Aftenbladet has previously called Eigerøy of the Silicon Island. A handful of high-tech companies located here. Now, the goal is to make Navtor to number one in the world in the course of a few years.
It began in 1946 with the Robertson Radio Electronics. The legacy of Torleif Robertson currently consists of a handful of technology companies. They have had different ownership and different names over the years, but Egersund has a technology environment that extends 70 years back in time.
If one name shall be drawn up in addition to Robertson, then it is probably Tor A. Svanes. In the 1980s he started the company C-Map. The success was noticed and a few years ago was C-Map acquired by american Jeppesen, which have flyfabrikanten Boeing as the owner. Eventually the frame was too tight, something that consumed the patience of the C-Map-founders from Egersund. In 2011, ” said Svanes thank you. So did several other key personnel. Their new company got the name Navtor. Management consists of Svanes and Bjørn Åge Hjøllo. The capital found at Smedvig.
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