[1][5] The company bought the stranded ship SS «Pehr Ugland» [no], and used the metals of the old barge for the factory installations.
[10] In the summer of 1958 the company announced that some 45-50 workers would be placed on leave of absence for about ten weeks, and that the factory would resume normal functions after this period.
[3] At the event 20 employees (including Johannes Larsen and Edvin Lindh) that had worked at the company since its inception were awarded Norges Vel medals [no] for loyal service.
[17] In a 1970 article in the Communist Party organ Friheten, the factory was labelled a 'worker-friendly island' and the introduction of five shifts, average work week of 33.16 hours and fixed monthly salaries were framed as gains resulting from the efforts of the workers and their trade union representatives.
[18] The factory foreman, Larsen, was also the chair of the Larvik section of the Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers and a local leader of the Communist Party.
[19][18][20][21] In 1971 the company announced that it would initiate the construction of a 1,500 square meter storage facility at an acquired plot.
[19] The facilities were later taken over by the truck freight company Blomquist Transport, which was met by protests from neighbouring communities complaining on heavy traffic near residential areas.