Hydro overview

Hydro is a Fortune Global 500 supplier of aluminium and aluminium products, with activities in hydropower and solar power.

Key facts

  • Legal name: Norsk Hydro ASA
  • Founded: 1905
  • Business areas: Aluminium Metal, Aluminium Products, Energy 
  • Number of employees: 22,000
  • Company presence in more than 30 countries worldwide
  • President and CEO: Eivind Reiten

Key figures, 2007
  • Revenue: NOK 94,316 million
  • Income from continuing operations: NOK 9,158 million 
  • Earnings per share from continuing operations: NOK 7.20

For further financial information, see Hydro's Annual reporting 2007