Talk:Havyard Group

Requested move and rewrite: Havyard Group → Eqva ASA

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What this covers: The subject company legally changed its name from Havyard Group ASA to Eqva ASA in November 2022 and has since sold its shipbuilding business. The current article describes only the former company, in the present tense, and is now inaccurate in its name, industry and head-office location. I request a page move to the current name and replacement of the body with the sourced version below.

1. Page move

Please move Havyard Group → Eqva ASA — the company's current registered and trading name; it is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange as EQVA. "Havyard Group ASA" should remain as a redirect and is preserved in the lead and infobox as the former name.

2. Proposed article text

{{Short description|Norwegian industrial holding company}}
{{Infobox company
| name          = Eqva ASA
| former_name   = Havyard Group ASA
| logo          =
| type          = [[Public company|Public]] ([[Allmennaksjeselskap]])
| traded_as     = {{ose|EQVA}}
| founded       = 1999
| hq_location   = [[Kvinnherad]], [[Norway]]
| key_people    =
| industry      = Industrial services; holding company
| products      =
| revenue       =
| num_employees =
| website       = {{URL|https://www.eqva.no}}
}}

'''Eqva ASA''' (formerly '''Havyard Group ASA''') is a Norwegian [[holding company]] headquartered in [[Kvinnherad]], [[Norway]], and listed on the [[Oslo Stock Exchange]] under the ticker EQVA. It is an active owner of industrial service companies serving the maritime, power-intensive and renewable-energy sectors.<ref name="offshore2022" />

The business originated as a ship technology company built around the Løland shipyard in [[Leirvik, Hyllestad|Leirvik]], where vessels had been built since 1918, and was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2014.<ref name="tu2014" /><ref name="me2023" />

== History ==
Havyard Group developed as an integrated ship design and shipbuilding group. From around 2020 it scaled back newbuilding and repositioned the Leirvik yard as a repair and service yard.<ref name="me2023" /> Through a merger in May 2022 it acquired BKS Holding, a supplier to the maritime, offshore and land-based industries, and Fossberg Kraft, a developer of small-scale hydropower plants.<ref name="me2023" />

In November 2022 the company changed its name from Havyard Group ASA to Eqva ASA, marking its transformation into a fully integrated industrial service and investment company.<ref name="offshore2022" /> In 2023 it sold its shipyard, Havyard Leirvik, to the Turkish company [[Tersan Shipyard]], completing its move away from shipbuilding to focus on its industrial service portfolio.<ref name="me2023" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="tu2014">{{cite web |last=Stensvold |first=Tore |title=På 5 år ble Havyard verdensledende innen skipsdesign |publisher=[[Teknisk Ukeblad]] |date=1 July 2014 |url=http://www.tu.no/industri/2014/06/01/pa-5-ar-ble-havyard-verdensledende-innen-skipsdesign |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106150658/http://www.tu.no/industri/2014/06/01/pa-5-ar-ble-havyard-verdensledende-innen-skipsdesign |archive-date=6 January 2015 |language=no}}</ref>
<ref name="offshore2022">{{cite web |title=Havyard Group ASA becomes Eqva |work=Offshore Energy |date=21 October 2022 |url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/havyard-group-asa-becomes-eqva/ |access-date=29 June 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="me2023">{{cite web |title=Turkey's Tersan Acquires Havyard Leirvik Strengthening Position in Europe |work=The Maritime Executive |date=13 November 2023 |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/turkey-s-tersan-acquires-havyard-leirvik-strengthening-position-in-europe |access-date=29 June 2026}}</ref>
}}

[Keep the article's existing categories. Optionally add: [[Category:Holding companies of Norway]] ]

3. Two points for a neutral editor to confirm

• Founding year: sources conflict — 1999 (legal entity / company registration) vs. 2000 (Havila's purchase of Løland verft). I have used 1999; please verify against the Brønnøysund Register Centre and adjust if required.
• Head office: given at municipality level (Kvinnherad) only, because the registered street address has moved within the municipality and current sources disagree on the exact street.

Thank you.

~2026-37487-02 (talk) 13:02, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done. Wikipedia is written by human beings. If you want to move the page, see WP:RM, but I'd strongly advise ditching chatgpt or whatever you used and write in your own words. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 13:52, 29 June 2026 (UTC)