VARD is one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels. Headquartered in Norway and with approximately 8,000 employees, VARD operates six strategically located shipbuilding facilities, including three in Norway, two in Romania and one in Vietnam. Through its specialized subsidiaries, VARD develops power and automation systems, deck handling equipment, and vessel accommodation solutions, and provides design and engineering services to the global maritime industry.
VARD’s long shipbuilding traditions, cutting-edge innovation and technology coupled with its global operations and track record in constructing complex and highly customized vessels have earned it recognition from industry players and enabled it to build strong relationships with its customers.
VARD was listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange on 12 November 2010. Majority shareholder Fincantieri Oil & Gas S.p.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of FINCANTIERI S.p.A., owns 79.2% in the Group. Headquartered in Trieste, Italy, FINCANTIERI is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and has, over its 200 years of maritime history, built more than 7,000 vessels.
Skretting is a global leader in providing innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions and services for the aquaculture industry. Skretting has production facilities on five continents, and manufactures and delivers high quality feeds from hatching to harvest for more than 60 species. The total annual production volume of feed is more than 3 million tonnes. The head office is located in Stavanger, Norway. Skretting is the aquaculture division of Nutreco. Our purpose is Feeding the Future.
Marine Harvest is the world's leading seafood company. We offer our customers and consumers a wide range of seafood products and produce one fourth of the world's farmed salmon.
Marine Harvest has salmon farming and processing activities in Norway, Chile, Scotland, Canada, Ireland and the Faroes. Value adding processing activities take place in the US, Canada, Chile, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech republic, Poland, Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. In addition Marine Harvest has several sales offices worldwide.
The company is present in 24 countries and has 13 233 employees worldwide. It is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and traded over the counter in the US (MHGVY).