NorStone AS Sample Clauses

NorStone AS. The Norwegian mountains contain some of the oldest sorts of stone in the world. The bedrock was formed billions of years ago by hardened, liquid material from the inner earth, and consists of a particular good quality concerning comprehensive strength and durability. In order to exploit the unique qualities of the Norwegian mountain, NorStone has acquired the rights to valuable deposits of Norwegian stone and sand. NorStone is a traditional Norwegian company owned by Heidelberg Cement Group, a concern performing businesses in 50 countries around the world. NorStone is the biggest manufacturer of aggregate for asphalt and concrete in Norway, with a production capacity over 8,020,000 tons/ year (2007). NorStone has ten production sites located in different regions, six sites in the western Norway and four sites in south-eastern Norway (where NorStone operates for local markets only). In order to maintain a competitive advantage, NorStone uses four terminals (three of them in Rogaland and Hordaland) as distribution centers and to some extent used as temporary inventory holding facility. The role of the terminals is to facilitate customer pickup by truck for further transportation to inland locations along the Norwegian coastline. NorStone has 172 employees distributed on main office and production/shipping facilities. Figure 2.1 shows production sites and terminals along the Norwegian coastline. Figure 2.1: Sites and terminals along the western coast of Norway Source: (▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.