We celebrate Terje Dyrseth: 48 years at Brunvoll! 🎉
We mark the end of an era as Terje Dyrseth retires after nearly five decades at Brunvoll. Terje has been a key figure in the company's success story, an invaluable resource, and an inspiration to us all.
❓ How did your career at Brunvoll actually start, Terje? Why did you choose Brunvoll back then?
👨🏻🔧 What happened was that I married a girl from Molde while I was in the Navy and living in Bergen. In 1975, I was working on training technical personnel on submarines, a job I enjoyed very much. We visited Molde to celebrate May 17th in 1975 and met Ottar Brunvoll by chance. He asked me if I wanted to move to Molde and work with him, and when I said no, he spent the entire summer persuading me until he got his way. I started as a sales engineer that fall.
❓ What are the highlights of your nearly 50 years at Brunvoll?
👨🏻🔧 It's impossible to single out highlights because there have been so many. However, I especially remember my significant projects as a sales manager, which set the standard for future assignments in segments like marine vessels and cruise ships. In 1997, when I was marketing manager, one of our sales engineers sold the idea of a retractable tunnel thruster to Statoil Shipping, which we didn't really know how to make, and then he came to me afterwards to ask how we should solve that puzzle. Together with skilled engineers, we figured it out! There has always been an optimistic innovation attitude with us – we've never done it before, so we can surely manage it, a bit of a Pippi Longstocking attitude.
Moving the Brunvoll factory from downtown Molde to the new buildings at Årø and the construction of the Brunvoll quarter has also been very fun. These construction projects have created some Brunvoll footprints in Molde that I'm very proud to have participated in.
❓ If you look into the crystal ball, what do you think Brunvoll can expect in future years?
👨🏻🔧 It's tough to predict, but we know what we're doing, and everything has been done right so far. Focusing on dynamic positioning and automation will be incredibly important for us moving forward. The Brunvoll ship is a real armoured ship, and we have good steering speed ahead. As long as there are ships, the world will need propellers.
Enjoy your well-deserved retirement, Terje 💙 👏
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