People in Ulstein

Throughout 100 years of company history, we've been the employer to generations. Meet some of them here.

Martin Ulstein (front row, left), established Ulstein Mek. Verksted in 1917. He was the grandfather of our CEO and deputy CEO.
Representatives of design, finance and ship construction - three necessary work areas to complete a shipbuilding project.
Ship designers cruising around in an X-BOW tank test model while the real thing is hovering in the background
Ship designers are extra happy everytime when having the opportunity to see and visit ‘their’ vessel, this is Nick Wessels on his way to Seven Borealis.
Project manager Per Svein Brekke and technical experts Tone Mortensen and Bjørn Røren at an inspection in our dock hall.
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Ulstein in Shanghai

​The best of two worlds

Kirk Du is marketing and sales director for Ulstein in China. With education and experience both from China and Norway, he has used his background to combine the best of two cultures - the Ulstein quality and the Chinese efficiency.
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Late CEO Idar Ulstein (1990). Photo by Dag Thorenfeldt.

Idar Ulstein: The history of Ulstein

The late Idar Ulstein, youngest son of Martin Ulstein who founded Ulstein Mek. Verksted, formed the modern Ulstein Group. He started to work in Ulstein as a 14-year-old after his father's sudden death in 1948, and was a central part of the company until he died in 2012. Here's his story.
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Employed by Ulstein in the 1970s, Solveig Erikstad is a female pioneer in welding.

First female welder

Solveig Erikstad is a pioneer, being one of the first female welders at Ulstein. Employed in 1974, she got recruited through an ad in the local newspaper, aimed at housewives. One of the baits was free kindergarten. When retiring in 2003, she had been at Ulstein for 29 years.
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