My career in ELKEM

1975 – 1980:   Process engineer Elkem ASA Salten Verk.

Project manager water granulation of Ferro Silicon 75% Participation in startup of furnace deliveries from Elkem Engineering.

1980 – 1981:  Department Manager operation Ferro Manganese Elkem ASA PEA Porsgrunn.

1981 – 1983:       Furnace House Manager Elkem ASA Salten Verk.

1983 – 1988:       Chief Engineer Elkem ASA, Bremanger Smelteverk. Main achievements was, efficiency improvement and product development of 92% Ferro Silicon as feedstock for the Silgrain process, production startup of foundry alloys with inoculants as focus area, production startup of High Purity Ferro Silicon for electro steel sheet, MicroSilica for Oil Well cement and quality assurance system for the area of my responsibility.

1988 - 1998:        Managing Director Elkem Meraker AS. Restructuring the plant. Developing MicroSilica for refractory materials. Converting the biggest furnace (55” electrode) from prebaked to composite electrode technology (ELSA). Project Manager atomization of Silicon.

1994 – 1998:       Technical Director Silicon Division Elkem ASA.

Glass and Waste Recycling 

1998 - 2008         Technical Director HAS Consult AS.

Project manager for the delivery of a foam glass plant to HASOPOR AG Grossenhain, Germany.

Project Manager for the delivery of a foam glass plant to HASOPOR Hammar AB in Hammar, Sweden.

Solar grade Silicon 

2009 – 2011        Director Process development FESIL Sunergy AS.  Project manager for the construction of the Lilleby test plant for production of Solar Grade Silicon (SOG).

Project manager for the test production at Lilleby. The achievements was continuous controlled production of clean silicon in the reduction furnace, refining of silicon by directional solidification, development of a new directional solidification system and aluminum refining process for silicon.

2012-2013           Managing Director Evonik Solar Norge AS

When EVONIK GmbH bought the asset and the knowhow from FESIL Sunergy AS, I was given total responsibility for the operation at Lilleby test plant up till the liquidation of the company 30th of June 2013.

Projects from 2013 up till today

2014 -2018   Consultancy agreement with SMS Simag, including participation in startup of Mississippi Silicon in 2015.

2015 -               Consultant and advisor Northern Silicon AS.

2016 -2017   Consultant for establishing foam glass production in Debrechen, Hungary (Energocell)

2019 – 2021  Consultancy agreement with METIX SMS-Group

2019 – 2020  Feasibility study hydrogen production in Meråker Norway.

2020 – 2021 Managing Director Meraker Hydrogen AS.

2021 –               Project manager Work packet 3 ICARUS.

2025 –               Project manager Carbon Free Ferrochromium