Search Search Product and services Career About us Contact us Catalogue International ServiceCenter Webshop Home Nyheter News First contract signed for autumn 2020 has become a dirty word in the industry. Rapid and difficult decisions have helped TESS Subsea during a demanding period. The first agreement has now been signed for autumn. From the top of the oil platforms to the the bottom of the sea. No matter where your business is located, everyone has been affected by the corona pandemic - and TESS Subsea is no exception. What sets the hose manufacturer's deep water department apart from many other companies is its ability to change and adapt. Rapid action taken at an early stage of the outbreak and several projects were postponed rather than cancelled. New production The first agreement for steel flying leads was signed earlier this summer. The agreement covers the supply of "steel flying leads", which are a completely new production for TESS Subsea and an expansion of the company's service and product portfolio. The project was carried out in collaboration with Nexans in Rognan and a further development of the partnership TESS Subsea already has with Nexans. The project will be delivered by the end of December. Triple revenue in 2019 After four years of lean results and significant deficits in 2016 and 2017, TESS Subsea increased its turnover to 32.1 million in 2018. In the record-breaking year of 2019, the deep water department had a turnover of NOK 92.5 million, almost three times that of previous year. A large part of the turnover is in exports to the oil fields of Merakes (Indonesia), Lin Hua (China), Zinia (Angola) and Pyxis (Australia). Focussing on a good result Stefan Johnsen, CEO of TESS Subsea, started 2020 with great optimism. But his optimism suffered a blow when the corona pandemic suddenly interrupted plans for February/March and the situation had to be reassessed. "We were heading for a similar year as 2019, but COVID-19 has obviously changed it. Several of the larger projects have been postponed and there is reduced activity, "Johnsen explains. Approximately 260,000 people have lost their jobs or been laid off within the industry. "We are focussing on achieving a good result, and we are doing everything we can to take care of our employees and our customers," Johnsen concludes. TESS Subsea is an engineering and production company that markets and supplies subsea and two-side distribution equipment such as flying leads and thermoplastic umbilicals. The company is wholly owned by TESS Logistics AS and is based in Lier, Norway. For more information, please contact: Stefan Johnsen Tel: 478 40 790 Stefan.Johnsen@tess.no Published date 25.03.2021 To our customers All of us at TESS would like to express our genuine thanks to all of our customers and employees for their patience and understanding during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We have been working hard to maintain operations, even with up to 25 per cent of our workforce temporarily not working and some challenges with deliveries from our suppliers. These tough times have forced us to innovate faster and to accelerate our digital development. TESS will combine new technology with our core values to meet our new daily routine in a more efficient and sustainable manner. As a TESS customer, you should always feel confident that we will provide you with satisfactory service at all levels. Precautions for preventing infection at in-person customer meetings More and more customers are seeing the need to hold meetings in person again and TESS believes we can accommodate this customer request. Doing so entails complying with the precautions for preventing infection at all times. The reopening of society is still in its early stages, and it is important to create a safe environment when holding meetings in person. Customers and TESS employees alike should feel safe and secure during meetings. Account managers will clarify follow-ups and visits with customers, so that the participants are well prepared and the meetings can be held in a safe manner. The following precautions for preventing infection must be observed at all times: - Healthy participants. Make sure that meeting participants are healthy and that they do not have any COVID-19 symptoms - Do not shake hands. Be polite and helpful, but do not shake hands with customers - Good hand hygiene. Wash your hands before and after the meeting. Always have hand sanitiser available - Maintain a safe distance. Stay at least 1 metre away from meeting participants at all times If everyone complies with the precautions for preventing infection, we can all get back to business faster. The entire TESS sales team is looking forward to meeting with customers again and coming up with great solutions together. • We have items in stock • Service levels are very high (about 98%) • Our suppliers have a clean bill of health and we have a huge inventory • All service centres are open Published date 01.12.2020 Hose contract with Equinor Equinor and TESS have signed an agreement for the supply of hoses and services for the next five years. The agreement has significance for the entirety of TESS and also includes the hose control system and services. The hose contract with Equinor is worth NOK 200 million and is valid for the next five years with an option to renew for another three years. It also includes security analyses, hose installation maintenance and digital transaction solutions. The hoses and hose components will be used at Equinor's offshore facilities, on land and where they are operators. In addition to hoses and accessories, security and standardised digital transaction solutions are essential elements. “Security and integrated solutions are important to successful delivery to Equinor. The contract that has now been signed has such a long horizon that we have the opportunity to contribute to further savings through the use of our hose control system, TESS Hose Management”, said Erlend Gjerdevik, general manager of TESS Vest AS. The contract with Equinor is managed from TESS Vest in Kokstad, Bergen, but has significance for all of TESS and a number of TESS Service Centres from Stavanger to Hammerfest in particular. Sixty per cent of TESS Vest's turnover is related to oil and gas