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The heart of Brunvoll

Brunvoll was founded in 1912 by three brothers with a simple idea: Build engines for the local fishing fleet. More than a century later, we are still here – still family -owned, still rooted in the same communities, still believing that a strong business and a strong community go hand in hand.

Being a good employer is not enough. We want to be a good neighbour. That means investing in education, supporting local initiatives, and making sure that the value we create stays close to home. It means welcoming apprentices, hosting career days and showing up – year after year.

In the following pages, you will find stories about our people, our apprentices, our community partnerships, and what it means to be a cornerstone company in a region that has shaped us just as much as we have shaped it.

The best thing we built is a place worth staying

The best measure of a workplace is not how manypeople you hire – it is how many choose to stay, and how many find room to grow.

In 2025, we welcomed 98 new colleagues, including 19 new apprentices. That is 98 people who chose Brunvoll – and we take that seriously. With 96% of our workforce on permanent contracts and an average tenure of 12 years, we believe the numbers speak for themselves: people like it here.
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19 young people got their first real foothold in working life. At Brunvoll,
an apprenticeship means hands-on training, a professional community
and a recognised trade certificate. It is a genuine start.

Well-being at work

Brunvoll aims to attract, develop and retain the best people – in a healthy, safe and inclusive workplace where everyone has room to grow.

The numbers behind our people strategy

To compete globally from a high-cost country, we must be at the
forefront – in competence, technology and leadership. That means
putting people first. Individual development plans, management
training and continuous feedback are how we make that happen.

Investing in our people is investing in our future

In 2025, 1,714 people applied to work at Brunvoll. We welcomed 98 new colleagues, and 39 employees made internal transfers in 2025.

Our leadership development programme, launched in 2023 and continuing in 2026, aims to build confident, capable leaders who inspire and motivate their teams.

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A workplace worth showing up to

Every month our employees answer a pulse survey. The results guide how we lead, how we develop and how we improve. In 2025, the Employee Net Promoter Score was 36, compared to an index of 14. This indicates strong satisfaction with the employee experience.

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*Engagement and performance indicator (Temperature) 1–10.
**Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) -100 – +100. 0 is neutral and is usually seen as a positive score.

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Occupational Health and Safety

Participation and co-determination

Occupational health and safety is a core priority at Brunvoll, guided byour values of being Reliable, Committed and Responsible. We involveleaders, employees, and the safety representatives in our systematic HSEwork. This strengthens dialogue, learning, and practical improvementsin our daily operations.

Risk-based planning and prevention

We work in a structured way through planning and risk assessments, both at department level and when introducing new equipment and machinery. This enables targeted actions to reduce risk and prevent incidents. In 2025, our injury frequency was reduced to an LTIF of 1.9 (Lost Time Injury Frequency), which is below the Norwegian industry average and reflects a positive trend.

Occupational health services in practice

We actively engage our external occupational health service as an advisory partner across our HSE agenda, supporting both planned activities in our HSE action plan and emerging needs during the year.

Ergonomic workplace assessments are one example of how we work with our provider in practice. In 2025, we assessed workstations for employees who regularly perform grinding and deburring. The findings were reviewed with the team and targeted training on key exposures and preventive measures were provided. This resulted in improved work techniques and organisational measures to strengthen the working environment

Employee ownership and continuous improvement

At Brunvoll, everyone has a shared responsibility for collaboration, delivery and results. Employee observations and suggestions help us identify where we have the greatest potential to improve and where action will have the strongest impact. This is reflected in a high level of engagement and reporting. During the reporting period, this collaboration generated 257 improvement suggestions and 155 HSE-related cases.

We value these contributions because they make improvements practical and measurable, turning engagement into actions that strengthens our work environment over time.

Local community presence

Since 1912, Brunvoll has been valued and enriched by well-functioning local communities. More than ever before, this is essential to sustainability and
our future development. We aim to continue to be
an active contributor in our local communities,
through employment and development opportunities.

Production in Norway

We are proud to produce in Norway and to be a visible, positive contributor to society. Through job creation, training opportunities, and a range of activities and events — both within and beyond our organisation — we seek to foster well‑being and pride. We also support education and community development through partnerships, sponsorships, and donations.

An investment in apprenticeships

A significant contribution to our 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. Since 1968, Brunvoll in Molde hasoffered more than 330 apprenticeships. 125 of these apprentices were still employed in 2025.

Profit-sharing to benefit the community

In December 2025, 10 mNOK was distributed to Brunvoll’s employees from our employee profit-sharing programme. A part of this consisted of a gift card to support local businesses.