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Company: Con-Form
Revenue 2011: NOK 570 million
Industry: Concrete prefabrication
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VII
Ownership: 61%
Entry: April 20, 2012
Web: con-form.no
Contact RCO:

Narve Reiten
Morten Viksøy

Con-Form
The leading Nordic provider of building envelopes based on prefabricated concrete elements

Established in 1982, Con-Form has grown to become the leading provider of building envelopes based on prefabricated concrete elements for the apartment and hotel construction markets in Norway and Sweden. Uncovered need for housing in the larger cities in Norway and Sweden is large. Con-Form offers a high quality solution that is time saving, space and energy efficient and reduces the number of construction workers needed on the construction site. Con-Form has around 320 employees in Oslo, Trondheim, Vest Agder, Stockholm and Gothenburg with factories in Bergen, Lunde, Orkanger, Strömstad and Töcksfors.

 


Company: Competentia
Revenue 2011: NOK 1 billion
Industry: Oil & Gas, Engineering
Fund: Reiten & Co Capital Partners VII

Ownership:

51 %
Entry: April 11, 2012
Web: competentia.com
Contact RCO:

Bård Brath Ingerø
Vidar Lundberg

Competentia
An international supplier of high-end oil&gas engineering personnel

Competentia is a consulting business, providing highly skilled project management and engineering personnel to oil and gas companies world wide. The company was originally a provider of temporary staff that has developed into a consulting firm with technological expertise within FPSO and LNG Gas projects and with a strong growth story. The company is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, with operations in the UK, Australia, Korea and Japan. Competentia plans to open offices in several other key oil and gas locations in the near future. Total revenues in 2011 reached NOK 1 billion. The company was established in 1998 and now employs 400 people.

 

 


Company: StormGeo
Revenue 2010: NOK 78 million
Industry: Weather forecasting and risk management
Fund: Reiten & Co Capital Partners VII

Ownership:

68 %
Entry: May 25 2011
Web: stormgeo.com
Contact RCO:

Christian Melby
André C. Weiss

StormGeo
The leading Scandinavian provider of decision support systems for weather critical operations.

StormGeo provides weather forecasting services and decision support systems for weather critical operations. The company serves customers in industries such as offshore oil & gas, renewable energy, media, and shipping. The company has above 80 employees in 8 offices around the world: Bergen (HQ), Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Aberdeen, Houston, and Baku.

StormGeo benefits from a direct exposure to climate changes and extreme weather. With its strong track record in Scandinavia, the company is now expanding globally.

 



Company: Webstep
Revenue 2010: NOK 265 million
Industry: IT consulting
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VII
Ownership: 62,5 %
Entry: April 12 2011
Web: webstep.no 
Contact RCO: Christian Melby
Vidar Lundberg
Webstep

Webstep is an IT-consultancy delivering IT-consultants to medium and large businesses in a broad range of industries. The company specializes in delivering highly skilled senior consultants with strong references. Webstep was established in 2000 and has now reached 220 employees. The company has offices in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim. The last three years, the Great Place to Work® Institute has selected Webstep as one of the best places to work in Norway in the category Medium Sized Enterprises. 



Company: Basefarm
Revenue 2010: NOK 276 million
Industry: IT outsourcing
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VII
Ownership: 72%
Entry: November 27 2009
Web: basefarm.com
Contact RCO: Christian Melby
Ivar Blekastad
Basefarm
The leader in hosting of business-critical internet applications.

The company provides operational services to businesses that use the internet as an important customer channel. Basefarm specialises in operating internet services with high levels of traffic and complexity, such as portals, web newspapers, streaming services, search services and online shopping solutions. Basefarm has 190 employees and has offices in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The company is fast growing, and has experienced 25% annual growth since 2006.



Company: Data Respons
Revenue 2010: NOK 708 million
Industry: IT solutions
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VII
Ownership: 24,1%
Entry: May 2009
Web: datarespons.no      
Contact RCO: Kathryn M. Baker
Harald Tøsti
Ivar Blekastad
Data Respons
A knowledge-based technology company and a leading European player in the embedded solutions market.

