout the 1960s and beyond Elkem expanded, primarily in Norway within aluminium, mining and finished products. In 1972 the company merged with Christiania Spigerverk and continued with an international expansion within ferroalloys and steel. In 1981-84 Elkem acquired Union Carbides plants in Norway and North America and in 1986 it acquires the plants at Thamshavn and Bjørvefossen. In the 2000s Elkem had acquired Icelandic Alloy, Remi Claeys Aluminium and Sapa (company). The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Between 2002 and 2005 there was an acquisition war between the US aluminium corporation Alcoa and Orkla. At the peak Alcoa owned 40% of Elkem, but Orkla succeeded at purchasing the majority of the shares and in 2005 Orkla acquired all the shares of Elkem and Elkem becomes part of Orkla Group. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is the world’s leading producer of alumina, primary and fabricated aluminium, with operations in 43 countries. ... The Orkla Group is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate which regards the Nordic region as its domestic market. ...

Operations

Aluminium

Elkems production of aluminium is operated though the partnership Elkem Aluminium ANS with Alcoa with plants at Lista and Mosjøen, both in Norway. All production is sold directly to manufacturers in Europe. Elkem finished product interests are held through the Swedish sister company Sapa. Elkem produces 283,000 tonnes of aluminium per year. Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is the world’s leading producer of alumina, primary and fabricated aluminium, with operations in 43 countries. ... Lista is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. ... Mosjøen is the centre of the municipality of Vefsn in Norway. ...

Carbon

The 1919 invention of the Søderberg electrode was Elkems entry into the carbon industry. Today Elkem produces 310,000 tonnes of carbon with the ferroalloy industry as its customers. Elkem is the worlds largest producer of carbon electrode paste. There are production plants at Kristiansand (Norway), Shizuishan City (China), Keokuk (USA) and Vitória (Brazil). County Vest-Agder District Sørlandet Municipality NO-1001 Administrative centre Kristiansand Mayor (2004) Jan Oddvar Skisland (KrF) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 287 277 km² 259 km² 0. ... Keokuk is a city located in Lee County, Iowa. ... Palácio Anchieta, former Colégio de São Tiago, in downtown Vitória is the seat of the Governor of the State of Espírito Santo reformed in 1912 by André Carloni, italian engineer contracted by Jerônimo Monteiro. ...

Energy

Elkem owns a number of hydroelectric power plants in both Norway and North America. The company has a total consumption of 8 TWh per year in Norway and an annual production of 3 TWh. The group has hydroelectrics power plants in Bremanger (Norway), Sauda (Norway), Salten (Norway), Hawks Nest (USA), Glenn Ferris (USA) and Chicoutimi (Canada). The terawatt hour (TW·h) is a unit for measuring energy. ... The terawatt hour (TW·h) is a unit for measuring energy. ... County Rogaland Landscape Ryfylke Municipality NO-1135 Administrative centre Sauda Mayor (2003) Laura Seltveit (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 195 546 km² 509 km² 0. ... A scenic view of the New River Valley from Lovers Leap, in Hawks Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia Location of Hawks Nest This article is about a location in West Virginia in the United States. ... Chicoutimi was a city of 63 326 (2001 statistics) located 150 to 200 kilometres north of Quebec City on the Saguenay River in the Canadian province of Quebec. ...

Foundry products

The foundry production is served at four plants, at Bjølvefossen (Norway), Bremanger (Norway), Chicoutini (Quebec, Canada) and at Icelandic Alloys on Iceland. Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of...

Microsilica

Elkem is the worlds largest producer of microsilica, with an annual production of 130 000 tonnes.

Silicon

Elkem has silicon plants at Bremanger, Meråker, Salten and Thamshavn, all in Norway. 63% of the companies revenue is silicon-based and produces 207 000 tonnes per year. County Nord-Trøndelag Landscape Stjørdalen Municipality NO-1711 Administrative centre MerÃ¥ker Mayor (2003) BÃ¥rd LangsÃ¥vold (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 74 1,274 km² 1,188 km² 0. ... Salten is a landscape in Northern Norway, consisting of the municipalities Meløy, Gildeskål, Bodø, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen and Hamarøy. ...

External link

• Official site