Roy Kåre Appelgren

Borregaard Industries Ltd. supplies wood based chemicals and also holds positions within ingredients, fine chemicals and energy. It supplies specialty cellulose, used for further chemical processing by the customers. Borregaard has been producing ethanol by fermentation of wood sugars and is transforming more than 90% of their biomass feedstock to marketable chemicals, the final 10% of the biomass used for internal energy production. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Sarpsborg, Norway.

Norges Ingeniør- og Teknologorganisasjon operates as independent union with no party political affiliation. It organizes engineers and technologists with a degree from college and university or who have equivalent competence. The firm offers help with job applications and resume; assists with establishing networks, job application courses for new graduates, contact with elected representatives, and local groups; and also supplies information on salary levels and the employment market. The company was founded on March 1, 1936 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.