activities. TechnipFMC and Equinor account for a large part of this. TESS Hose Management TESS Hose Management, THM, will be able to support Equinor's efforts to increase standardising and digitising. Together with our integrated supply solutions, the system can in the long run contribute to savings and increased security. History This is the fifth time TESS has signed a similar framework agreement with Equinor, formerly Statoil. The first was signed in 1991. Since then, except for a short interval, TESS has provided hoses and related services to the company. The collaboration with Equinor also includes TESS's own engineering and production operations in Bergen and at the head office in Lier, where TESS Subsea manufactures large umbilicals, which comprise many hoses bundled with up to eight feeders in one unit. For more information, contact: Erlend Gjerdevik, General Manager, TESS Vest AS: mobile: +47 911 09 361, eg@tess.no This is THM TESS Hose Management, THM, consists of physical inspections by TESS or the customer, digital labelling by RFID technology, barcodes, software that can be used offline and online and hand-held devices that can also be used in environments at risk of explosions. TESS trains and certifies Equinor's personnel to correspond to the TESS employees who carry out THM hose inspection. Published date 04.09.2020 Tradebroker contract with TESS Tradebroker: The importance of the right quality Recently, Tradebroker signed a contract with TESS for the supply of hoses, hydraulics and services to its member companies for three years with an option for two additional years. As of today, TESS also has a contract for deliveries of operating and maintenance products (OMP). “It is important for us and our members that the contracts we enter into are of the right quality and with the right partners”, said Terje Fagervik, Tradebroker’s General Manager. The Tradebroker contract may have an annual scope of NOK 50 million for TESS, with the possibility of further potential. “In order to be relevant, it is important that we enter into contracts that we oblige the members to use. It is also important that quality, certificates, HSE and ethics be covered by good practices”, said Fagervik. Key Accounts Manager Frode Soot emphasises the importance of following up the member companies and promoting TESS as the number-one supplier. “Tradebroker has 57 members, 44 of which are potential TESS customers. The public members who are obliged to choose TESS for hoses, hydraulics and services are Avinor, Statnett, Posten, Skagerak Energi, Helgeland Kraft and Østfold Energi”, said Soot. “TESS is strong in customer follow-up and works closely with customers where they are. It is important for us when we enter into such contracts that brand recognition and reputation be strong”, said Tradebroker Senior Contract Manager Endre Klungland. Published date 30.03.2020 TESS with strong 30% increases TESS keeps on expanding both in markets and relations. In November the company showed a strong 30% increase in revenues. Both strategic acquisitions and increase in sales cause the growth. - We see the potential of reaching 4 billion NOK in revenues in 2019, says Erik Jølberg, CO at TESS. He is the founder and the person behind the success of the biggest supplier in Norway within the business of hoses, services and MRO. TESS employs 1300 people worldwide and has more than 130 locations in Norway, Europe, USA, South America and Asia. Earlier this autumn Mr. Jølberg bought the stock and the operating equipment from one of his biggest competitors for many years, Albert E. Olsen, when the company went bankrupt. With a revenue of 400 million kroner a year, AEO, established in 1902, has also been one of the eldest family-owned enterprises in Norway. - It was important to secure both the customers and the employees at AEO, says Erik Jølberg. AEO-employees have a knowledge and relations to customers especially within firedepartements and other specialized industries using personal protective equipment. TESS has also strengthen the position by including several companies within welding, hydraulic cylinders and industrial supply to its portofolio of technical related service companies. Leading hose contracts to TESS - We have showed our strength by all the new contracts and the prolonged ones as well this year, says Erik Jølberg. Recently Equinor signed a five-year contract with an option for another three on hoses, security analyses, TESS Hose Management, maintenance and digital transactions. Equinor are to buy hoses from TESS for all their installations. The contract has a value of at least 500 million NOK. Equinor has been one of TESS most valuable customers for more than 25 years. TESS has also signed a valuable three-year agreement with Technip FMC for the supply of hose components, operating and maintenance products and integrated supply services. The agreement includes Partnershop (TESS Service centre at the customer’s site) at Kongsberg Technology Park and at the CCB Base on Ågotnes outside Bergen. - This Contract is of great importance to TESS. It means we will further strengthen ourselves as a technical trade specialist and a total supplier to the offshore industry, says Ansgar Karlsen, Technical director and Chairman at TESS Inc. Foundation is working Erik Jølberg has donated his ownership of TESS to a foundation, which aims to support children and youngsters in the Lier- area where TESS headquarter is and where Mr. Jølberg grew up. For the first time, nearly 1,5 million NOK was donated to various organisations which had applied for support. Sustainable growth TESS is working in accordance to the UN sustainable development goals. - Our aim to represent quality, not the cheapest price, is sustainable and valued by our employees and customers, says Mr. Jølberg. He is looking forward to 2020 with optimism and a new improved and fully integrated e-commerce solution to come as a benefit for new and existing customers. Text picture: Mr Erik Jølberg (left)with some of the talented young employees he gathers several times a year to get fresh eyes at the company Published date 20.03.2020 Newer Older Telephone: +47 32 84 40 00 P.O. Box: 1540 N-3007 Drammen Visitors: Industrigata 8, 3414 Lierstranda E-mail: tess@tess.no Competence Capacity Quality Career