Reliable access to electricity, emergency power and climate control is critical when infrastructure needs to work under demanding conditions. Satema and its sister company El-Bjørn are bringing solutions already used in both civilian and defence applications into the NORDSEC community.
Satema specialises in electrical distribution and emergency power, providing products and services designed to ensure reliable electricity from the early stages of construction through to completed buildings and infrastructure.
The company’s solutions are used across society, including in housing, critical buildings and infrastructure. For years, Satema products have also been used in dual-use applications supporting both civilian needs and defence and emergency preparedness.
“Our products and solutions have long been used in dual-use applications, perhaps without us always thinking of them that way ourselves. They are used both by the Armed Forces in the field and in the construction and reconstruction of civilian infrastructure and buildings,” says Daniel da Silva, Chief Growth Officer at Satema.
Satema joins NORDSEC together with its sister company El-Bjørn. Both companies are owned by United Power, but have complementary areas of expertise. While Satema focuses on electrical distribution and emergency power, El-Bjørn specialises in temporary climate solutions, including heating, dehumidification and ventilation for applications such as construction sites, defence operations and events.
Together, the companies can provide two fundamental capabilities for temporary installations and operations: reliable power and controlled climate conditions.
For Satema, closer cooperation with defence and security companies is also an opportunity to develop solutions better adapted to operational requirements.
“Satema’s products can be critical for other cluster members’ products and solutions to function. Closer dialogue and cooperation can lead to better adapted products and solutions that benefit everyone,” says da Silva.
The company also sees the NORDSEC network as a way to make existing dual-use capabilities better known to potential partners and customers.
“By making our products and solutions better known within the cluster and to the wider target market, we can expand our market while at the same time contributing to stronger national preparedness and total defence,” says da Silva.
For NORDSEC, the addition of Satema and El-Bjørn brings expertise in some of the basic infrastructure that many advanced defence and security technologies ultimately depend on: access to reliable electricity, emergency power, heating, ventilation and climate control.
