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Norske Skogindustrier ASA or Norske Skog, (OSE: NSG) which translates as Norwegian Forest Industries, is a Norwegian pulp and paper company based in Oslo, Norway and etablished in 1962. The corporation is the worlds largest producer of newspaper (Newsprint) and magazine paper with 18 mills around the world. Image File history File links Norske_Skog_Logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by relatively few individuals. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... View of most of BÃ¦rum from Holmenkollen in Oslo County Akershus District Viken Municipality NO-0209 Administrative centre Sandvika Mayor (2005) Odd Reinsfelt (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 334 192 kmÂ² 189 kmÂ² 0. ... An International Paper mill in South Carolina The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Sweden, Finland) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). ... Newsprint is low-cost, low-quality, non-archival paper. ... 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 Green_Arrow_Up_(Darker). ... 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. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... 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 website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... An International Paper mill in South Carolina The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Sweden, Finland) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). ... 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 kmÂ² 426 kmÂ² 0. ... Newsprint is low-cost, low-quality, non-archival paper. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... Paper is a thin material produced by the amalgamation of fibres, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. ...

History

Norske Skog started up in 1962 with the construction of a paper mill at Skogn in Norway, with the plant opening in 1966 and a second paper machine in 1967. Half the capital for the project was ussued by the Norwegian Forest Owners’ Federation. In 1972 Norske Skog started a cooperation with Follum Fabrikker in Hønefoss. By 1989 Norske Skog had acquired Follum Fabrikker and Union in Skien as well as Saugbrugsforeningen in Halden. With this Norske Skog controlled all the pulp and paper mills in Norway. International Paper Companys Kraft paper mill in Georgetown, South Carolina. ... Skogn is a former municipality in Nord-TrÃ¸ndelag county, Norway. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Norske Skog Follum is a paper mill located in HÃ¸nefoss in Norway. ... HÃ¸nefoss is a town in Norway, administratively part of, and also centre of, the municipality Ringerike. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norske Skog Union was a paper mill located in Skien in Norway. ... Norske Skog Saugbrugs is a paper mill located in Halden in Norway. ... County Ã˜stfold District Municipality NO-0101 Administrative centre Halden Mayor (2003) Per Kristian Dahl (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 173 642 kmÂ² 596 kmÂ² 0. ...

The first international acquisition came in 1992 when Papeteries de Golbey in Lorraine, France. Norske Skog later bought the entire plant in 1995. Norske Skog expanded with pruchases in Austria in 1996 and the Czech Republic in 1997. In 1998 Norske skog purchased mills in Thailand and the Republic of Korea. . 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In 2000 Norske Skog bought the British Columbia based Fletcher Challenge Canada with nine mills and Pacifica Papers (formerly MacMillan Bloedel) and created NorskeCanada. By 2006 Norske Skog had sold its shares in NorskeCanada and the company has changed its name to Catalyst Paper Corporation. This article is about the year 2000. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English de facto (none stated in law) Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area... Fletcher Challenge was formerly one of the largest companies in New Zealand, with holdings in construction, forestry and building, initially within New Zealand and then internationally. ... MacMillan Bloedel, sometimes referred to as MacBlo, was a huge forestry company headquatered in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... NorskeCanada (formerly Norske Skog Canada) is an Canadian pulp and paper company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Catalyst Paper Corporation was founded in 1946 as British Columbia Forest Products Limited. ...

In September 2005 it acquired the Asian company PanAsia, in turn making Norske Skog Asia's largest producer of newsprint and magazine paper.

List of mills

Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Norske Skog Follum is a paper mill located in HÃ¸nefoss in Norway. ... HÃ¸nefoss is a town in Norway, administratively part of, and also centre of, the municipality Ringerike. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Norske Skog Skogn is a paper mill located in Levanger in Norway. ... County Nord-TrÃ¸ndelag District Innherad Municipality NO-1719 Administrative centre Levanger Mayor (2005) Odd-Eiliv Thraning (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 172 645 kmÂ² 610 kmÂ² 0. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Norske Skog Saugbrugs is a paper mill located in Halden in Norway. ... County Ã˜stfold District Municipality NO-0101 Administrative centre Halden Mayor (2003) Per Kristian Dahl (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 173 642 kmÂ² 596 kmÂ² 0. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Norske Skog Parenco is a paper mill located in Renkum in the Netherlands. ... Renkum is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Bruck an der Mur is a city in the Austrian province of Styria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... (RÃ©gion flag) (RÃ©gion logo) Location Administration Capital Metz Regional President Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS) (since 2004) Departments Meurthe-et-Moselle Meuse Moselle Vosges Arrondissements 19 Cantons 157 Communes 2,337 Statistics Land area1 23,547 kmÂ² Population (Ranked 11th) - January 1, 2005 est. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Duisburg is a German city and port in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... ConcepciÃ³n (Spanish for conception, in reference to the Immaculate Conception of Roman Catholic dogma) is the name of several towns and cities in Latin America: ConcepciÃ³n, Chile ConcepciÃ³n, Santander, Colombia ConcepciÃ³n, Campeche, Mexico ConcepciÃ³n, Tabasco, Mexico ConcepciÃ³n, Paraguay ConcepciÃ³n, Zulia State, Venezuela And... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Albury is the name of several places: Australia: Albury, New South Wales United Kingdom: Albury, Hertfordshire, England Albury, Surrey, England Canada: Albury, Ontario, Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Joseon (ì¡°ì„ , æœé®®, also ChosÅn) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: The first Korean kingdom, Gojoseon, existed from 2333 BC to 108 BC. Korea was known as Joseon during the Joseon Dynasty from 1392 AD to 1910 AD. Korea under Japanese rule was named ChÅsen... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wu (Long-short): ZÃ¥nhae; Shanghainese (IPA): ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the eighth largest in the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... Sing Buri is a town in Thailand, capital of the Sing Buri province. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ... Geography The province is part of the Honam region, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea, on the north by South Chungcheong Province, on the south by South Jeolla, and on the east by North and South Gyeongsang Provinces. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ... Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong) is a province in the centre of South Korea. ...

