Smart Logistics and Future Industry will move into Herøya this autumn. Yara uses Telenor's 5G pilot network to test digital logistics and loading operations in the industrial park.

In mid-May, Inovyn took over the 'Venus project' from the project organisation. An expansion project that safeguards workplaces at the company.

‘Work for Everyone is Job Number One’. This old slogan is just as relevant as ever, summarising as it does the values underlying the foundations Tor Morten Thorsen and John Øivind Selmer have laid down in the Herøya Arbeiderforening (Herøya Workers’ Association), (HAF).

“Here, only the clouds obscure the sun. This ought to be the ideal building for solar energy,” reckons Skjalg Aasland, Vice President Facilities and Development at Herøya Industripark AS.

“We now have to rename the ‘REC 1 and 2 buildings’ the ‘NEL buildings’,” say a happy team from Herøya Industripark AS and NEL, who are meeting up for an inspection at the industrial hall.

Start-up company Funzionano, originating from SINTEF, has devised the formula for an exciting new project after just over a year working on piloting processes at Herøya Research Park

Asunción (Suni) Aranda, of the Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), heads up the AlSiCal project, the aim of which is to develop and verify a technology for reducing the environmental impact from the production of aluminium, silica and calcium carbonate.

“I thought basing production at Herøya was a good choice,” says Jens Lehrmann, new general manager at Seram Coatings. “I have every confidence in the site – it’s a place where there’s plenty of access to skilled personnel who have experience of new industry.”

Every year sees the arrival of a selection of students who have competed for one of the few summer work experience placements at companies at Herøya Research Park. 14 students are working at Yara Technology and Equinor.