Aker Kværner Verdal

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Aker Kværner Verdal AS

Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Verdal, Norway
Key people	Helge Støre Rosenlund (CEO)
Industry	Shipyard
Products	Jackets
Revenue	NOK 1,016 million (2005)
Employees	700 (2006)
Parent	Aker Kværner
Website	www.akerverdal.no

Aker Kværner Verdal formerly known as Aker Verdal is a construction yard for large steel constructions and substructures for offshore oil platforms. The yard is owned by Aker Kværner and is located in Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

The yard was opened in 1970 and was owned by the Aker Group until the offshore section was demerged to Aker Martime. After the merge between Kværner and Aker Martime in 2005 the yard changed its name to Aker Kværner Verdal. Since 1975 Aker Verdal has delivered 33 jackets as well as bridges, flare towers, loading bouys, modules and decks as well as subsea templates have been delivered. The yard has Europe's largest fleet of cranes.

The company has five wholly owned subsidaries: Aker Kværner Cold Bending, Aker Kværner Jacket Technology, Aker FDV, Aker Kværner Industributikk and Aker Kværner Sakkyndig virksomhet. The company has ventured into fields including cold bending and construction of offshore mounts for wind mills. The company is cooperating with Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk and ScanWind to construct land-based wind mills.

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Aker Group

Companies: Aker ASA • Aker American Shipping • Aker Capital • Aker Drilling • Aker Floating Production • Aker Kværner • Aker Material Handling • Aker Seafoods • Aker Yards
Yards: Aker Aukra • Aker Brattvaag • Aker Brevik • Aker Finnyards • Aker Kværner Egersund • Aker Kværner Stord • Aker Kværner Verdal • Aker Langsten • Aker Ostsee • Aker Philadelphia Shipyard • Aker Promar • Aker Søviknes • Aker Tulcea • Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Defunct companies: Aker Maritime • Kværner • Resource Group International
People: Kjell Inge Røkke
See also: Category:Aker Group