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Stern trawler Ilivileq GR 2-201 moored at a harbour quay

Latest from Héðinn

Eddy Dryer induction disc dryer on its steel frame in an industrial hall

Héðinn's Innovation in Drying Technology

Morgunblaðið recently covered the Eddy Dryer from Héðinn, which utilizes induction technology instead of steam and increases energy efficiency to over 98%. Explore a revolutionary solution for aquaculture and industry.

Workers fitting pipework on top of an equipment container at sunset as a crane lowers a pipe section

Héðinn Completes Emergency Equipment Installation at Fitjar and Rockville

Héðinn smíðaði fjögur sett af færanlegum varmastöðvum sem hægt er að setja upp annars staðar á landinu ef þörf krefur.

Man in a checked blazer at a workbench beside a Héðinn cap, with a welder at work behind him

Héðinn Service Portal in Fiskifréttir

Daníel Freyr Hjaltason, yfirmaður nýsköpunar og þróunar hjá Héðni. Ljósmynd: Baldur Kristjánsson

Aerial view of a waterfront factory with tall silos and two ships moored at the quay

Morgunblaðið Covers Héðinn’s Largest Project of This Century

Athafnasvæði Prima Protein við Egersund á suðvestur-strönd Noregs. Ljósmynd: Prima Protein.

Three people standing outside the Héðinn offices, with the Héðinn sign and flags behind them

Changes in Héðinn Ownership

Halldór Lárusson, Guðmundur Sveinsson og Eðvarð Ingi Björgvinsson. Ljósmynd: Baldur Kristjánsson

Havsbrún plant in the Faroe Islands, with silos and a red and white vessel at the quay

Héðinn designs for Havsbrún in the Faroe Islands

The town of Fuglafjørður lies on the fjord of the same name on Eysturoy, which is the second largest and second most populated of the eighteen islands that make up the Faroe Islands....

Two insulated pipes in a lava trench leading to an underpass beneath Suðurlandsvegur, with Undirgöng and Gígahnúksvegur labeled

Héðinn laying a new 4.5 km transmission pipeline to increase electrical and district‑heating production at the Hellisheiði Power Plant.

The current transmission pipelines where they run north into a concrete culvert beneath Suðurlandsvegur. The new pipeline will be laid to the west of them in the same culvert (shaded...

Group looking at a machine in a workshop during the Norwegian ambassador’s visit to Gjáhella

The Norwegian ambassador visits Gjáhella

The Norwegian Ambassador to Iceland, Aud Lise Norheim, recently visited us and toured the operations at Gjáhella. Rögnvaldur Einarsson, CEO of Héðinn, and Eðvarð Ingi Björgvinsson,...

Aerial view of a quayside site in Norway with tall rusty tanks, one of them lying on its side

Tanks dismantled and transported by sea in Norway

From the construction site at Egersund on the southwest coast of Norway. The photo was taken by Live Spurkland in June 2022.

Three workers installing a T-Drill pipe machine in a workshop, its control cabinet still wrapped in plastic

A T-Drill machine that punches holes in stainless steel pipes and pulls outlets from them.

From the installation of the machine at Héðinn’s facilities at Gjáhella in Garðabær. Photo/Héðinn

Eðvarð Ingi Björgvinsson with arms crossed in front of lathes in a machine workshop

Eðvarð Ingi Björgvinsson returns to Héðinn

Eðvarð Ingi Björgvinsson in Héðinn’s machine hall at Gjáhella in Hafnarfjörður. He will work alongside Rögnvaldur Einarsson, the current CEO of Héðinn, until the end of the year, after...

Worker in safety glasses handling a steel tube on a roller rack in front of a large distiller's perforated tube sheet

Distillers with 20 km of pipes

Sandra Rós Pétursdóttir threading one of the many pipes in the giant distillers.

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