100 Years of Development

1st July :
Installation of new Trumph Bender Master Nr. 2

17th october :
KMG is certified (SN-BS OSAS 18001:2007)

8th october :
KMG is certified (NS-EN ISO 14001:2004)

1st August, 2008 :
Installation of new Trumph Bend Master Nr. 1

August 2008 :
Installation of new welding robots with manipulator

August 2008 :
Installation of proper robot and assembly line.

August, 2008 :
Installation of new loader to Amada punching machine.

1st August :
Moving into extended premises at Sagdalen. A new warehouse measuring 500 m² with a 7.5 m ceiling is completed. Before the construction started, half of the new space was intended to be rented out, but already before moving in KMG decided that it needed the whole space to itself, and installed a mezzanine measuring about 225 m².

1st. June :
KMG taking over punching production from TrioVing A/S

1st June :
Acquisition of B.A. Sandberg stanse og metallvare fabrikk A/S

16th November :
KMG is certified (NS-EN ISO 9001:2000)

1st january :
It has been decided that Norwesco A/S will close, and KMG takes over their punching production. This takeover involved three new employees, plus a good amount of production equipment.

1st February :
After a year of construction, KMG can finally move into its new and extended premises at Sagdalen. Offices, wardrobes, a kitchen and a dining room are all located on the 2nd floor, while a new warehouse with the welding department is on the first floor.

19th June :
Sola Gruppen is transferred in its entirety to Sagdalen, where a newly renovated tool department and books full of orders awaited.

19th June :
Acquisition of the Sola Group. Sola Gruppen A/S was owned and run by Stein Halvorsen and Yngvar Holmsen since 1987. They both worked at KMG till 1987, when they decided to create their own company.

Sola Gruppen was during the following 10 years a close partner of KMG, and KMG was by far their biggest costumer in terms of punching tools.

With its new owners, KMG was changing and evolving at a rapid rate. KMG saw a need to build up its own tool department, and to bring extensive tool experience in under its own roof. At the same time, it was in KMG interest to get access to modern tool machines and people experienced with these.

Therefore, KMG bought and acquired the interiors of Solan Gruppen, as well as their machines, knowhow, products, customers, and all four employees. The purchase also led to KMG’s new customers in the road and transportation sector, as one of Sola’s products was “sikkerhersmaster” for high-speed roads.

1st September :
The three brothers Tom, André, and Bjørn Heramb become the new owners of Karl M. Gulbrandsen stansefabrikk A/S. Previous owner Frank Nyland retires after leading the company for 21 years.

Bjørn Heramb was hired at KMG as a tool maker trainee September 1st 1988, and got his certificate of apprenticeship in 1990. His older brother André Heramb was hired as a tool maker trainee June 11th 1990, and got his certificate of apprenticeship in 1992. Both brothers attended evening school at NKI-Ingeniørhøgskolen at Bekkestua from 1989 to 1994, and finished their education as tool makers by the spring of 1994. Bjørn specialized in mechanics and André in economics.

Tom Heramb did his apprenticeship at Norwesco A/S, also studying tool making. Tom got his certificate of apprenticeship in 1990, and then joined the marine. He studied to become a mechatronics engineer at Oslo Ingeniørhøgskole from 1991 to 1996.

22nd April :
Frank Nyland, owner of Karl M. Gulbrandsen Stansefabrikk og mekanisk verksted from 1973 to 1994

22nd April :
Flood at Pentecost 1967

19th April :
Gas mask

24th April :
This bicycle was used for deliveries at Møllergt. 34 in Oslo

19th June :
Establishment of Karl M. Gulbrandsen Stansefabrikk AS