Data Respons develops high-tech embedded solutions for world-leading companies in a range of market segments such as telecom, energy, offshore, defence, medical and transportation. The company offers customised solutions to suit customers' specific requirements. Data Respons was established in 1986 and has operations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Taiwan and China.


Company: Brubakken
Revenue 2010: NOK 251 million
Industry: Material handling
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VII
Ownership: 86,4%
Entry: April 17 2008
Web:

brubakken.no                

Contact RCO: Bård Brath Ingerø
Morten Viksøy
Brubakken
The largest independent supplier of material handling machinery in Norway.

Brubakken is a flexible full service provider which imports, sells and rents forklift trucks and other material handling machinery to Norwegian industrial companies. The company has an installed base of 1500 rental machines consisting of warehouse forklifts, counterbalance forklifts and large trucks. Brubakken represents Nissan and Konecranes SMV in addition to other suppliers and have short and long term contracts with large customers with recurring revenues.

Brubakken was established more than 50 years ago in Porsgrunn. It has 14 locations in Norway in addition to an affiliate in Sweden, with a total of 93 employees.

 


 

Company: QuestBack
Revenue 2010: NOK 140 million
Industry: Software
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VII
Ownership: 68,0%
Entry: April 2 2008
Web:

questback.com                

Contact RCO:

Terje Bakken
Ivar Blekastad

QuestBack
A European leader within online survey solutions.

QuestBack offers leading edge software as a service (SaaS), providing clients a state of the art "Ask & Act" service within Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) - creating, distributing and follow-up with online surveys. QuestBack enables users to Ask the right questions, to the right people, at the right time in order to obtain business critical feedback from employees, customers, partners and other professional relations. Unique Act functionality allows for direct dialogue and action based on the knowledge gained. QuestBack is recognized as a Magic Quadrant vendor within Social CRM by Gartner, and is known for both user friendly  and state of the art innovative solutions. 

QuestBack has enjoyed considerable growth since its launch in 2000. The Company currently has an international presence in more than 23 locations and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The customer base includes small and medium sized businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies. There are QuestBack users in more than 5000 organizations in 50 countries around the world.

 


Malthus Ormen Lange

Company: Malthus
Revenue 2010: NOK 611 million
Industry: Modular buildings
Fund: Reiten & Co
Capital Partners VI
Ownership: 61,6%
Entry: November 22 2006
Web:

malthus.no                

Contact RCO: Bård Brath Ingerø
Morten Viksøy
Malthus
Norway’s leading rental supplier of portable building solutions to the civil engineering market and the public sector.

Malthus is the largest rental company for portable buildings in Norway. The company is recognized as a world-leader within design, development and operation of large construction camps. Historically, Malthus has provided the camps for large projects like Ormen Lange at Aukra and Norsk Hydro's Sunndalsøra development. Malthus is also an important supplier of portable buildings to the public sector. Both kindergartens, schools and homes for the elderly are rented to Norwegian municipalities.

In addition, the company is a market leader within sales of man access platforms and building equipment. The company manufactures its own formwork system at its plant in Figgjo, Norway. 

Malthus was established more than 30 years ago in Stavanger. Today, it has 13 branch offices across Norway and subsidiaries in Sweden, Estonia, Russia and Canada with a total of 225 employees.

 


Airlift B3

Company: Blueway AS
Revenue 2010: NOK 526 million
Industry: Helicopter services
Fund: Reiten & Co Capital Partners VI

Ownership:

60,0%
Entry: November 1 2006
Web: blueway.no           
Contact RCO:

Terje Bakken
Vidar Lundberg

 
Blueway
Northern Europe’s leading helicopter company.

