Frontica Engineering was founded in 2020 but has a proud heritage all the way back to 1980 when local entrepreneurs in Kristiansand, Norway, established the company Norwegian Rig Consultants (NRC). The company was specialized in engineering related to permanent offshore drilling facilities and mobile drilling units and rapidly become a front runner in the design of installations for the harsh environmental conditions in the North Sea.
During the 90’s NRC expended their marked segment in offshore engineering and achieved great success in the designing of process, utility and wellhead platforms. The company was re-named Maritime Tentech in 1995, with added focus on floating production vessels (FPSO’s) and shortly became a leading star with its own Tentech concept for hulls and turrets. The Aker Group took over the company in 1997 and it thus became a part of Aker Solutions.
Maritime Tentech merged with its sister company, Maritime Hydraulics, under the name Aker MH in the year 2000 and re-focused on offshore drilling solutions and moved away from FPSO technology. From 2000 onwards Aker MH expanded its market potential into a larger segment of the drilling engineering, equipment and service business in the international arena. In 2014, Aker Solutions was separated in two parts, by a demerger and launch a new holding company named Akastor, which included Aker MH in its portfolio. Aker MH was re-named MHWirth in the same process.
In 2020, the year of our 40th anniversary, MHWirth has re-established its engineering division as a separate entity under the name Frontica Engineering with focus on a wider market that includes renewable energy. We have kept its specialized engineering focus throughout the changing times. The legacy from NRC and our founders has been maintained in the organization and our references are considered outstanding. Today Frontica Engineering has a highly skilled permanent multidisciplinary staff of approx. 55 individuals, all experts in their engineering field and with significant experience in collaboration and tailor made project execution.
The company is an ideal partner for concept and FEED development as well as in EPC execution to a wide range of offshore development projects for both newbuild and modification applications. Frontica Engineering is 100% owned by MHWirth AS. MHWirth AS is 100% owned by HMH.