HIMA Group acquires Origo Solutions

The HIMA Group, leading provider of safety-related automation solutions and headquartered in Germany, has acquired the Norwegian technology company Origo Solutions. The agreement was signed on 8th January and is effective as of 31st January.

With this transaction, both companies intend to continue their growth strategies and expand their range of solutions for the process industry and renewable energies, with a main focus on the digitalisation of functional safety, which HIMA is pushing under the motto “Safety goes digital”.

“The acquisition of Origo Solutions is an important step in HIMA’s global expansion and also opens up new business opportunities for both Origo Solutions and HIMA.”

Steffen Philipp, Shareholder HIMA Group

Origo Solutions was previously owned by Moreld AS (60.1%) and Aker Capital AS (39.9%), part of the Moreld Group, a leading industrial multi-disciplinary engineering group offering services across offshore energy and marine industries.

Origo Solutions is recognised as a market leader in safety, automation and instrumented systems for monitoring, control and protection of both offshore and onshore facilities, as well as complete SCADA systems for the wind industry. For more than 20 years, Origo Solutions has been HIMA’s exclusive representative in Norway.

“By joining our forces, Origo Solutions and HIMA will not only strengthen our position in Scandinavia, but also open up new opportunities in the field of Renewables globally.”

Jörg de la Motte, CEO HIMA Group

HIMA will ensure continuity of the management, and the one hundred associates in Kristiansand (headquarters), Stavanger and Arendal will keep their positions, with additional hires planned. The company continues to trade under the name “Origo Solutions” with the addition of “A HIMA Company”.