Blueway is Northern Europe’s leading multiservice helicopter company with global reach and has provided helicopter services since 1986. Blueway currently operates a fleet of 32 helicopters, of which 21 are owned by the group. In addition 3 large and 3 medium next generation offshore helicopters are on order. Blueway offers leading edge services within Offshore, Search and Rescue, Infrastructure and Environment. Offshore is the group’s largest business area representing 54% of revenue in 2010. Search and Rescue represented 12% and Onshore (Infrastructure and Environment combined) 34%.

Blueway has operative units in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Nigeria. In addition, Vertech Offshore provides worldwide offshore services.

 


Notabene

Company: Notabene
Revenue 2010: NOK 653 million
Industry: Retail
Fund: Reiten & Co Capital Partners VI

Ownership:

60,0%
Entry: May 24 2006
Web: notabene.no
Contact RCO:

Christian Melby
John M. Bjerkan
Morten Viksøy

Notabene
One of the top book and gift store chains in Norway.

Notabene was established in 1985 and is headquartered in Drammen, Norway. Notabene has approximately 140 stores in Norway. In addition, the company has 2 shops in Sweden and 9 in Poland. 

Notabene’s uniqueness is its activities within sourcing of non-book goods and distribution through shopping centers. Apart from niche players, Notabene achieves higher profit margins than the other main players in the Norwegian bookstore market. The company is also the fastest growing bookstore chain in the Norwegian market.

 


Zalaris money

Company: Zalaris Business Services AS
Revenue 2010: NOK 213 million
Industry: Outsourcing Services
Fund: Nordic Capital Partners IV

Ownership:

50,5%
Entry: November 15 2000
Web: zalaris.no
Contact RCO:

Narve Reiten
Harald Tøsti

 
Zalaris
A leading Nordic provider of business process outsourcing services within HR, personnel and payroll.

Zalaris is an outsourcing partner for larger Nordic corporations and municipalities offering customers reduced payroll and administrative process costs, in addition to improved quality and broader functionality. Zalaris is the only Nordic SAP partner for BPO and HRO, and offers SAP HR consulting services. The company has 270 employees and offices in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and India. Headquarter is in Oslo.

Since summer 2009, Zalaris has signed several new outsourcing agreements with a combined value of more than 200 million NOK. Zalaris now has approximately 60 different customers and 100,000 payrolls processed on a monthly basis across the Nordic region.

 

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Neas

Company: NEAS ASA
Revenue 2010: NOK 520 million
Industry: Facility management
Fund: Nordic Capital Partners IV

Ownership:

48,3%
Entry: May 15 2000
Web: neas.no
Contact RCO: Narve Reiten
Harald Tøsti
 
NEAS
A full service facility management company.

NEAS is a leading Norwegian advisor, outsourcing partner and supplier of property related services. The company manages and operates approximately 4.3 million square meters within 1,500 properties. In total, there are 6,000 tenants in the 1,500 properties that are managed and operated by NEAS. NEAS offers a wide range of property related services and solutions to property owners, developers and tentants.  NEAS has a broad coverage in Norway with offices in Oslo (Head office), Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Sarpsborg, Gjøvik and Grenland. In addition, NEAS has an office in Luleå, Sweden. NEAS currently employs more than 300 full time employees.

NEAS ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has a high quality investor base. For more information, please visit www.neas.no or www.neas.no/inv.html.

 

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SPIS Grilstad kjøttmat

Company: SPIS Grilstad AS
Revenue 2010: NOK 1883 million
Industry: Meat processing
Fund: Nordic Capital Partners II

Ownership:

35,1%
Entry: May 27 1998
Web:

spis.no
grilstad.no

Contact RCO: Terje Bakken
 
SPIS Grilstad
The largest private meat production and processing company in Norway.

SPIS Grilstad's main customers are retail store chains and wholesale industrial consumers. The company currently has 10 production facilities across Norway and Sweden and distribution in all the major Norwegian grocery chains.

The merger between SPIS and Grilstad (March 2007) secures a position as a credible end-to-end supplier of meat products with 750 employees and revenues in excess of NOK 2 billion. The long-term strategy of consolidating the meat industry has been realised with more than 20 companies merged into the group.