Norwegian Talc AS is a manufacturer of

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located in

Knarrevik Knarrevik or Knarrvika is a village in Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Byfjorden on the eastern coast of the island of Litlesotra, just north of the village of Straume. The western end of the Sotra Bri ...

Fjell Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern ...

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. It is owned by

Omya Omya is a producer of industrial minerals, mainly fillers and pigments derived from calcium carbonate and dolomite, and a worldwide distributor of specialty chemicals. The company's major markets are forest products (fiber-based products such as ...

History

In 1989, the company, which at the time had plants in Knarrevik, Altermark in

Mo i Rana (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ) or (and unofficially , ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city, and the administrative centre of Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just sou ...

and in Framfjord in

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, was sold to the Engstrøm Group of Sweden. Previously, the company had been owned by the Horn family of Bergen.

References

Manufacturing companies of Norway Companies based in Hordaland Fjell {{Norway-company-stub