Van Aalst Group forms service organisation in Norway

Nortek Services has already been awarded its first contract, working on a hydraulic gangway for an undisclosed Norwegian customer.

Van Aalst group and Safeway chief executive Wijnand van Aalst said the reason for forming Nortek was the rapid growth currently taking place at a number of Van Aalst companies.

Safeway has achieved success with its motion-compensated gangways and Techano in Norway has established a leading position in the development and supply of load handling and lifting equipment in the aquaculture industry.

Nortek’s range of services draws together the technical knowledge, expertise and engineering, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, maintenance and training know-how in the Van Aalst Group, which specialises in selling and renting motion-compensated gangways, pneumatic load and discharge systems and load handling and lifting equipment.

Headed by newly appointed managing director and co-founder Kjetil Vatne, Nortek Services was inaugurated on 1 June 2020.