verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message aker verdal as type subsidiary industry shipyard founded 1970 headquarters verdal norway key people helge st re rosenlund ceo products jackets revenue nok 1 016 million 2005 number of employees 700 2006 parent aker solutions website www.akerverdal.no aker verdal aker verdal as formerly known as aker kv rner verdal is a construction yard for large steel constructions and substructures for offshore oil platforms . the yard is owned by aker solutions and is located in verdal in nord tr ndelag norway . the yard was opened in 1970 and was owned by the aker group until the offshore section was demerged to aker maritime . after the merge between kv rner and aker maritime in 2005 the yard changed its name to aker kv rner verdal when it was taken over by aker kv rner but changed its name back to aker verdal in 2008 with the corporate name change to aker solutions . during the 2000s aker verdal employed roughly 750 people with an annual production value of 200 million between 2000 and 2009 . 1 the main product of aker verdal is steel jackets for oil rigs . 1 since 1975 aker verdal has delivered 33 jackets as well as bridges semisubmersible flare towers loading buoys modules and decks as well as subsea templates have been delivered . the yard has europe s largest fleet of cranes . the company has five wholly owned subsidiaries aker cold bending aker jacket technology aker fdv aker industributikk and aker sakkyndig virksomhet . the company has ventured into fields including cold bending and construction of offshore mounts for wind mills . the company is cooperating with nord tr ndelag elektrisitetsverk and scanwind to construct land based wind mills . references edit a b westeren ed . knut ingar 2012 . foundations of the knowledge economy innovation learning and clusters . edward elgar publishing . pp. 64 66 . isbn 978 0 85793 771 1 . external links edit aker verdal web site aker kv rner page on verdal norwegian centre of expertise of water technology s presentation of aker kv rner v t e aker group companies aker asa aker american shipping aker arctic aker biomarine aker capital aker floating production aker holding aker material handling aker seafoods aker solutions molde fotball as defunct companies aker maritime aker yards kv rner resource group international aker drilling people kjell inge r kke leif arne lang y see also category aker group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aker verdal & oldid 606065329 categories shipyards of norwayverdalcompanies based in nord tr ndelagcompanies established in 1970aker solutions1970 establishments in norwayhidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm lnorsk nynorsk edit links this page was last modified on 27 april 2014 at 18 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view