AF Gruppen ASA Overview
AF Gruppen ASA was established in the year 1985 with headquarters in Oslo, Norway. The company has operational presence in 35 countries such as Sweden, India, China, and Indonesia with 300 offices. Its diversified business is primarily focused on the civil engineering, building, property, environment, and energy and offshore. The company employs 3049 personal as of 2016.
The company has considerable and varied activities aimed at the oil and gas industry, with core areas such as the removal, dismantling and recycling of decommissioned offshore installations. AF Gruppen has built and operates Europe's most advanced reception facility for decommissioned offshore installations: Vats Environmental Base, Norway. The operation also offers offshore studies, review of hazardous waste and rig services.
The company has subsidiaries such as AF Bygg Oslo, AF Byggfornyelse, AF Bygg Østfold, AF Nybygg, AF Bygg Prosjektpartner, Strøm Gundersen, LAB and AF Bygg Sweden. AF Gruppen ASA competes with companies such as DNV GL, BP PLC, Statoil ASA, Deepocean Group and Ramboll Group A/S.
Strategy
AF Gruppen has varied activities aimed at the oil and gas industry, with core areas such as the removal, dismantling and recycling of decommissioned offshore installations, rig services, supplier of HVAC plants to offshore and marine EPCIC projects. The company also plans to attain sustainable position in several cities and expand to new regions. The offshore business area encompasses of removal and recycling of offshore installations, and also includes new building, modification and maintenance work. In addition, offshore has services related to the maintenance and modification of onshore facilities for the oil and gas industry. AF Gruppen aims to be a niche-based maintenance and modification provider for small and medium-sized deliveries for marine and offshore sectors.