Former mills

Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Norske Skog Union was a paper mill located in Skien in Norway. ... County Telemark District Grenland Municipality NO-0806 Administrative centre Skien Mayor (2005) Rolf Erling Andersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 140 779 kmÂ² 719 kmÂ² 0. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... County Nord-Trøndelag Landscape Innherad Municipality NO-1724 Administrative centre Malm Mayor (2004) Robert Bjørk (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 182 602 km² 558 km² 0. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Tofte is a village in the municipality of Hurum, Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Crofton, British Columbia, Canada, is a small town that is part of the District of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Elk Falls is a city located in Elk County, Kansas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Port Alberni, British Columbia is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... See: Powell River (Virginia) Powell River, British Columbia Categories: Disambiguation | Stub ...

External links

OBX companies of Norway

Acergy • Aker • Aker Kværner • Awilco Offshore • DnB NOR • DNO • Fred. Olsen Energy • Frontline • Norske Skog •
Norsk Hydro • Ocean Rig • Orkla • Pan Fish • Petroleum Geo-Services • Prosafe • SeaDrill • Statoil • Storebrand •
Subsea 7 • Tandberg • Tandberg Television • Telenor • TGS-NOPEC • Tomra • Yara
See also: Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... OBX Index is a list of the 25 most liquid companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange main index. ... Acergy (OSE: ACY, NASDAQ: ACGY) is a Norwegian offshore seabed to surface engineering and construction company previously know as Stolt Offshore and Stolt Nielsen Seaway and was part of the Stolt-Nielsen Group until 2005. ... Aker (OSE: AKER) is a Norwegian holding company engaged within offshore, fishing, construction and engineering. ... Aker KvÃ¦rner is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. ... DnB NOR is Norways largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1. ... DNO ASA (OSE: DNO) originally Det norske oljeselskap is Norways fourth largest petroleum company with upstream operations in the North Sea, Middle East and Africa. ... Fred. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian oil and energy and integrated aluminium company, headquartered in Oslo. ... The Orkla Group is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate which regards the Nordic region as its domestic market. ... Pan Fish (OSE: PAN) is a Norwegian seafood and fish farm company with operations in Norway, Scotland, France, Faroe Islands, Canada and Japan. ... Petroleum Geo-Services ASA NYSE: PGS, an oilfield service company, provides geophysical services worldwide and floating production services in the North Sea. ... Prosafe OSE: PRS is the world leader in semi-submersible accommodation and service rigs and a large operator of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO). ... SeaDrill (OSE: SDRL) is a Norwegian-Bermuda offshore oil drill operating company with operations in Brunei, Congo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Thailand and the UK. The company operates Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels, Semi-submersibles, Jack ups, Tender rigs, Semi Tenders and Drillships. ... A Statoil petrol station sign in Estonia Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. ... The Storebrand Group (Storebrand ASA) is a financial services company with home market in Norway. ... Subsea 7 (OSE: SUB) is a Norwegian subsea engineering and construction company. ... For other Tandbergs see Tandberg (disambiguation) Tandberg is a manufacturer of videoconferencing systems, located in Oslo, Norway (product development, sales and distribution) and New York City, USA (sales and distribution). ... Tandberg Television is a manufacturer of digital television broadcast systems, located in Oslo, Norway. ... Telenor (OSE: TEL, NASDAQ: TELN) is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. ... TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Systems (OSE: TGS) often branded as TGS is a Norwegian geoscience data, software and service provider. ... Tomra Systems ASA is a Norwegian company producing, selling and operating reverse vending machines, used to sort and collect empty beverage containers for recycling. ... Norwegian company Yara is a world leading supplier of plant nutrients in the form of mineral fertilizers. ...

Encyclopedia > Norske Skog

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History

List of mills

Former mills

External links