ABS Group Concludes Acquisition Of Safetec Nordic AS
ABS Group of Companies, Inc. concluded its acquisition of Safetec Nordic AS, with a signing ceremony attended by senior ABS, ABS Group and Safetec management in Trondheim, Norway, on 5 January 2012. ABS chairman Robert D. Somerville commented: “We are pleased to be closing the Safetec acquisition. This is an agreement which will enable ABS Consulting to enhance the delivery of services and programmes that meet our client’s challenges today and tomorrow.”
(Standing – left to right) Tony Nassif, ABS Group CEO and president; Robert D. Somerville, ABS and ABS Group chairman; Jan Morten Ertsaas, Safetec CEO and (sitting – left to right) Professor Jan Erik Vinnem; Jon Daniel Nesje, Safetec Board Chairman; David Walker, ABS Consulting President, attendend the agreement signing bringing Safetec into the ABS Consulting organisation.
Important Step
According to Somerville the acquisition represented an important step in equipping ABS Consulting to meet the increasingly complex challenges in the offshore sectors. Safetec CEO Jan Morten Ertsaas said: “The resources of Safetec complement those of ABS Consulting, resulting in an enhanced service offering to clients.” Safetec has provided integrated safety, risk and asset lifecycle management services to customers in the offshore, marine and land-based industries for almost thirty years. The acquisition of Safetec will broaden the range of solutions and services provided to ABS Consulting’s offshore customers as well as strengthen its presence along the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the North Sea, wider European markets and with Norwegian clients operating in the oil and gas industry around the world.