The company was originally part of Statens Kartverk The Electronic Chart Centre is based in Stavanger and has 15 employees.

ECC AS is responsible for the technical operation PRIMAR ENC service in cooperation with Statens Kartverk - sjø.

This work was led by Asbjørn Kyrkjeeide, employed by the Norwegian Mapping Authority.

The results from the projects were available in 1991, and formed the basis for a further work with an international standard for authorized electronic chart data (ENC) and an international standard for electronic chart machines (EDCIS).

Norway, through Robert Sandvik (CEO of ECC 2011 - 2014), then led the work of developing an international encryption standard for ENC.