Mantena was the former workshop unit for the Norwegian State Railways.
The company was separated into a private limited company in January 2002, with NSB (Vy) as owner until July 2017.
Today, the company is owned by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.
Mantena maintains and repairs railway vehicles, components and railroad construction equipment for a number of railway companies. Mantena also performs thermal spraying of metals.
Mantena’s customers include:
– Flytoget
– SJ
– Go-Ahead
– CargoNet
– Oslo Sporveier
– Axess Logistics
– Auto Transport
– Vy
– Flåmsbana
– Baneservice
– Ofotbanen
– Green Cargo
– Hector Rail
– Bane NOR
and more.
Annual report
Annual report 2023: 
Norwegian 
English
Annual report 2022: Norwegian English
Annual report 2021: Norwegian English
Annual report 2020: Norwegian English
Annual report 2019: Norwegian English
Annual general meeting 2024: Norwegian
Annual general meeting 2023: Norwegian
Annual general meeting 2022: Norwegian
Annual general meeting 2021: Norwegian
Annual general meeting 2020: Norwegian
Extraordinary Annual general meeting 2020: Norwegian
Group Management - Mantena AS
Arne Roland
CEO
Vidar Leirvik
CFO
Alva Kjellén
Direktør HR-KHMS
Ramnath Falch Ambathy
Direktør Technology
Tore Løveid
Divisjonsdirektør Produkt- og prosjekter
Erik Nilssen
Division Director Fleet Service
Silje Holestøl
Director of Strategy and Programs
The Board of Mantena AS
Mantena is a limited liability company owned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
President:
Kari Broberg
Board Directors:
Stian Hårklau (Vice President)
Board members:
Tord Helland
Ingvild Vartdal
Stein Andre Herigstad Olsen
Torbjørn Støre
Morten Brohjem
Glenn Atle Noss
Our business concept
Mantena will be an attractive player in the Nordic region in in the field of renewal and maintenance to the railway sector.
Vision
The Nordic region’s most innovative total maintenance service supplier.
Values
Mantena should be a harmonious, attractive and pleasant workplace.
Our employees should see Mantena as a positive part of their daily lives – we strive for continuous improvements and development of the business and the individual. We have a strong focus on work environment issues and think safety and quality in everything we do.
Our values:
– Trust
– Efficiency
– Innovation
Competence
As a specialist in the maintenance of railway vehicles, Mantena continues a long tradition in the rail industry in the Nordic countries.
Our expertise today includes everything from the largest and heaviest locomotives to the smallest and most advanced components.
Mantena is characterized by talented, dedicated employees who work every day to make sure everything is on track – quite literally. Our unique experience and knowledge of maintenance needs and logistics management make us an important partner for any player on the field.
Our knowledge and experience in the maintenance of railway vehicles has created a unique environment – both in the Nordic region and internationally.
In order to maintain our leading position in the future, we at Mantena continuously focus on the recruitment of qualified employees.
Safety
Mantena has safety as the first priority.
Mantena has established obstacles and processes to prevent incidents and reduce the consequences in the event of incidents.
Everyone reports unwanted events, injuries and incidents.
Quality
Mantena provides maintenance services that meet or exceed our relevant stakeholders’ requirements and expectations.
We do this by systematically improving our business systems and adapting our processes. Our ambition is to create long-term customer relationships.
This means that we must have continuous dialogue with customers, enabling us to adapt the content and scope of our services in line with their needs. We must also ensure that employees have access to the most effective tools and methods.
Mantena’s focus:
– Insight into deliveries at all levels
– Improved data quality
– Active use of target figures and CPI
– Skills development
– Continuous improvement of procedures and processes
– Increased awareness
We have established and measurable quality goals that are regularly monitored and revised. The business system meets the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015.
Environment
Since the environment is central to a modern railway business, we in Mantena are always updated in this area. Through our own environmental report and participation in various environmental projects, we always have full overview and continuous focus on this work.
Mantena is certified in accordance with NS-EN ISO 14001:2015. Annual assessments of the company’s environmental measures are carried out and significant environmental aspects are carried out, as a basis for the company’s environmental work.
Certification
We work systematically to achieve our vision:
Mantena aims to be be one of Scandinavia’s
most innovative suppliers of total maintenance
solutions.
In this work, it is important to have well documented processes on everything we do and not least to follow established requirements and regulations.
Mantena is constantly working to adapt to an increasingly open Europe and to ensure compliance with existing and new requirements, regulations and standards. Formal certifications are an important part of this work.
Today, Mantena is certified to the following standards and requirements:
- ECM EU 2019/779
- ECM I-III Mantena
- ECM F IV Maintenance delivery function (EU 2019/779)
- Mantena all sites
- EN 15085-2 Welding on railway vehicles and components
- NS-EN ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System
- NS-EN ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental management
- Company certification according to EU Regulation F-gas 517/2014 and 2015/2067
- Mantena NTO Certificate 2023-2027
- TransQ certificates in relevant categories.
The purpose of the EU 2019/779 certification system is to create a framework for harmonizing requirements and methods for assessing the capabilities of entities responsible for maintenance throughout the Union.
In addition to these certifications, we are approved by clients, we are approved to train apprentices in several disciplines, and have several special certifications related to different operations. Mantena will ensure compliance with the ISO 45001: 2018 standard and will consider continuous certification.
Mantena works continuously to improve and develop all processes.
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Ethics and whistleblowing
Suppliers and customers have the right to notify censurable conditions at Mantena Group.
Such conditions may be violations of legal rules, written ethical guidelines in the Group or ethical norms that are widely supported in the society.
Notification can be done by contacting Mantena at email ethics@mantena.org
The notice will be received and confirmed by Mantena Group Legal Counsel and processed in accordance with the Group’s routines.