It started as a harpoon factory in 1912, in a part of Norway where every single port had its own shipyard. Throughout the ages, the building and operating of ships has been an important source for Norwegian expertise in industry and trade. Norway has for hundreds of years been the leading sea power in Europe, and throughout the age of the sailing ship, wooden shipbuilding flourished along the coast.

And what started with harpoons, developed in the early 1950s into extensive production of hot-dip galvanised steel structures for the century's power supply industry. Reime has produced some 70% of the high voltage transmission towers in Norway. Furthermore, new opportunities appeared in the rapidly growing market for telecommunication systems in this 2,500 kilometre long country with its dispersed population.

Until the mid 1990s, we focused mainly on design and production of hot dip galvanized towers and masts for radio link and cellular phones, and some 70% of the volume was eventually exported. Decades of experience with Norwegian landscape and weather conditions gave the company the right foundation to be able to carry out demanding assignments world wide.

A transformation of the business that started in 1996 has led to a highly internationalized business operation focusing on managerial and entrepreneurial services. By 2002, all steel production was out-sourced to various partners worldwide. Entrepreneurial services are now offered to the telecommunication industry worldwide partly directly from Reime NIS in Norway, partly through a network of fully owned subsidiaries.

Moving on into the second half of the first decade of this century, Reime Group expands further by offering its intellectual capital in the form of niche project management skills as well as software packages for monitoring and managing network rollout projects. Our experience has convinced us that professional rollout management does represent significant added value for our clients.

From a geographical market standpoint, our focus is Sub-Sahara Africa. This is why our SE-Asian subsidiaries all are in the process of de-registration whilst our footprint in Africa is expanding.