Founded 1963 Type of business Private Limited Company | Headquarters Kópavogur Number of employees 400 (2009) | |
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Industry Engineering, renewable energy, sciences and project delivery Key people Eyjólfur Árni Rafnsson, CEO
Sigurður Arnalds, Chairman Revenue 6.05 billion ISK (2010) Profiles | ||
Mannvit Engineering is the largest engineering firm in Iceland. Mannvit offers engineering, consulting, management, operational and EPCM services to projects all over the world. Mannvit core activities include: geothermal and hydroelectric power development, geothermal district heating, infrastructure and transportation, buildings, renewable energy and climate, power transmission, industry, IT and telecommunications. Company headquarters are in Kópavogur, Iceland.
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History
Founded in 2008, Mannvit is the result of the merger of three long-established engineering companies that were all founded in the 1960s: Hönnun hf., VGK hf. and Rafhönnun hf.
The word 'Mannvit' is an ancient Nordic word, from the Icelandic Sagas meaning Wisdom (literally man-wits).
Management
The management team includes a CEO, Two Deputy CEO’s, CFO, Business Development Manager, and Human Resource Manager. This team is the head of the organizational structure which includes all engineering sectors both domestic and international. Mannvit also utilizes division managers responsible for each core discipline offered by the company.
Services
Mannvit Engineering is a consulting engineering firm that specializes in geothermal, geothermal district heating, hydroelectric, power transmission as well as other renewable energies and environmentally-friendly processes, such as biofuels and biogas, anaerobic digester systems, waste management, CO2 sequestration, carbon dioxide to methanol, and large scale composting. Additionally, the company has been involved in numerous large scale projects including, aluminum smelters, shopping malls, public and private buildings, tunnels, roads, bridges, highways and airports. Services to these projects include planning, engineering, environmental services, procurement, construction management, project management and EPCM.
Geothermal
Mannvit has participated in the development of most of the geothermal power plants in Iceland, including: Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant (Combined Heat and Power/Cogeneration/CHP), Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant (CHP), Krafla Geothermal Power Plant, Bjarnaflag Geothermal Power Plant, Husavik Kalina Cycle Geothermal Power Plant and the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant. Recent international projects include geothermal development in Hungary on behalf of Pannergy.
Hydroelectric
Mannvit has participated in numerous hydroelectric development projects in Iceland and Greenland. Examples include: Karahnujukar hydroelectric power plant in (690 MW), Vatnsfell Power Station (90MW), Búrfellsstöð hydroelectric power plant (270 MW), Hverfisfljóts small hydroelectric power station (3MW), Múlavirkjun small hydroelectric power station (6MW), Djúpadalsvirkjun small hydroelectric power station (2MW), Tasiilaq small hydroelectric plant (1.2W), Amassalik, Greenland, Qorlortorsuaq small hydroelectric power station (8MW), Greenland.
Business Units
Affiliated Companies
Partnerships
Technip – Partner for U.S. geothermal development