Skanem
Norwegian label and packaging manufacturer
Skanem is a producer of self-adhesive labels with production in many countries and head office in Stavanger. The company has its origins in the canning industry in Stavanger and took over the leading packaging factory Noblikk–Sannem in Moss and Bergen in 1991. Production of tin cans and other packaging was closed in 2016.
History
The history of the packaging company Skanem in Stavanger involves several businesses in Bergen, Sandvika, Stavanger, and Moss. The starting point was tin cans used as packaging for everything from paint and chemicals to food, biscuits, and sweets. The first of these businesses was started in Bergen by Julius Anton Sannem (1844–1922), and Sandvika's great entrepreneur Caspar Brambani (1834–1906) started the next in 1888. Stavanger Blikemballagefabrik from 1896 and Stavanger Bliktrykkeri from 1905 met the needs of the canning town, from 1973 under the name Skanem. Last came the Bergen man Inggard Sundt, who made his name as a landowner and milk manufacturer near Moss and started up in Moss during the speculative optimism of 1917.
The eastern Norway story
Inggard Sundt (1881–1940) belonged to one of Bergen's richest families. In 1906 he bought a large former monastic estate near Moss, Værne Kloster, and from then on styled himself the landowner Sundt.
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