About us
We have cast metal since 1945. We are no longer located at Rolvsøy.
About the name — Rolvsøy and Råde
The company is called Rolvsøy Metallindustri and is located in Råde. That deserves an explanation, because it otherwise looks like a mistake.
Rolvsøy was a municipality in its own right until 1994 and is today a district of Fredrikstad. That is where the business was founded in 1945, and where the factory stood for more than seventy years. A photograph of the plant on Storveien from 1952 still exists in the local history archive.
In 2020 we began building a factory designed for the way we wanted to produce. After a three-year process, production moved to Torvstikkeren 20 in Råde — an entirely new, purpose-built plant.
The name came along. The know-how built up since 1945 sits in it, and we see no reason to replace it because the postcode changed.
A practical note: several directory services still list an old Rolvsøy address for us. It is out of date. The correct address is Torvstikkeren 20, 1640 Råde, Norway.
And another: there is a company called Rolvsøy Metallindustri Eiendom AS, registration number 915 465 676. That is a different company under different ownership and has nothing to do with us. Our registration number is 981 465 415.
Timeline
What is documented. We have left out what we cannot substantiate.
- 1945
1945
The business is founded at Rolvsøy
The start of what is today Rolvsøy Metallindustri. Casting light metals has been the core ever since.
- 1952
1952
The factory documented in a photograph
The plant on Storveien at Rolvsøy is preserved in the Østfold county photographic archive.
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Machining becomes a discipline of its own
CNC machining is built up, so cast parts can be finished in house. Today we have more than 30 years of machining experience.
- 2000
2000
The present legal entity is registered
Rolvsøy Metallindustri AS, registration number 981 465 415, registered 19 January 2000. The business has run continuously since 1945.
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The partnership with West Mekan
We have supplied cast aluminium parts to West Mekan, a maker of ferry and passenger furniture, for more than ten years.
- 2020
2020
We start building a new factory
The question was how we could become a preferred supplier beyond the fact that our raw material is recycled. The answer was an entirely new factory, laid out for efficient production.
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After three years: re-established in Råde
Torvstikkeren 20. A closed water loop, recovered waste heat and solar panels on the roof. Casting and machining take place in the same plant.
We do not state a precise year for the move, because we have not documented one. Our own account says after three years, and we leave it there until we can put down a year we can stand behind.
Five employees, short lines
We are five employees. It is worth saying what that means, in both directions.
It means short lines. There are few steps between your enquiry and the people who cast and machine the part. Questions about wall thickness, tooling or volume can be settled with people who know the production, without the case being passed around.
It also means we are not everything to everyone. We do not have a dedicated project manager for each customer, and no quality department with its own organisation chart. If you need a supplier who can provide that, it is better to know before you send the enquiry than after.
The experience from casting since 1945 and more than 30 years of machining sits in the people here. It is real, but it sits in people more than in a system, and that is worth being honest about.
Reliable, confidential, sustainable
Three words we have used for a long time. Here is what they mean in practice rather than in a speech.
Reliable
Your die is kept with us in Råde, and we maintain it for as long as the series runs. You own it, and you know where it is.
Confidential
The customer’s design belongs to the customer. Drawings are treated in confidence, and we do not name customers without their consent. That is why the product examples on this site are anonymised.
Sustainable
Recycled aluminium as the main feedstock, a closed water loop, recovered waste heat and solar panels. We hold no EPD and no carbon accounting, and we say so rather than dressing it up.
What we do not do
The shortest answer to who we are is often what we are not.
- We have no products of our own. Everything we make was designed by a customer. We are a pure contract manufacturer and we never compete with our customers.
- We do not build casting tools. We procure them through our preferred tool suppliers, matched to our machines, and maintain them afterwards. The customer owns the tool.
- We do not do sand casting. Large, heavy structural castings are not our field.
- We do not take one-off parts without tooling. The model presupposes a series. If you need a single part, machining from billet or 3D printing is the right route, and we will say so.
- We do not anodise or powder coat in house. That is done by a subcontractor and coordinated by us, and we tell you about the extra lead time.
- We hold no ISO certification. Not ISO 9001, not ISO 14001, not IATF 16949. That closes some doors, and we do not dress it up.
Come and see us
We are in Råde, at exit 10 on the E6. Call ahead and we will show you the production floor.