Local community presence

110 years in 2022

In 2022, Brunvoll celebrated 110 years in business. Brunvoll Mar-El celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024, and Brunvoll’s Volda location celebrated its 110th anniversary in 2023. This is expertise and experience that money can’t buy.

Local ownership – the shareholder agreement

In 1912, the three Brunvoll brothers Andreas, Arthur and Anders, like many other local entrepreneurs, decided to establish their own business to manufacture ship engines for the Norwegian fishing fleet. However, only a few of these companies have survived challenges such as the two world wars, several periods of economic crisis and most recently, a worldwide pandemic. The company is still family-owned, and the owners are determined to further develop the company for the future so that Brunvoll continues to be a competitive and attractive workplace.

In a family business such as ours, it is vital to have a strategy for ownership at the transition between generations and to keep focusing on long-term perspectives. Ottar Brunvoll (26.05.1931-01.11.2020) was far-sighted in the shareholder agreement process. The agreement ensures commitment and local ownership to benefit shareholders, employees, clients and the local community. The agreement demonstrates a high level of social responsibility. This attitude to local ownership and industry development has been fundamental for the Brunvoll family ownership and has been passed on to the third and fourth generations.

Today’s owners see themselves as long-term owners. The importance of securing local jobs is reflected in the investments that have been and are still being made. An essential part of the secret behind Brunvoll’s growth and success is the investment in employees, development and production technology.

- Good cooperation between owners, management and employees is the key to development and success. In the same way that Brunvoll as an organisation evolves, we as owners must ensure the transfer of knowledge and competence to new generations. We want to involve more people in the family more actively in the boardroom. For the owners, it has been - and is - important to contribute to predictability and long-term strategies. Local ownership and production in Norway has been a success factor and is still central to today’s generations of owners, says chairman Tone Brunvoll of Brunvoll Holding AS.

Quality education

We define competence as the sum of attitudes, knowledge and skills. All these elements are important to our success.

A significant contribution to Brunvoll’s people development strategy is the apprenticeship model, which is used when recruiting skilled workers for the future. Since the company was established in 1912, Brunvoll has invited young talents to join the company. Including the next generations is inspiring. Young professionals are being given opportunities to build their careers at Brunvoll. We believe that mixing competencies and generations in challenging and developing each other daily contributes positively to our organisational development. Since 1968, Brunvoll in Molde has offered more than 321 apprenticeships. 127 of these apprentices were still employed in 2024. Currently, we aim for an apprentice share of 7.5%.

Together with Molde University College, Molde Business Forum and others, Brunvoll has hosted the annual Career Days for about 1000 10th-grade pupils in the Molde region annually for 14 years. The Career Days inspire and help students in their choice of education and profession and promote vocational subjects. The event aims at providing pupils with first-hand information about the business world and allowing them to broaden their career choices.

Brunvoll is an active contributor to educational institutions in our local communities. We host numerous student meetings and events. We offer job training such as internships, summer internships and job placements, encouraging people to contribute to society and prohibiting exclusion from the workforce.

Since 2002, Brunvoll has taken an active role in the creation and maintenance of an industry network, Romsdal Forum for Teknologiske Fag, cooperating with local vocational high schools. The network’s main purpose is to increase interest in and recruitment to technical and vocational professions.

Active contributor in local communities

We support our local communities with safe and decent work, local value creation and economic activity. We support several local initiatives to create positive meeting arenas for children and young adults.

In December 2024, 9 MNOK was distributed to Brunvoll’s employees from our 2023 profit-sharing program. A part of this consisted of a gift card to support local businesses.

Some of the organisations supported by Brunvoll are:

Barnas Skileiker , Barnekreftforeningen, Brystkreftforeningen/Bergmo omsorgssenter, Bud Dykkerklubb, Bud IL, Dalsmarken, Ekko Aureosen I.L, Elnesvågen og omegn IL, First Lego League, Frelsesarmeen, Gossen IL, Hjelset Kleive Fotball, Høydalsmo Indrettslag , JoinUs, Kamp mot kreft, KFUM Volda Volleyball, Kreftforeningen , Kulturvandringa «Øyralangs» oktober 2024, Kvam og Sellanrå skolekorps , Lårdal Vel , Malmefjorden IL, Mental Helse, MFK Utviklingslaget, Midsund IL, MOI , Molde Basketball klubb, Molde Brass Band, Molde Gospel, Molde Olymp, Molde Taekwon-Do klubb, Molde Turnforening, Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening, Operasjon Dagsverk 2024, Poppeloppeteatret , Refleksland, Romsdal Kystlag, Skåla IL, Træff, TV-aksjonen 2024, Ungdom mot narkotika, Vestnes Musikklag , Vinterbyen Molde, Volda & Ørsta Trial-klubb, Volda Blandakor , Volda E-sport, Volda Handballklubb, Volda Røde kors, Volda Skisenter, VTI Fotball, VTI Langrenn & Skiskyting, Ørsta IL Fotball, Ørsta IL Turn, Ørsta Innebandy, Ørsta Skisenter, Åmdalskoret Berre Damer , Åmdal-Tokke fotballklubb, Åpningsuka HiM, 17. mai-arrangement Volda.

JoinUs

Since 2021, Brunvoll has supported the The JoinUs foundation. JoinUs offers meeting places for activity. The foundation aims to help people strengthen their knowledge of language, their environments and social conditions through organised physical and creative activities.

The JoinUs foundation offers many different activities held at fixed times during the day and evening. JoinUs also has activities during various holiday weeks that are explicitly targeted at children and young people. All activities are open for everyone—regardless of skill level. The activities are free, and the foundation provides equipment for them.

“The JoinUs Foundation is proud and happy to collaborate with Brunvoll”, says Knut Olav Rindarøy in the JoinUs Foundation. This foundation is a driving force and facilitator of meeting arenas for the community, creating interaction and building relations between people, municipalities and the business community.

MFK

Brunvoll has been a “gold partner” for Molde Football Club since 2012.