Eltek

Eltek ASA
Type Public (OSE: ELT)
Industry Electronics
Headquarters Drammen, Norway
Number of locations 39
Area served Global
Key people Jørgen Larsen (CEO)
Erik Thorsen (Chairman)
Products Energy systems
Transmission systems
Revenue NOK 4,000 million (2010)
Employees 3,526 (2010)
Subsidiaries Eltek Valere
Website eltek.com

Eltek ASA (OSE: ELT) is a global power conversion specialist that develop and market energy systems for telecom, renewable energy, electric vehicles and industrial applications. They also offer other information and communication related services The company is based in Drammen, Norway. Eltek carries out the main part of its business through their company Eltek Valere and it's subsidiaries.

History

The company dates back to 1970. In 1998 it was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.[1][2] In 2007 the company bought the United States based Valere Power[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Eltek. "History". http://www.eltek.com/wip4/detail.epl?cat=9331. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  2. ^ Financial Times (2006-05-30). "FT MARKETS: Arcelor and Severstal merger sparks anger". http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=eltek&y=0&aje=true&x=0&id=060530000777&ct=0&nclick_check=1. 
  3. ^ Dagens Næringsliv (2007-04-16). "Eltek med storkjøp" (in Norwegian). http://www.dn.no/forsiden/borsMarked/article1069880.ece. 
  4. ^ The Dallas Morning News (2007-04-16). "Norwegian company to buy Valere Power". http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/041707dnbusvalerebrf.182308ff.html.