Orkel AS is a Norwegian company that produces

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. Orkel is located in

Orkland Municipality Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

, in close vicinity to

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

. The company was established in 1949 by Johan Gjønnes. It is one of the largest industrial companies in the county of

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. Orkel is, together with

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. The main product in the international market is the

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. Orkel exports the compactor to more than 40 countries. The company is one of the biggest manufacturers in its segment in Norway

History

At a certain time, Orkel sold the mower and other forage equipment division to Slovenian manufacturer SIP

References

External links

* * https://www.sip.si/ Manufacturing companies established in 1945 Construction equipment manufacturers of Norway Companies based in Trøndelag 1945 establishments in Norway Orkland {{manufacturing-company-stub