History | Aseke

After completed education, Mr Kunst earned his experience with Det Östasiatiske Compagnie in St. Petersburg and later with the Copenhagen based Ship chandler S Kjergaard & Co, owned by his older brother Aage.

S Kjersgaard & Co purchased the Swedish company Herman Gotthardt to extend the market for its several exclusive agencies. Herman Gotthardt also owned the company Cornelius Munchs Eftf in Oslo.

Einar Kunst received his Norwegian citizenship in 1918 and started his work with Cornelius Munchs Eftf in 1926. Mr Einar Kunst a born Dane in 1889, purchased the company Cornelius Munchs Eftf in Oslo a year after. The name of the company was renewed after Mr Kunsts acquisition in 1927. The company has continued its tradition with supplies of shipping- and fishery equipment to chandlers and stockholders in Scandinavia.

After World War II Mr. Kunsts son in law Knut A Knutsen, joined the company to add agencies of steel and metals to the company’s business line. Several of these developed into extensive agencies that made up the most vital base of the company. Mr. Knutsen headed the company from Mr Kunsts death in 1962 till he went into pension in the autumn of 1999, having aged 80 and served the company for 54 successful years.

Knutsens son, Tom, moved back to Oslo in 1981 after years abroad with studies of economy, banking, languages and work within banking. Based on his international business contacts, the shipping- and fishery section was extended with contracted productions of chains and rigging hardware parallel to extended agents businesses within metals and steel wire ropes.

Georg H Knutsen finalized his business education with a BBA degree in San Francisco in the summer of 2011 and started his work in the family company in September 2011 as the 4^th generation.

Since 1988 the company stocks chains and rigging components in southern Norway in order to serve its traditional Scandinavian customers. Production of steel chains and rigging components developed throughout the 90s with the parallel set up of testing- and certifying facilities. The certified chain and rigging components items carry the brand name of aseke ^TM (= the company’s initials).

The company has been privately owned and operated since its founding.