Axello AS

Axello AS is a Norwegian vocational rehabilitation company headquartered in Sigerfjord in Sortland, Nordland. Formerly known as Vesterålsprodukter A/S, the company changed its name to Axello in 2022. It is owned by Nordland County Council, SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge, DNB Bank, and the municipalities of Sortland, Øksnes, Lødingen, Andøy, Hadsel and Bø. The company provides work training for people with physical or mental health challenges, aiming to help them enter ordinary employment or education. It has approximately 115 employees. Axello operates through a group structure, described as "Axello konsernet," consisting of competence companies engaged in work-oriented rehabilitation, clarification, qualification and placement of job seekers. This is done through training, guidance and professional production of goods and services, as well as in collaboration with NAV (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration), businesses and knowledge communities. The company offers work training within its own enterprise or in cooperation with other companies, and its workforce consists of permanent employees and people on temporary contracts. In Sigerfjord, Axello has a mechanical department for the production of wood products (including pallets), fibreglass products and various metal products, in addition to dealership and repair of snow blowers, lawn mowers and chainsaws. In Bø, the company has a furniture workshop. Axello runs four canteens in Tjeldsund, Lødingen, Sortland and Hadsel, as well as a kiosk and a hobby shop in Sortland. In addition, the company arranges work placements in other businesses in the district. The company is not a sheltered workshop for people with developmental disabilities, but is run with the same financial goals as other ordinary businesses.

Axello AS was formerly known as Vesterålsprodukter A/S. The company has operated as a vocational rehabilitation enterprise in Nordland, with its main office in Sigerfjord in Sortland. In 2022, the company changed its name from Vesterålsprodukter to Axello. The company is owned by Nordland County Council, SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge, DNB Bank, and the municipalities of Sortland, Øksnes, Lødingen, Andøy, Hadsel and Bø. It provides work training for people with physical or mental health challenges, with the aim of helping them enter ordinary employment or education. The company has approximately 115 employees. It is not a sheltered workshop for people with developmental disabilities, but is run with the same financial goals as other ordinary businesses. Over time, the company has developed a group structure, the Axello konsernet, consisting of competence companies engaged in work-oriented rehabilitation, clarification, qualification and placement of job seekers. This is done through training, guidance and professional production of goods and services, as well as in collaboration with NAV, businesses and knowledge communities. The company offers work training within its own enterprise or in cooperation with other companies, and its workforce consists of permanent employees and people on temporary contracts. In Sigerfjord, Axello has a mechanical department for the production of wood products (including pallets), fibreglass products and various metal products, in addition to dealership and repair of snow blowers, lawn mowers and chainsaws. In Bø, the company has a furniture workshop. Axello runs four canteens in Tjeldsund, Lødingen, Sortland and Hadsel, as well as a kiosk and a hobby shop in Sortland. In addition, the company arranges work placements in other businesses in the district.

• 2022

  Company changed its name from Vesterålsprodukter to Axello.

A competence-based rehabilitation enterprise combining vocational training with commercial production and services, owned by public and financial institutions.

• Wood products (including pallets)

  Produced at the mechanical department in Sigerfjord.

• Fibreglass products

  Produced at the mechanical department in Sigerfjord.

• Metal products

  Various metal products produced at the mechanical department in Sigerfjord.

• Furniture

  Produced at the furniture workshop in Bø.

• Snow blowers, lawn mowers and chainsaws

  Dealership and repair services.

• Canteen services

  Four canteens in Tjeldsund, Lødingen, Sortland and Hadsel.

• Kiosk and hobby shop

  Operated in Sortland.

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