Nøsted & AS
Nøsted & is a family-owned Norwegian industrial company with head office in Mandal, Norway. The company was founded by Alf Nøsted in 1939 when he established Norsk Kjettingindustri - Alf Nøsted AS in Mandal. Since then, the company has grown steadily through organic growth and acquisitions and is today a global company with appr. 370 employees developing, manufacturing, and delivering solutions for multiple purposes across the world. Our biggest product segments are: Traction products for forestry and construction equipment, tractors, and heavy transport. Lifting chains for the offshore industry, trawl chains for trawlers, and mooring chains for fish farms. Tractor implements, different types for forestry and road maintenance.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Forestry
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
About Us
Our brands
Nøsted & manufactures and delivers goods and services under the brand names Igland, Trygg, and Fram. We also produce and sell Slingmax, a high-quality synthetic fiber round sling for lifting operations, and we distribute Yoke lifting & material handling equipment.
Nøsted & has for over 80 years produced chains under the brand name TRYGG. TRYGG is a world leader, and is designed, developed and produced at Norway’s only chain factory. The 10,000 sqm chain factory located at the outlet of the Mandal River produces chains for use in transport, agriculture, construction, forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, industry, oil and offshore.
The TRYGG portfolio consists of a wide range of chains for wheeled vehicles, from smaller vehicles to the largest construction and forestry machines. TRYGG forest belts were introduced in the autumn of 2020 and are the result of several years of testing and development.