Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), the leading global subsea sensor equipment and solutions provider, has appointed a new general manager in Norway as the company targets the offshore energy, infrastructure and marine science markets in the country and across central Europe.
Oskar Tveit joins STR with a wealth of subsea experience and has worked for several of the company’s key clients, including most recently Solstad.
Supporting Oskar in Norway is James Whyte, a technical operations team leader, who is relocating from STR’s base in Aberdeen. STR plans to increase its headcount into double figures in Norway within two years, with a focus on developing local talent.
Oskar said: “I have had huge respect for STR’s technology and services for many years from the client side and I am proud to be leading the business in Norway. STR has made significant investments in its facilities, people and equipment, building one of the world's largest sensor technology fleets, enabled by its own in-house product range. This allows us to offer clients a differentiated service while helping them optimise project costs. Being in Norway will provide an additional gateway into supporting our central European clients.”
STR’s new Norway Technology and Service hub will be located at Åkrehamn, close to key customers in Haugesund and Stavanger. The custom designed facility will be 1,000 sqm with STR investing more than NOK 70,000,000 (around £5m) in the base, equipment fleet and organisation in 2025. The workshop will include workstations for both electronic sensor technology and mechanical tooling.
Steve Steele, CEO, said: “Developing a leading sensor, mechanical tooling and inspection service offering in Norway is part of our organic growth strategy. In the last few years, we have become a trusted international provider of subsea sensor technology and services across the offshore energy, infrastructure and marine science markets.
“Oskar is vastly experienced, having spent time with several of our key clients in Norway and is very much respected across the industry. Establishing a technology and service hub in the country provides us with a fantastic opportunity to better service a suite of new customers in Norway as well as those in Denmark, Sweden and across Europe.”
Norway expands STR’s global presence, adding to its technology and service facilities in Aberdeen, Great Yarmouth, Houston, Perth and Singapore -with further expansion on the horizon.
Over the past three years, the company has doubled its headcount to 115 people and expects to add another 20 in the coming year, driving growth through strategic acquisitions.
