VIKING in brief

VIKING is a market leader in maritime safety, providing and servicing essential safety equipment for passenger and commercial vessels, offshore installations and vessels, the defence sector, industrial fire fighting as well as leisure yachts.

The VIKING headquarters are located in Denmark. Our products are manufactured at 5 locations: Esbjerg and Bramming in Denmark, Bergen in Norway, Colorado in the US and in Laem Chabang, Thailand. We have a unique network of subsidiaries, agents and 270 authorised servicing stations.

	A Danish privately held corporation with the Tage Sørensen family as the ultimate owner
	Established in 1960 as Nordisk Gummibådsfabrik. The name was changed in 1993 to VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S
	One of the leading global suppliers

	Represented in 52 locations
	270 servicing stations worldwide incl. VIKING owned
	1,300 employees worldwide
	Unique network of agents and worldwide stock points
	Overall global turnover of >1000 DKK million (2008)

Core business areas are manufacturing, sales and service

to following segments

Passenger Fire

Cargo Yachting

Offshore Fishing

Defence

Product portfolio

Passenger Evacuation Systems:
Chute based systems
Slide based systems Personal Protective Equipment:
Immersion and work suits
Transportation suits
Pilot suits
Fire suits
Lifejackets

Offshore Evacuation Systems:
Chute based systems
Stair based systems

Life-saving appliances

Defence Evacuation Systems:
Chute based systems
Slide based systems

Boats

Liferafts:
Throw overboard
Davit-launched
Direct Boarding
Special
Yachting