One of the sons of Elias Anton Smith was Norwegian American, chemical engineer Elias Anton Cappelen Smith who was a partner in Guggenheim Brothers of New York City, and gave large donations to Norway.
[2] From the start, the company dealt with trade on iron and hardware, oil and derivatives, as well as cement and coal.
Elias Anton Smith's company flourished, and became well known both by the town's public, and in the larger districts of Trøndelag and Northern Norway.
The Smith group is today established in large parts of the country, and is Norway's only complete supplier of steel, metals, building materials, lumber, reinforcement and tools with customer service and logistics.
The company is still owned by descendants of Elias Anton Smith, with Trond Reinertsen as President.