Akers mekaniske verksted
Norway
Akers mekaniske Verksted (Norwegian for "Aker Mechanical Workshop"; often abbreviated Akers mek. Verksted) was an industrial company in Oslo, Norway. It was established by the Aker River in 1841 and moved in 1854 to Holmen in Pipervika, where Aker Brygge stands today. For a long time the workshop was one of Oslo's leading industrial companies and a major player in shipbuilding and, in time, the offshore industry in Norway. In the 1950s Akers mekaniske Verksted took over several other companies, which in 1960 were gathered under the name Akergruppen. Akers mekaniske Verksted (Aker AS from 1987) became the name of the controlling holding company, while the shipyard in Vika was named Akers Verft from 1959. The shipyard closed in 1982, while the holding company lives on in today's Aker ASA.
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