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With decades of hands-on experience, we design, manufacture and service equipment that works in some of the world's most challenging environments, from deep water anchor handling to high-precision hydropower applications.

IP Huse AS is a family-owned industrial company with roots going back to the end of the 19th century, located in Steinshamn on Harøya in Møre og Romsdal. The company's history is closely linked to the development of the Norwegian coastal industry, and later to the offshore and maritime sectors.

The business has its origins in the entrepreneurship of Ingebrigt P. Huse, who from the beginning of the 20th century was involved in fisheries, processing, shipping and mechanical activities. In 1927 Steinshamn Formjølfabrikk was established, at a time when herring oil and herring meal production was a new and growing industry along the Norwegian coast.

In the 1930s, the company developed and patented the so-called Husegrabben, a dump grab for herring. This innovation represented a significant technological advance and helped to streamline the herring industry in Norway and internationally. In parallel, mechanical workshop activities were established, where equipment for own and others' production was developed and built.

In 1941 Ingebrigt P. Huse co-founded Hydraulik Brattvåg, together with Einar Røsok. This collaboration marked the start of a long-standing industrial interaction between the firms at Steinshamn and Brattvåg, and Hydraulik Brattvåg later evolved into what is today Kongsberg Maritime.

An important strategic crossroads came in 1970, when IP Huse AS delivered its first anchor handling winch, installed on board the vessel West Avocet. This laid the foundation for the company's further specialization in winches and anchoring equipment for the offshore and maritime industries.

In 1982, the herring oil factory was finally closed down, and all activities were concentrated on the development and production of mechanical equipment, with the main emphasis on winches. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the company delivered a range of technically demanding and customised solutions, including for FPSOs (floating production and storage units) and international offshore projects.

In 2002 IP Huse AS was awarded the Enterprise of the Year award in Møre og Romsdal, in recognition of the company's industrial development, innovation ability and importance as a regional cornerstone company.

Further deliveries of winches for 6th generation drilling rigs in 2006 and later deliveries of some of the world's most powerful anchor handling winches consolidated the company's position as a leading supplier internationally.

During the period 2016—2018, large electric anchor handling winches were delivered to Maersk vessels built at Kleven shipyard.

In 2019, the vessel Island Victory set a world record as a specialized anchor handling vessel with a bollard pull of 477 tons. The specially developed anchor handling winch package was supplied by IP Huse AS.