Personnel
Automation expert joins sludge treatment company Blue Ocean Technology
New role very important for scale-up, says chief executive
Norwegian fish farming sludge treatment specialist Blue Ocean Technology has announced the appointment of an engineer to lead the further development of automation in the company’s machinery.
Kristoffer Slettehaug comes from Siemens Energy where he worked with automation and control systems for safety on offshore installations, all related to making hardware work as efficiently as possible.
His new employer wants its sludge treatment systems to be as autonomous as possible with monitoring, control, and the simplest possible preventive maintenance system.
Efficient production
“Blue Ocean Technology has now gone from a phase with simultaneous focus on development / product adaptations and deliveries to a scaling phase with a strong focus on efficient production. A very important part of this is automation and good computerised operations,” said chief executive Hans Runshaug in a press release.
Slettehaug said he was looking forward to working in Blue Ocean Technology with great excitement and curiosity.
“I believe my experience with both hardware and software fits well with Blue Ocean’s needs for further development. Here I can help ensure that the plants run as much as possible by themselves, save time and travel costs for the service team and analyse data more precisely, among other things to achieve a better sludge treatment result and even better ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) reporting for customers.”