Our history

Our history

From Moland Automation to a HIMA Company

More than 40 years of protecting people, assets and the environment - today a HIMA Company within the global, family-owned HIMA Group, a leader in safety-related automation.

1978Company founded
1998HIMA's sole representative in Norway
2024A HIMA Company, regional HQ for Scandinavia
3Offices: Kristiansand, Arendal, Stavanger

Our journey

Several chapters, one mission

Origo Solutions has evolved through several ownership chapters while staying true to the same mission: protecting people, assets and the environment.

1978

Moland Automation is founded

The origins of Origo Solutions date back to the founding of Moland Automation, later renamed Bjørge Safety Systems.

1998

Sole HIMA representative

The company becomes HIMA's sole representative in Norway, the start of a close partnership that has lasted for decades.

2010

New ownership

The Norwegian investment companies HitecVision and Aker Capital acquire Bjørge Safety Systems.

2011

Rebranded as Origo Solutions

Bjørge Safety Systems and Origo Engineering become Origo Solutions. The merger and the new name mark a new chapter, built on decades of experience in safety and automation.

2024

A HIMA Company

The HIMA Group acquires Origo Solutions. Origo Solutions becomes the regional headquarters of HIMA in Scandinavia, including responsibility for sales and services in Sweden and Denmark.

2026

New head office and HIMA Digital

We open our new head office at Kjøita Kraftsenter in Kristiansand, and the HIMA Group launches HIMA Digital, building on Origo's digital platform development.

Opening of the new head office in Kristiansand

A HIMA Company

A family-owned safety leader since 1908

The HIMA Group is a global, independent provider of safety-related automation solutions for the process and rail industries that protect people, assets and the environment from harm. The family-owned company is headquartered in Brühl, near Mannheim, Germany.

Origo Solutions is recognised as a market leader in safety, automation and instrumented systems for monitoring, control and protection of offshore and onshore facilities in Norway. We also provide complete SCADA solutions to the international renewable and wind energy industry.

1908HIMA Group founded - more than a century of safety engineering heritage
1998Origo Solutions has been HIMA's sole representative in Norway since

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