2034 FS Høvik Verk
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Høvik Verk The red brick buildings on the mainland housed a factory called Høvik Works until the 1970’s. The factory was founded by Englishmen in 1855 and grew to be a small industrial society for its workers and their families where they had their own school, grocery store and post office. Both glass and metal products were produced here, the specialties being lamps, bottles and tools. The modern buildings surrounding the old glass works is the headquarters of Det Norske Veritas, which is an independent foundation working with classification and certification of for example ships, oil platforms and ski lifts. DNV was established in Norway in 1864 with the purpose of inspecting and evaluating the technical condition of Norwegian merchant ships. Today, DNV has about 300 offices in 100 countries worldwide.