Media

Omega is rapidly expanding, and with that comes an increasing amount of attention from the media. Press coverage has spanned from local publication Grannar to business newsletters in Lithuania. On this page we have gathered media coverage of Omega from national as well as international media:

Grannar

09 January 2012

This Christmas Omega welcomed employee number 900 to a company that hasn’t set aside a single penny for marketing. Read more on InsideOmega

News2biz Lithuania

06 January 2012

Read the article featuring Omega Lithuania: "Norwegian Omega turns to local customers in Klaipeda." Read more on InsideOmega

Norwegian Financial Review

30 December

Party mode: Norway's largest oil discovery in 30 years has created great optimism in the shipbuilding town of Ølensvåg. Read more on InsideOmega

Norwegian Technical Review

22 September

The entire world is the market for 5578 Nedre Vats and 5582 Ølensvåg. Read more on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

12 July

Many companies offer employees cabins for rent. Omega in Ølen however, takes it one step further. Read more on InsideOmega.

NRK

1 July 2011

The success story of a once small computer company in Ølensvåg, now with more than 800 employees worldwide, makes for good tv. See Omega featured on NRK .

Haugesunds Avis

March 18, 2011

Sigmund Lunde did not become an entrepreneur to get wealthy, but today Omega has 775 employees and is worth several hundred million kroner. Getting there has meant hard work, failures and eight minutes of cardiac arrest. Read More on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

May 10, 2010

650 employees worldwide, an accelerating market, four new frame agreements with Statoil and one with ENI. The sun is shining at the Omega headquarters in Ølensvåg. Read More on InsideOmega

Grannar

March 29, 2010

The unusually strong growth at Omega halted a little last year, but the company is still running at full steam and making more money. No other companies in Vindafjord have as many permanent employees as Omega. Read More on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

June 9, 2008

Petter Aalvik has a tough job keeping count, as this kind of growth is far from normal. Six years ago, Omega passed 100 employees. Just since the beginning of 2008, 67 more have joined the company. Read More on InsideOmega

Grannar

May 26, 2008

A local marvel of a company. Omega AS in Ølensvåg has this year increased both turnover, the number of employees and the office space. Read More on InsideOmega

Grannar

November 1, 2007

The two amateur runners from Ølensvåg computer company Omega probably will not smile as much on Sunday, after completing more than 42 kilometers of the New York City Marathon. Read More on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

August 2, 2007

The world-spanning, Ølen-based Omega AS has started an international trainee programme. Singapore natives Neo Wei Ling (23) and Hoon Tian Hsiung (28) are clear in their ambitions. Read More on InsideOmega

Nationen

May 7, 2007

Ølensvåg in Rogaland is a good example that you do not need to operate from urban areas in order to succeed. Local founders have created companies that now branch out worldwide. With its 750 inhabitants Ølensvåg could almost be considered a village. However, with a flourishing business and commerce life, and the help of local entrepreneurs, it has been transformed to a labor metropolis. Read More on InsideOmega

News2biz Lithuania

February 21, 2007

Irrespective of the sector, Norwegian firms cannot go far from the sea: Lithuania’s port city Klaipeda may be the natural place for port logistics companies, but, oddly, is also becoming the location of choice for Norwegian IT firms. Read More on InsideOmega

Stavanger Aftenblad

December 28, 2006

At the beginning of the year, Omega employed 274 people. Now the company, based in the small, yet creative town of Ølensvåg just enrolled employee number 408. Read More on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

December 16, 2006

Omega’s mega growth continues. Åsmund Aarekol (23) is employee number 400 at the company. Read More on InsideOmega

Finansavisen

October 14, 2006

Software company Omega posted 50 percent top line growth last year. Read More on InsideOmega

Grannar

January 5, 2006

They are both young, well-educated and hungry for success. Omega knows how to sweep the market and get the right personnel. Read More on InsideOmega

Coast Magasinet

January 2006

Omega is a modern Norwegian industrial adventure. From modest offices in an idyllic location by the sea in Ølensvåg, northernmost in Rogaland, they deliver software solutions for oil and gas project management worldwide. 40 employees are located in the Ølensvåg headquarters, and another 150 are situated in various customer and project locations, as well as in the Bergen, Stavanger and Oslo branches. Read More on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

November 12, 2005

Here is one of the fastest-growing companies in the country. Now Omega is looking for at least 50 new employees. Read More on InsideOmega

Offshore.no

October 25, 2005

Omega is growing fast these days. They have established several new offices, and are constantly hiring new employees to meet the rising demand. Read more about Omega in today’s edition of Project Local Competence. Read More on InsideOmega

Haugesunds Avis

June 13, 2005

This is the boss with the most favorable wind in Haugaland. And the largest travel budget. Read More on InsideOmega