Bjørn Eldar Petersen

EFD AS supplies induction solutions. It installs heating solutions for automotive; aviation; cable and wire; electro technical; appliances; metal and foundry; shipbuilding; and tube and pipe industry. The firm offers full range of sub-contracting, consulting, and rental services. Its products consist of industrial heat treatment and processing systems; mobile and universal heat generators, and high-output solid-state welders. The company was founded in January 1996 and is headquartered in Skien, Norway.

Tekna Plasma Systems, Inc. develops, designs and constructs integrated plasma systems. It offers nanoparticle synthesis, coating applications, and powder plasma treatments such as spheroidization and purification for laboratory research and industrial-scale processes. The firm provides spheroidization, nanopowder, deposition and aerospace equipment, nano and spherical powders, powder treatment and logistic options. The company was founded by Maher I. Boulos and Jerzy W. Jurewicz in 1990 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.